Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 6th August 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Hot and fair in the Mediterranean, some showery rain in northern Europe

Saturday
Plenty of sunshine for Spain and Portugal. The Balearics will be hot and sunny, with more hot and sunny weather in Sardinia and Corsica. Italy will be fair again with sunshine here. Remaining fine across Greece and Turkey.
France is set for a fair day again, more sunshine and staying dry. The Low Countries remain dry and sunny with western parts of Germany also being dry. Some showery rain in the east of Germany. Poland will be mostly dry and sunny. More sunshine for Hungary although Austria and Switzerland will have some showers.
Denmark will be bright and dry. The Baltic States should be dry too. Some rain affecting the west of Finland whilst the east should be dry. Some rain in the far east of Sweden but dry for most with plenty of sunshine. Rain and showers affecting western coasts of Norway but mostly dry.

Sunday
Fair with plenty of sunshine for Spain and Portugal and feeling very warm here. More sunshine for the Balearics as well as Corsica and Sardinia. Italy should be fair too although there will be a few showers in the south. Greece and Turkey should be hot and sunny, just a scattering of showers developing inland in the afternoon.
France will be breezy in central and northern areas, but dry. Good spells of sunshine, although a risk of a few showers in the south later. More sunshine for Germany and the Low Countries as well as most of Poland. Hungary should be fair but some heavy showers may affect Austria and Switzerland.
For Denmark there will be some broken cloud but also bright or sunny spells. The Baltic States should be bright too with sunshine here. Fair in Finland with some more sunshine. Showers affecting Sweden, most in the north. More persistent showers in western and northern Norway.