Issued: 0530hrs Monday 24th August 2026
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Wet for northwest Spain and Portugal, thundery into France

Monday
Rain and cloud in Portugal and northwest Spain, some heavy falls. Showers over northern and eastern Spain, drier to the south. Some thunderstorms rumble across the Pyrenees and into southern France later. Sunshine in the Balearics gives way to showers later. Fair for Corsica and Sardinia. Fine across Italy with more sunshine coming here. Greece and Turkiye will be dry too with lots of sunshine and staying very warm.
Periods of rain in western France, fair in the north and east. Sunny spells across the Low Countries. Dry and sunny over much of Germany and southern Poland, although some cloud and rain in northern Poland. Fair for Austria with sunny spells. Spots of rain in Austria with heavier showers in Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry and fair with lots of sunshine here. Cloud and rain in the Baltic States. Cool northerly breezes with scattered showers in Finland. Sweden will be fair and cool with sunny spells. Cloud and drizzle in northern Norway, dry and sunny in the south with broken cloud.

Tuesday
Showery rain in northwest Spain and Portugal, largely dry and warm across south and eastern Spain and into the western Mediterranean. Some thundery showers form in northern Italy, drier with sunshine in the south. Staying dry across Greece and Turkiye with hot sunshine.
Areas of showers across France develop increasingly into thundery rain more widely afternoon into evening, spreading northeastward. An area of rain also affects Belgium and southwest Germany, some heavy. Showery for the Alps, some thundery bursts later for Switzerland and western Austria. A few showers also form across Hungary, Czechia and Romania.
Dry for northern Germany, the Netherlands and much of Poland. High pressure resides over Scandinavia maintaining fair weather for much of Norway, Sweden and Finland, some drizzle in the far north. Breezy for Denmark. Local showers for the Baltic states.