Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 16th September 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine and dry Mediterranean but wind and rain in the north

Tuesday
A fine day for most of Spain and Portugal with warm sunshine. Chance of an afternoon shower in northeast Spain. The Mediterranean looks generally fine, sunshine for the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. A few showers for northern Italy, drier toward the south. Warm sun for Greece and Turkiye.
France is largely dry, but breezier with showers toward Belgium and some more persistent rain into the Netherlands and northern Germany. Showers locally in the Swiss Alps, some more constant rain and heavy bursts in Austria and Hungary. Fine and warm toward the Black Sea. A frontal band of rain for eastern Poland and into Slovakia, followed by brighter spells in central southern Poland.
Windy with frequent rain and showers across southern Scandinavia and the Baltic region, heavy bursts of rain frequent through southern Sweden. Further north, areas of slow-moving showers and sunny spells toward northern Norway.

Wednesday
Fine and sunny across most of Spain and Portugal. Staying dry in the Balearics as well as Italy with more sunshine to come here. Further sunshine and dry weather for Greece and Turkey.
France is dry and sunny throughout the day. Rather cloudy across the Low Countries and northern Germany with some outbreaks of rain here. The rest of Germany and Poland should be dry. Fair conditions in Hungary and Austria with some sunshine, staying fine and sunny for Switzerland.
Increasing cloud later in Denmark bringing rain. Heavy showers or rain for the Baltic States. Further heavy showers in Finland and strong winds here too. Some showers in southern Sweden but dry in the north. Rain and showers in northern and western Noway but drier to the south.