Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 27th August 2022
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Heavy showers and thunderstorms across Italy and the east.

Saturday
Portugal and western Spain will see temperatures averaging low 30s throughout the day. On the north-west regions there is an likelihood of strong winds on the coast. In the eastern regions of Spain and Mallorca, there is the increasing possibility of rain and increased cloud cover towards the evening.
France is expecting a mostly fine day with widespread temperatures averaging high 20s, although areas on the south and western coastlines may reach low 30s.Switzerland and much of Italy will see heavier showers and thunderstorms develop as the day progresses. Germany is set to see a mostly dry and cooler day with some north eastern areas expecting rain in the morning although this should progress eastwards into Poland as the day goes on. This precipitation is unlikely to reach the eastern countries of Belarus and Ukraine where temperatures increase to low 30s by midday.
Showers throughout the day for Sweden, although these move into the Baltic by the later afternoon. Norway seems to largely avoid any significant rainfall in the central regions, however, a light and persistent rain is expected in the north.

Sunday
Possible mist and drizzle pestering some coasts of Portugal, otherwise dry and fine here. Largely dry through Spain though again scattered showers developing mostly in the northeast. Largely dry through the rest of the Mediterranean, though Italy sees developing widespread heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing on to Sicily and Corsica and into western Greece.
Much of northern and western Europe will be dry and fine with sunny spells, though the Alpine region does see a higher risk of shower development. A line of showers moves eastwards across Poland too with the Balkans looking rather unsettled with heavy showers and thunderstorms.
Southern Sweden will be wet with heavy rain, drier further north. Wet and windy through northern Norway with the odd shower in the south. Any rain confined to the far south of Finland otherwise dry here. A few scattered showers pestering the Baltic region though many staying dry. Some rain affecting northern and eastern coasts of Denmark, otherwise looking to be mostly dry though limited sunshine.