Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 8th August 2021
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Showery, heavy rain across northern Europe

Sunday
A dry and hot across Spain and Portugal. Also dry and fine for the Balearics. Mostly dry and hot for Italy, however, one or two local showers cannot be completely ruled out. Dry, sunny and again hot for Greece. Dry across Turkey too.
Showery rain pushes across northern France, the Low Countries and Germany while southern regions of France stay mostly dry. Rain for a time across Switzerland and Austria but becoming drier here. Mostly dry across Poland but some showers developing later. Dry and hot down the Balkan States.
More mixed to unsettled across Scandinavia with outbreaks of rain, some heavy across parts of Sweden. Largely dry for Finland but a few scattered shower across southern regions. Heavy rain pushing for a time through the Baltic States. Showery rain affecting Denmark.

Monday
A largely dry and hot day across Portugal and Spain, however the odd local thunderstorm cannot be completely ruled out. Dry and hot across the rest of the Mediterranean.
Patchy rain affecting northern France but laregly dry, fine and hot elsewhere. Showery outbreaks of heavy rain across the Low Countries into northern Germany while southern Germany stays mainly dry. A few local thunderstorms developing across western parts of Austria as well as across Serbia and Bosnia. Croatia and Slovenia staying dry and fine. Largely dry for Poland also and the Czech Republic.
Staying rather mixed to unsettled across Scandinavia. Showery rain, heavy in places across much of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Scattered showers across Finland but plenty of dry places too. Some showers affecting the Baltic States in the morning but an improving day here.