Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 12th August 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Hot and dry for central and southern areas, rain in Norway

Wednesday
Another sunny day for the Iberia, feeling hot in places. Sunny for France, eastern parts of the British Isles, Germany, Poland, the Low Countries and Denmark. Cloudy but mostly dry for Norway and Sweden. Windy with scattered showers for Finland and the Baltic States. Dry with sunny spells for Belarus and Ukraine.
Sunny morning but afternoon showers from Switzerland and western showers. Sunny and warm for Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Some heavy afternoon showers for Romania and a few for the Balkans. Br>Sunny for the Balearics, while some afternoon showers are expected over Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Sunny and dry for Greece, and Cyprus. Some showers for northern Turkey.

Thursday
Thunderstorms in eastern Spain today. Fair for the rest of Iberia and staying hot. More hot weather through the Balearics and staying fine too in Corsica and Sardinia. Thundery showers in southern Italy but otherwise sunny and very warm. Greece and Turkey are both going to be hot and dry.
France should be mostly dry with lots of sunshine, just a scattered shower breaking out. Further sunshine for the Low Countries and in Germany and Poland. Hungary will be dry with lots of sunshine as will be Austria. Switzerland wil have a few showers.
Fair for Denmark and Sweden although cloudier in the far north. Finland and the baltic States will be dry with lots of sunshine here. Cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the far west of Norway.