Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 12th October 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy showers or thunderstorms in Mediterranean, better northern Europe

Wednesday
Areas of showers will be focused from southern Spain across the Pyrenees and southern France. Thundery downpours for the central Mediterranean may affect the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Mainly dry for western Spain and Portugal. Local showers for central Italy. Showery too for the southern Balkans and mainland Greece, but the islands should be dry. Also fine across the eastern Med.
Dry and fine weather extends through northern France, the Low Countries and Germany, also Poland and the Czech Republic. Showery rain for the Alpine states. A few bursts of rain locally for Romania too.
Westerly breezes across Scandinavia bring rain or drizzle to Denmark and southern Sweden, whilst much of the Baltic region should be dry. A little patchy rain for Finland. Heavier rain and brisk winds for western Norway.

Thursday
Fair for Spain and Portugal today. More sunshine toc ome across the Balearics with fair weather too in the northern half of Italy. Southern Italy will have some showers. Greece will be showery in the west. Much of eastern Greece stays fine with sunshine, with further sunshine in Turkey.
Fair for the southern half of France. Rain in northern France, some of it heavy. The rain will be affecting the Low Countries too. A few showers in the west of Germany but fair for most of the country. Fair too across Poland. Hungary will have plenty of sunshine and will be dry. Austria and much of Switzerland should stay dry, although some showers are likely in the west.
Denmark will be fair until the evening when heavy rain may arrive. A few showers in the Baltic States, these spreading to Finland. Further rain or showers in many parts of the north and east of Sweden. Some showers in western Norway although mostly dry here.