Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 17th July 2019
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Thunderstorms in much of central Europe, cool and showery Scandinavia


Wednesday
Showers, some of them heavy in northern Italy. fair to the south with lots of sunshine. Italy will be sunny and warm. Scattered thunderstorms in Greece with heavier storms affecting Turkey.
Fine and very warm in France, plenty of sunshine. Isolated showers for the Low Countries and northern Germany. Fine in the south with more sunshine. Poland should be fair too with more sunshine, although some rain may affect the east. Hungary should be dry and sunny, but heavy thunderstorms extend through Austria and Switzerland.
Isolated showers in Denmark with sunshine too. Rain and showers in the Baltic States. Finland will have a few showers. Fine in Sweden and chilly. Scattered showers for southern Norway, drier and brighter to the north.

Thursday
Showers in central and northern Spain, fine to the south and plenty of sunshine and dry weather in Portugal too. Fair for the Balearics whilst Italy wil have some heavy showers. Greece should be dry with plenty of sunshine. Thunderstorms in southern Turkey but fine to the north.
Showers again for northern France but fair to the south. Rain or showers in the LOw Countries with some heavy showers developing in Germany. Poland should be dry with sunshine. Showers in western Hungary with widespread thunderstorms developing in Austria and Switzerland.
Sunny spells and a few showers in Denmark. The Baltic States will be cool with sunny spells and isolated showers. Further isolated showers in Finland and Sweden. Showers in much of Norway, but some rain to the south.