Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 29th May 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy and thundery showers in central Europe, warm and dry Mediterranean

Wednesday
Another dry and bright day for the Iberia with any cloud and shower confined in the far north. Cloud along with some heavy rain will spread south over France, best of condition along south coast. Showery over the British Isles, with some heavy showers over Scotland and England. Heavy and thundery showers over the Low Countries. Heavy showers over Germany and east Poland. Heavy rain for Denmark, south Sweden and south Norway. Heavy afternoon showers for Finland, the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
Fairly cloudy with rain arriving in the afternoon over Switzerland and Austria. Afternoon showers for Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and the Balkans.
Dry and sunny for the Balearics. Some showers for Corsica and Sardinia. Afternoon heavy showers for Italy and northern Greece. Mostly dry with sunny periods over Turkiye. Some afternoon showers over Cyprus.

Thursday
Some showers affecting northern coasts of Spain today. Elsewhere it should be bright and dry with good spells of sunshine. Fine through the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Some showers forming in northern and eastern Italy, fair to the west. More sunshine for Greece and Turkey, just some scattered afternoon showers triggered by the heat inland.
A cooler day in France, heavy showers for much of the country, thundery for some especially in the east. Showery too for the Low Countries and Germany together with Poland. Hungary will be drier with sunny spells, but heavy showers affecting Austria ad Switzerland.
Sunny spells and showers in Denmark. Scattered showers for the Baltic States and Finland but sunny spells here too. A few showers in southern Sweden, dry for other areas with plenty of sunshine. Showers too in the south of Norway but other areas dry and sunny.