Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 18th September 2018
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Few showers in Mediterranean, windy to the north


Tuesday
Thundery showers affecting the east of Spain on Saturday . Western Spain and Portugal should be dry with sunny spells. Showers in the Balearics. Italy should be mostly dry with sunny spells. Greece and Turkey will be dry with good spells of sunshine to come here.
A fine day in France after a cool start. Plenty of sunshine in the Low Countries whilst some cloud and periods of rain affect northern Germany. Polabnd sees an isolated showers with Hungary and Austria also having some showers. Switzerland will be mostly dry in the north but some showers to the south.
Showers rain extends into Denmark with some rain too in Sweden. The Baltic States and Finland will have cloud and some periods of showery rain. Showers affecting Norway, these heavy at times.

Wednesday
Showers over the east of Spain on Wednesday but dry and warm to the west. Portugal should be fine too with moe sunshine here. Heavy showers or thunderstorms affecting central and northern Italy as well as Sicily. Greece and Turkey should be dry with good spells of sunshine, windy in eastern Turkey.
A few afternoon showers or thunderstorms forming in the south of France but the north should be dry all day with good spells of sunshine throughout. The Low Countries and Germany should be dry with good spells of sunshine too and it stays dry and sunny in Poland. Hungary will be dry with more sunshine but showers forming in Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry with sunny spells and it stays fine in the baltic States. Dry and breezy for Finland and Sweden. Norway will be windy and wet with gales in the west.