Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 15th July 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy thunderstorms in central Europe, hot and dry south

Wednesday
A scattering of thunderstorms in northern Spain on Wednesday. Most of Portugal and Spain will be hot and dry. The central Mediterranean is going to be remaining hot and dry and this weather extends into most of Italy. The far north of Italy will have some heavy thunderstorms developing in the afternoon. Greece and Turkey stayed dry, hot and sunny.
Thunderstorms developing across France during Wednesday afternoon, some of them torrential. Tending to be drier in the south with sunshine here. Fair and dry across the low countries and across most of central and northern Germany as well as Poland. Heavy showers developing in Hungary, Austria and Switzerland, with localised flooding in places
Denmark will be fine and dry with lots of sunshine. Scattered showers affecting the Baltic states but overall dry here with sunny spells. Finland should be dry with more sunshine and it stays dry across Sweden. Much of Norway will be dry with plenty of sunshine, although there could be further rain affecting the far north of Norway.

Thursday
The scattered thunderstorms remain in northern and eastern Spain today. Further sunshine across the Balearics and much of Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Greece should be fair with plenty of sunshine. Turkey is going to be sunny too as well as very warm.
Heavy showers in France, torrential in places. The Low Countries will have sunny spells and a scattering of showers. Further scattered showers for northern Germany whilst the rest of Germany and Poland is dry with some sunshine. Hungary will have isolated showers, these being heavier and thundery in western Austria and Switzerland.
Sunny spells and a few showers in Denmark. Fair for most of Sweden with plenty of sunshine. The Baltic States wil be dry with sunshine too. Finland will be breezy with sunny spells. Norway should be dry and mostly sunny, although wind, rain and showers affecting the far north.