Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 13th July 2021
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Torrential rain eastern France

Tuesday
Areas of rain and thunderstorms are expected across France, the Alps, northern Italy plus the Low Countries. A rather cool day for France overall. Much of Spain and Portugal will be dry, sunny and warm in the south. Possible showers for Corsica and Sardinia.
The south and west of Germany also sees rain, but north and eastern areas will be drier. A few showers for Denmark. Scattered slow-moving thundery bursts are possible for eastern Poland and into Ukraine, but much of eastern Europe stays hot and dry. Greece also stays in full high summer mode.
Scandinavia will be mainly dry, but local showers may affect west and northern Norway. The Baltic states also look showery.

Wednesday
A largely dry and fine day for Spain and Portugal although with the odd thundery shower developing in the east of Spain later. Some possible earlier showers for Menorca and Majorca but these should clear off by the afternoon. Dry elsewhere through the Balearics. One or two showers for Sardinia and Corscia but largely dry too. Mostly dry across Italy but a few scattered showers developing in the north. Dry, hot and sunny for Greece and Turkey.
Some showers developing across western parts of France on Wednesday with torrential thunderstorms expected in the east. Torrential thunderstorm warning extends into far southern and eastern areas of Belgium as well as eastern borders of the Netherlands into north and west Germany. Drier elsewhere. Thundery showers, likely heavy, across thge Alps with some thunderstorms developing across the Czech Republic into west Poland.
Staying largely dry again, although some developing showers still pester southern parts of Norway and central areas of Sweden. Dry and largely fine for Finland. Scattered showers, some heavy and potentially thundery, through the Baltic States. Mainly dry for Denmark.