Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 29th June 2021
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Thunderstorms to affect central and northern Europe early this week.

Tuesday
Spain and Portugal look to be mainly dry, although there could be cloudier skies furthest north here. Mostly dry and sunny for Italy as well as the surrounding islands, however, the odd local shower cannot be completely ruled out. A mainly dry and fine day for Greece, Turkey and Cyprus.
France stays largely unsettled with outbreaks of rain, often heavy. Conditions do look to improve though in the south later on. Spells of heavy rain affecting the Low Countries and Germany. Showers or longer spells of rain still across Austria and Switzerland. A few showers could affect Slovakia and Croatia as well as southern Poland but largely dry elsewhere here.
Largely dry for Norway and Sweden but a few scattered showers do look to migrate southwards through the day. A few showers also across Finland but plenty of dry conditions here too. Dry through the Baltic States. Showers look to affect southern parts of Denmark but the north should stay dry.

Wednesday
A largely dry day for Spain and Portugal although cloud could build over central parts of Spain through the day. It looks to be largely dry through the rest of the Mediterranean with good sunny spells for the Balearic Islands, although cloudier skies and feeling muggy for Greece and Turkey. Risk of some local thunderstorms breaking out here later.
Showers or longer spells of rain continue across central and eastern parts of France. Largely dry elsewhere here. Some showers pushing across the Low Countries into south Germany. Largely dry further north. Unsettled with thundery, heavy showers across Austria and Switzerland into Slovakia. Dry for Croatia. Thunderstorms affecting north and east Poland.
Thunderstorms affect Denmark into parts of the far south of Sweden. Largely dry though for the rest of Sweden and Norway seeing a dry and fine day. A dry and fair day for Finland and the Baltic States.