Issued: 0530hrs Monday 17th September 2018
Duty forecaster: David Hulse

Very warm still in the south but with some showers. Dry for many central and northern areas, although with rain for parts of Scandinavia


Monday
Sunshine and only isolated showers in Portugal but showers, locally heavy and thundery break out more widely for Spain and the Balearics. Sunny spells for Corsica, Sardinia and Italy but with showers developing. Staying dry around the Adriatic, though. A lot of sunny, dry weather across Greece and Turkey but with isolated showers in the south and east of Greece and more in the way of showers for Northern Turkey.
France and the Low countries dry with a good deal of sunshine. Dry and sunny weather over Germany and Poland will extend further south and east towards the Black Sea coast to but sunny intervals across Switzerland, Austria and Hungary will be interrupted by a few showers.
Dry with spells of sunshine across a good part of Scandinavia but rain or showers affecting Western Norway and rain too over Central and Southern Finland.
Very warm in Southern Europe highs in the high 20s to low 30s, nearer the mid 20s for central and some northern parts but becoming cooler across Scandinavia.

Tuesday
Isolated showers and sunny spells in Portugal but showers break out quite widely across Spain and the Balearics again, some thundery in the east at first. Sunny intervals around Corsica, Sardinia and Italy but showers will develop here too, although staying dry around the Adriatic. Mostly dry with spells of sunshine in Greece and Turkey but with an increasing risk of showers in the north of Turkey.
Spells of sunshine for France and the Low countries with plenty of dry weather, although a few showers are likely for a time in Central and Eastern France. Showers, locally heavy, will develop over Switzerland and Austria but Germany, Poland, much of Central Europe and the Southeast, towards the Black Sea coast will be dry and sunny.
Dry weather with spells of sunshine extends into Scandinavia and the Baltic States but rain over the south and west of Norway will push into central parts of Sweden.
Little change to temperatures, the south and Mediterranean regions staying very warm and with pleasantly warm sunshine for central and some northern parts.