Issued: 0530hrs Friday 21st August 2026
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Stormy for the Baltics at the weekend

Friday
Most of Spain will be dry and fine though northern areas will see spells of rain and cloudier skies. Dry with sunshine across Portugal. Scattered thundery showers across the Balearics into Corsica, however Sardinia should remain dry. Heavy, thundery showers for northern and central regions of Italy. Southern Italy, Sicily as well as Greece and Turkey will be dry with plenty of sunshine.
Rain across parts of southern FRance will clear as the day progresses. Sunshine and plenty of dry conditions elsewhere here but with thundery showers in the north and east. Unsettled across Germany with heavy, thundery rain in the far south and showers in the north. Sunny spells and showers for the Low Countries with some rain reaching coasts by the afternoon. Rain across southern Poland will clear later in the day. Heavy rain affecting the Balkans into Hungary and Austria.
Rain and cloud in Denmark, some of it heavy. Further rain or heavy showers for the Baltic States. Unsettled across Scandinavia with largely cloudy skies, showers and longer spells of rain affecting much of Norway. Largely dry for Sweden and Finland though showers affecting northern areas.

Saturday
Western regions of Portugal will be rather cloudy though should remain dry as a deep area of low pressure circulates just offshore. Dry and fine across much of Spain though showers will develop towards the northwest. Largely dry and fine across the Balearics, though Ibiza could see a passing shower. Sardinia, Corsica and much of Italy will be dry with plenty of sunshine though the odd shower cannot be ruled out across mainland Italy. A few heavy showers for Greece, otherwise dry here and fair across Turkey.
Mostly dry across France though there will be a brisk easterly wind. A few scattered showers across the northern regions of the Low Countries but mostly dry here too. Feeling relatively chilly in a brisk northerly wind flow. Rain first thing across central Germany will ease and largely clear. Dry and fair across Switzerland and Austria. Outbreaks of rain across northern Poland with a brisk wind here, drier further south.
Scattered showers pulling in on a brisk north-westerly wind across Denmark. An improving day for Norway as a ridge builds in here to see sunny spells develop. Largely dry across Sweden though cloudier with the risk of rain across eastern regions. A deep area of low pressure will bring stormy conditions to southern regions of Finland and the Baltic States. Northern Finland will be largely dry and fine.