Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 14th August 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Torrential thunderstorms developing in central Europe, mainly fair Mediterranean staying hot

Sunday
Sunshine and dry for Portugal and most of Spain. Some showers in eastern Spain. Fair for Corsica and Sardinia as well as Italy. Greece will have sunshine and fair conditions. Some showers in western Turkey, but fair in central and eastern parts as well as being hot.
Western France will be dry with sunshine, but heavy thunderstorms in the east. The Low Countries will be fine and sunny. Staying fair in Germany with more sunshine. Heavy showers in central and eastern Poland. Hungary and Austria are set to be dry too, with heavy showers in western Switzerland.
Scattered showers for Denmark. The Baltic States will be dry and fine with sunshine and it will be remaining dry too in Finland. Sweden stays dry again, more sunshine to come. Scattered showers in Norway.

Monday
Hot across Spain and Portugal with lots of sunshine. The Balearics remain fine, whilst a few showers trouble northern Corsica. Italy should be largely fair with sunshine although some thunderstorms may affect the far northwest. Showers in northern Greece but fair for most of the country. Heavy showers in western Turkey although most of the country should be dry and sunny.
France should be mostly fair in western areas but some torrential storms breaking out in central and eastern areas. The Low Countries will be fair and sunny, a few showers in eastern Germany. The western half of Germany stays fair with sunshine here. Heavy, thundery showers in Poland as well as eastern Hungary. The rest of Hungary and Austria will be dry, although some showers in western Switzerland.
Denmark will have some cloud and showery bursts of rain. Plenty of sunshine and dry weather in the Baltic States. Finland and Sweden should be dry with sunshine. Sweden will be mostly dry and sunny too, although an odd shower cannot be ruled out in eastern parts of Sweden.