Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 7th September 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Heavy showers in north and west Spain as well as Portugal

Thursday
Scattered showers in northern parts of Spain today. fair for other areas with hot sunshine. Staying fair in the Balearics again as well as Corsica and Sardinia. Italy is mostly dry although some showers in the south. Thundery showers and cloud in Greece. Turkey is mostly dry although some thundery showers in the west.
A fine and hot day in France with lots of sunshine here. More sunshine and hot weather for the Low Countries and Germany. Poland remains dry and sunny as well as very warm. Hungary, Austria and Switzerland will be staying dry and sunny as well as very warm.
Denmark will be dry and warm as well as sunny. Lots of sunshine in the Baltic States and dry too. Finland and Sweden will be dry again with more sunshine. Remaining fair in Norway with further spells of sunshine, although cloudier with a risk of some showers in the north.

Friday
Shower risk developing across north and west Spain including Portugal. A few showers edging into central and eastern Spain later. The Balearics and much of Italy will be dry, fine and hot, though a continued shower risk remains across the far south of Italy and Sicily. Dry and sunny across Greece and Turkey.
A fine and hot day in France with lots of sunshine here. More sunshine and hot weather for the Low Countries and Germany. Eastern Europe is also continuing to benefit from the high pressure so Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria remain dry and sunny. One or two isolated showers possible in Switzerland later in the day, otherwise dry and fine along with Austria.
Denmark and the Baltics will have light breezes and dry, fine weather. Slightly breezier the further north you go in Finland, Sweden and Norway with the risk of some rain in northwest Norway, otherwise dry with sunny spells.