Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 25th July 2019
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Thundery central Europe, mostly dry south


Thursday
Periods of rain in northwest Spain and Portugal on Thursday. Most of Spain and southern Portugal should be hot and sunny. Staying fine through the central Mediterranean with lots of hot sunshine in Italy, Greece and Turkey.
A risk of some thunderstorms developing in the heat of central and western France, whilst the east should be dry. Hot in the Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland will have sunshine too and it should be dry.
High pressure brings dry weather and lots of sunshine to Denmark. Sweden should be dry with plenty of sunshine. Fair in the Baltic States and Finland. A fair day in Sweden, again with lots of sunshine. Cloud and some spots of rain in Sweden.

Friday
Thundery rain in northern France on Friday. Portugal and the central and southern parts of Spain should be dry with sunny spells. Fair in Corsica and Sardinia, although some heavy showers may affect northern Italy. Greece and Turkey will be hot and dry.
Thundery and hot in France with the heavy thunderstorms extending into Switzerland, Austria and western Hungary. The Low Countries and most of Germany will be dry with lots of sunshine. Poland will be dry and sunny too.
Denmark will be fine with plenty of sunshine. The Baltic States and Finland will be dry with more sunshine and should be warm. Sweden and Norway will have a dry day too with high pressure giving sunny spells.