Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 18th June 2026
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Afternoon thundery, heavy showers

Thursday
Thunderstorms developing again across northwestern regions of Spain. Portugal should be largely dry and sunny. Dry and fine with hot sunshine across the Balearics. One or two developing showers across northern and central regions of Italy though most will remain dry, including Corsica and Sicily. A drier day through Greece though thunderstorms across Turkey.
Developing heavy and thundery showers across central and southern France. Drier further north here. One or two showers across the Netherlands but mainly dry. Largely dry and fine also for Germany. Unsettled with heavy showers and developing thunderstorms across Austria and Switzerland. Some patchy rain across southern regions of Poland. The Balkan States remaining dry.
Denmark will have cloud and some spots of rain initially but these should clear through the day with sunshine developing. The Baltic States will be cool with sunny spells and scattered showers in the morning, these largely clearing in the afternoon. Southern regions of Norway will be windy, wet and cloudy. Drier further north but with the odd shower or two here and remaining largely cloudy. Scattered showers for Sweden. Largely dry but rather cloudy across Finland.

Friday
Most regions will stay dry across Spain and Portugal, however, thunderstorms will develop again across the far north here. The Balearics as well as Cosica and Sardinia will remain dry, fine and hot. Mostly dry through Italy and Greece though one or two developing showers. Thunderstorms being confined to the south and east in Turkey.
Largely dry and fine across France though thunderstorms developing through the very far north and far east. Switzerland will see heavy, thundery showers throughout again, while much of Austria will remin dry though the far west will see some thundery showers develop. The far south of Germany will be unsettled but mostly dry and fine elsewhere. Fine through Poland and the rest of eastern Europe.
One or two showers still affecting Denmark. Windy and wet along the coastal regions of Norway though drier elsewhere. Largely dry with developing sunny spells across Sweden and Finland. An isolated shower in the Baltics, but mostly dry and generally fine here.