Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 1st July 2023
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Unsettled Scandinavia

Saturday
A mainly dry and sunny day across Spain, hot centrally and further south. The odd shower though may push on to northern coasts. Portugal will also be dry, fine and hot. The Balearics will see another dry day. Some showers across Italy but most will stay dry. One or two showers in northern Greece but dry otherwise as well as across Turkey.
Bands of rain push across France clearing from the wes where it will be dry yet breezy. A wet morning across the Low Countries though drier and brighter later yet windy. Windy and changeable across Germany and Switzerland. Mostly dry through Austria. Unsettled across the Balkans. Some rain for Hungary and Poland.
An unsettled day across Denmark with spells of heavy rain for a time. Windy too. Wet and windy with heavy rain affecting south Norway and the far south of Sweden. Drier elsewhere here. Largely dry across the Baltics and Finland.

Sunday
Staying hot and dry for southern Spain and Portugal. Chance of a local shower in the north. Scattered showers with local thunderstorms for Italy. More extensive thundery downpours for mainland Greece and the southern Balkans. Dry for Turkey, Cyprus and the Greek islands.
Some showery rain for southern France and the Alps. Mainly dry for the north of France, the Low Countries and much of Germany. Fairly fresh temperatures for northwestern Europe overall. Showery and windy for Denmark. Clusters of showers pass east across Poland.
Low pressure over Scandinavia brings heavy rain to the Baltic states, central-southern Sweden and Norway. Drier further north, but areas of showers which also affect Finland.