Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 21st June 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Thundery showers central Europe, fine north and south

Sunday
A hot and sunny day for Spain, Portugal and much of France with temperatures again extremely high. Much of the Mediterranean will see dry and sunny weather, a chance of an odd shower on Sardinia and toward central-southern Italy in the afternoon. Generally dry through Greece and Turkiye, but an odd thundery shower in southern Turkiye.
Some thunderstorms brew up during the day across the Low Countries and more widely into central Germany. A scattering of afternoon thundery bursts for Alpine regions too. A band of heavy and thundery rain develops and drifts slowly east across Poland and Slovakia, with some rain also affecting Hungary. Showers form locally in Romania and Bulgaria.
Breezy and showery for western Norway, more frequent rain in the north. Drier across southeast Norway and southern Sweden. Some heavy rain for a time in the far north of Finland and Norway, then drier across Finland. Some showery bursts for the Baltic states.

Monday
Some thunderstorms in northwest Spain on Monday. Otherwise the day is going to be hot and sunny. More heat across the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. A few showers in western Italy with plenty of sunshine too. Greece and Turkey will be hot, dry and sunny.
A few showers or thunderstorms could affect the far south of France. central and northern France should be dry with good spells of sunshine. Fine and hot in the Low Countries and much of northern Germany and Poland. Some heavy thunderstorms in Hungary, Austria and Switzerland with these affecting southern Germany and southern Poland.
Fair for Denmark with good spells of sunshine. The Baltic States will be dry too with more sunshine here. The fair weather extends into Finland where the sun shines. Fine in Sweden with sunny spells and in most of Norway too. A few showers in northern Norway and northern Sweden.