Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 17th May 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy showers ion the east east, mostly fine and warm west

Tuesday
Some cloud and rain pushing into northwest Spain and north Portugal. Elsewhere here will be dry with sunshine. Dry, fine and very warm across the Balearics as well as much of Italy and the surrounding islands, though a few heavier showers look to develop down central areas of Italy later. Some thundery showers developing across Greece for a time during the middle part of the day but mainly dry here otherwise and across Turkey.
Scattered showers affecting northern and eastern regions of France but dry with sunny spells elsewhere. A few scattered showers also across the Low Countries and Germany but many places remaining dry here. Any showers clearing the Czech Republic and Hungary to see largely dry and fine conditions generally here. Sunny spells and showers across Austria and Switzerland with heavy showers affecting northern Croatia.
High pressure keeps weather largely dry and fine across Scandinavia, though heavy rain will push on to northern Norway. Also, a few morning showers will affect Denmark, then a drier afternoon here.

Wednesday
Isolated showers in eastern Spain with more persistent showers over northern hills. Brighter in the west with sunny spells and fine across Portugal. The Balearics will be dry and sunny. Scattered showers in central and northern Italy, but fine in eastern and southern Italy with lots of sunshine here. Heavy thunderstorms in northern Greece, fair to the south. Showers over inland areas of Turkey, but fair in the south.
Heavy showers in the west and north of France, but drier in the east and south. Isolated showers for the Low Countries as wel as northern Germany. Fair for Poland and the rest of Germany with lots of sunshine here. More sunshine in Hungary, heavy and thundery showers developing across Austria and Switzerland.
Fine and warm with plenty of sunshine in Denmark. Sunny too for the Baltic States and all of Finland. Most of Sweden will be fair, dry and sunny. Cloud and rain for western Norway, generally fair and dry in the north and east of Norway.