Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 3rd August 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Hot and dry Mediterranean, some rain central and northern Europe

Sunday
Another hot sunny day for Iberia and the central Mediterranean Islands - possibly an odd shower on Corsica. Afternoon thundery showery in central Italy, only scattered shower to the north. Heavy rain with thundery bursts around Croatia and nearby, drier with sun in the southern Balkans. Sunny with afternoon scattered showers for Greece and Türkiye.
Dry but increasingly cloudy across France, similar in the Low Countries with rain arriving later. A notable breeze along the English Channel and North Sea coasts. Often wet in Germany with increasing afternoon showers for a time, similarly showery in Switzerland, Austria and Czechia. A band of more extensive heavy/thundery showers stretches across Poland southward into Hungary and west Romania. East towards the Black Sea will be drier and mostly sunny.
Morning sun in the Baltic States increasingly interrupted by heavy showers; Estonia may avoid the wettest conditions. A band of rain drapes across western Norway, stretching north east into north Sweden and Finland - thundery spells will occur. Central and southern areas away from this rain will see scattered showers and sun. Often rainy with sun spells in Denmark.

Monday
Hot and sunny in Spain and Portugal through Monday. The sunshine extends into the central Mediterranean. Some thundery showers in central Italy but fair north and south. More sunshine and fine weather to come through Greece and Turkey.
France will have a fair day. Sunny spells here and dry too. Rain in the Low Countries, some of it heavy, and the same rain band affecting northern Germany. Northern and eastern Poland should be dry with good spells of sunshine. Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland will have some heavy showers, thundery at times.
Denmark will be generally fair with sunny spells. Rain afects the Baltic States whilst Finland should be dry. Heavy showers in much of Sweden and Norway, these tgorrential at times with a risk of flooding.