Özet Halinde Avrupa - 01-08-2017
Rain & showers north
Fair to south

Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 1st August 2017
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling


Rain and showers in north but fair to the south


Tuesday
Hot and dry again across south & eastern Europe. Lots of sunshine for Spain. Breezy in Portugal. Widespread hot sunshine across the Mediterranean - approaching 40C in central Italy and the Balkans. Less hot for Greece , but staying dry. A north-easterly breeze for the Aegean Sea. High pressure parked over eastern Europe brings extensive dry weather to Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and much of Poland.
A frontal system across central Europe brings a risk of severe thunderstorms developing for Germany, also clipping northern Poland and spreading into the Baltic states. Scattered thunderstorms for central France and the western Alps. North-western Europe stays fresher, but with plenty of sunshine around the English Channel and North Sea. Areas of rain for the north & west of Scandinavia, but dry in central Sweden and southern Finland.


Wednesday
Scattered showers developing over eastern Spain on Wednesday. Generally it will be a fine day with lots of sunshine across all parts of Iberia. Fair too across the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Italy is going to be dry and fine with lots of sunshine, and staying that way in Greece and Turkey, hot too.
A risk of some rain in the far north of France. For most of the country it should be dry and fine with plenty of sunshine. More sunshine to come through the Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland. Some heavy showers in western Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
Denmark is going to have a fine day wit plenty of sunshine. Some showers in the Baltic States. Heavier rain affecting Finland with a chance of thunderstorms here. Further thunderstorms in central and northern Sweden. Heavy showers for Norway throughout the day.