Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 2nd September 2021
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Showers central Europe, mainly fair to the south

Thursday
Thunderstorms being more confined to northern and eastern regions of Spain including some drifting over the Balearics. Elsewhere and Portugal mainly dry and fine. Thundery rain expected for Corsica and Sardinia but mainland Italy should stay dry and fine. Dry and hot for Greece and Turkey.
Rain pushing into southern regions of France later in the day but dry further north. Largely dry elsewhere across northern Europe, although a few showers could drift into western parts of Switzerland. Some patchy rain for east Poland.
Wet and windy for much of Norway although southern regions should remain largely dry. Showery rain for northern Sweden too and windy here. Largely dry and fine further south. A breezy day for Finland but mainly dry just with some patchy rain further west. Mainly dry and fair across the Baltics as well as Denmark.

Friday
Heavy showers in northern Spain, scattered showers in the east. Fair for most of the rest of Iberia with some good spells of sunshine. There will be sunshine and dry weather too oin the Balearics. Heavy showers for Corsica and the north of Italy. Fair in southern Italy although some showers to the west. Greece and Turkey stay fair with plenty of sunshine.
Some rain or showers developing in western and central France, these potentially turning thundery at times. Fair for the Low Countries and much of Germany with good spells of sunshine. More sunshine to come in Poland and dry too. Further dry weather in Hungary, but some showers in western Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark should be staying fair with more sunshine here. Cool with some showers for the Baltic States. Breezy and cool in Finland, more heavy showers here. Generally fair for much of Sweden, although a few showers in the north. Scattered showers on the coasts opf northern Norway, but dry to the south.