Issued: 0530hrs Friday 20th August 2021
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Largely dry, although a band of heavy rain will push across France on Saturday

Friday
Lots of sunshine to come across Spain and Portugal. The western Mediterranean stays fine as well with more hot sunshine. Heavy thunderstorms are likely to develop in central parts of Italy, but for most coastal areas it should be dry with plenty of sunshine. A scattering of showers across mainland Greece but generally fair. Turkey will be hot and sunny.
Sunny across France and dry too. I said day for the low countries. Some rain in northern Germany and across central Poland. Fair for central and southern Germany as well southern Poland. Hungary will be dry but there will be some showers in western Austria and a few heavy showers developing across Switzerland too.
Some clouds and showers affecting Denmark. The showers will also spread to the far south of Sweden and the Baltic state. Breezy and cold in Finland with a scattering of showers but some sunny spells. Cold to across northern western Norway with frequent heavy showers here, although dry and sunny in the far south of Norway.

Saturday
Largely dry for Spain and Portugal, however, a few local thunderstorms are expected to develop across the SE corner of Spain later in the day. Dry for the Balearics as well as much of Italy, but the odd local shower cannot be ruled out across the south here. Some scattered thunderstorms across mainland Greece again today but Turkey will remain, dry and hot.
A band of rain will push from west to east across France, heavy and possibly thundery in places. Many across the far east should remain mostly dry. Some thunderstroms developing across the Alps but generally it will be mainly dry with sunny spells for the rest of Europe on Saturday. A few scattered morning showers across Poland but mainly dry thereafter.
Some showers affecting Norway, Sweden and the Baltic States in the morning but these look to largely clear in the afternoon. Showers across Finland though. A dry day for Denmark with some sunny spells.