Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 25th July 2026
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Unsettled with brisk winds and outbreaks of rain across Scandinavia

Saturday
More heavy afternoon showers in northern Spain and Portugal, dry and fine to the south. Dry with mixed cloud and sun for the western Mediterranean islands. Italy is dry and sunny, showers breaking out in the northern Alps. The Balkan States are dry and fine as well with some fair weather cloud, this extending into western Greece. Scattered showers in east Greece. Extensive heavy, thundery showers across Türkiye.
Heavy, thundery showers across central and southern France extend into the mountains of Switzerland and west Austria. Further north stays dry, a few light showers in the Low Countries and north Germany, but otherwise sunny and very warm to hot. Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary are dry and largely sunny. Belarus southward through Ukraine, Romania, and Belarus will be largely sunny too but with showery outbreaks afternoon.
Strong wind and showers will affect much of Scandinavia. Southwest Norway will be often raining, this rain extending into Denmark with time. The Baltic states will be drier with less wind, afternoon showers more scattered here with a bright morning and evening.

Sunday
Drier across Spain today with plenty of hot sunshine. Portugal will also be dry and fine. A few showers will affect the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica but generally dry and fine here too. Much of Italy will be dry though some showers will move into northeastern areas and are likely to fall as heavy showers, possibly thundery. These will also affect Slovenia and Croatia. Dry and fine through Greece and Türkiye.
A weakening front will bring cloud and some patchy rain to north and west France. Dry with sunny spells elsewhere here. An unsettled day for the Netherlands with outbreaks of rain. This extends into northern regions of Germany. Further south expect some sunny spells but also staying dry. Sunny spells and showers for Switzerland and Austria. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for Poland, Czechia, Slovenia and Hungary.
Cloud and rain will affect Denmark. Staying windy across much of Scandinavia with outbreaks of rain through Norway, Finland and far northern Sweden. Central and southern Sweden will stay largely dry with some developing sunny spells. Sunny spells and showers affecting the Baltic States.