Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 24th June 2026
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Developing low pressure west of Biscay brings developing heavy showers to far west Europe

Wednesday
The scorching heat continues across northern and western Europe through midweek. Thundery downpours are expected to develop across northwest Spain and north Portugal later. A few more sporatic isolated showers will affect northern regions of Spain more widely. Dry further south. Deevloping local thunderstorms across Italy but mainly dry. Thunderstorms also expected across Greece, partiucraly in the afternoon.
Sunshine and oppressive heat for France and the Low Countries once again with mostly dry conditions, though the odd heavy downpour is to be expected in France. Dry throughout Germany and Poland. A few local showers developing across southern regions of Switzerland and Austria but also mostly dry with sunny spells. Dry down the Balkan States.
Cloudy with some patchy rain across central regions of Norway, otherwise dry and very warm in the far south. Denmark is dry, sunny and very warm also. Largely dry and warm across Sweden though cloudier with some patchy rain in the north. Dry across the Baltics. Scattered showers through Finland.

Thursday
High heat and humidity again across Europe. Developing scattered showers, some heavy and thundery, are across Portugal and northern Spain through Thursday. One or two showers across Corsica, Sardinia and mainland Italy but mostly dry, hot and sunny conditions here. Thunderstorms widely across Greece, these should ease into the afternoon.
Thundery showers developing across western parts of France as well as across southeastern areas, otherwise dry, hot and humid. Hot and sunny across the Netherlands and Germany. Sunny spells and thundery, heavy showers across Switzerland and Austria. Dry and fine across Hungary, Romania and the Balkan States.
Dry, fine and sunny across Denmark. Cloudy, wet and windy across northern parts of Norway, while southern areas here should remain dry and fine. Northern areas of Sweden are windy with some patchy rain but mainly dry otherwise. Largely cloudy with outbreaks of rain across Finland. Mostly dry through the Baltic States.