Issued: 0530hrs Monday 23rd July 2018
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy showers in eastern Europe but drier to the west


Monday
A fair day for all parts of Spain with good spells of sunshine. Staying fine in the Balearics with more sunshine. Heavy showers in Italy and these could be thundery. Greece will be dry too with lots of sunshine. Warm and dry in Turkey with plenty of sunshine.
France is going to be dry with lots of sunshine and it will be warm too. Staying very warm in the Low Countries and Germany. Poland will have a scattering of thunderstorms. Torrential storms and some hail could affect Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Sunny spells and dry in Denmark. More sunshine in Sweden and dry too. An isolated shower in the Baltic States. Finland will have plenty of sunshine and be dry. Norway sees isolated showers on the coasts, otherwise dry with sunny spells.

Tuesday
Isolated showers in northern Spain on Tuesday. Fair for most of the rest of Iberia with plenty of sunshine. Very warm and sunny in the Balearics as wel as in Italy. Scattered heavy showers in Greece but fair in southern Turkey although some thunderstorms in the north.
France will have some heavy showers in the north although central and southern areas will be dry. The Low Countries will be seeing a few showers, although Germany should be dry with sunny spells. Fair in Hungary but some thunderstorms for Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry with lots of sunshine although a few showers trouble the Baltic States. Finland has a dry day with lots of sunshine and it stays fine in Sweden as well. Heavy showers in Norway, some thunderstorms too.