Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 9th August 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Afternoon thunderstorms central Europe, colder and weter Scandinavia

Sunday
A mostly dry and sunny for the Iberia with only a few showers in north and east in the afternoon. Some heavy showers over central and southern France. Outbreaks of rain for northwestern British Isles, drier elsewhere. A dry, sunny and warm day for the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark, and Poland.
Windy with some heavy rain for western Norway. Drier, but breezy over Sweden and Finland, with the odd afternoon shower. Drier with sunny spells for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
Showers developing in the afternoon over Switzerland. A mostly dry and sunny day for Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria. Some showers for Romania and the Balkans, in the afternoon. Sunny for the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica and Malta. Some afternoon showers for Italy and Greece, while Cyprus and Turkiye will see a sunny day.

Monday
Scattered thunderstorms in eastern Spain on Monday. Fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal with plenty of sunshine. Remaining sunny in Corsica and Sardinia. Italy should be fair with more sunshine here. Stying sunny and hot for Greece and across the whole of Turkey.
Afternoon torrential thunderstorms breaking out in central and southern France, but dry in the north. The Low Countries will be dry and fine, more sunshine to come here. Fair in Germany although a risk of a shower in the far south. Poland will have some showery rain in the east but will be fair in the west. Hungary and Austria have scattered showers, some of them heavy. Further showers for Switzerland where some may be heavy.
Breezy in Denmark, isolated showers north and west. Rain and wind as well as cool in the Baltic States. Wet and windy in Finland. Windy for Sweden, some rain in the north but dry in the south. Rain in western and southern Norway whilst showers affect the far north.