Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 21 August 2016
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine across the Mediterranean

Today
Sunny and hot across Portugal, and Spain, and very warm across much of the Mediterranean and eastern Europe. Lots of fine, summery, sunny weather is expected from Iberia eastward across southern France into Italy, Greece and Turkey. Scattered showers to affect northern France with more frequent, heavy showers expected across Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Germany. An area of heavy rain spreads into Poland, Sweden, The Czech Republic and Austria. Most of the Adriatic Region will be dry except for late showers across Croatia. Lots dry, summery weather to come across the Balkans, The Ukraine, Belarus and The Baltic States. A few showers to affect Norway. Dry across Finland and most of Russia. Increasingly windy through the Straits of Gibraltar with a mistral across southern France. Fine, summery conditions are forecast across the Mediterranean Region.

Monday
It continues hot, dry and sunny across Spain and Portugal. Warm and sunny into France. Cloudy with rain across Britain and Belgium with showers, some heavy across Denmark, northern Germany and western Poland. A band of rain lies from eastern Finland, The Baltic States and across eastern Poland. Fine across the Adriatic Region today. Heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast Romania and Bulgaria. Mainly dry and sunny for Italy, Greece and Turkey with the odd late shower. Heavy showers to affect Norway, Denmark and Sweden today. Sunny and dry across Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic. Strong east winds will prevail through the Straits of Gibraltar and windy across southern France.