Issued: 0530hrs Friday 28th June 2019
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Hot and sunny in much of central and southern Europe, more mixed in Scandinavia


Friday
Hot and sunny in Spain and Portugal. More sunshine through the central Mediterranean, this extending into Italy. Greece is going to be dry with lots of sunshine and will be very warm. Hot in Turkey too with lots of sunshine.
Fair and sunny in France, very warm too. A fine day to come in the Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland. Further sunshine in Hungary and Austria although some thunderstorms may be triggered by the heat in Switzerland.
Lots of sunshine and fine weather in Denmark. The Baltic States will be breezy and very warm. This fine weather afecting Finland too. Sweden should be dry with lots of sunshine. Norway will be cloudier with some outbreaks of rain in northern and western areas, but some sunshine to the south.

Saturday
A hot and sunny day in Spain and Portugal. Fine through the Mediterranean with more sunshine. Hot weather extends into Greece ad southern Turkey. Cloud and thundery showers in northern Turkey.
Hot again in France with more sunshine. Staying dry and sunny as well as hot over the Low Countries and Germany. Poland will be dry and sunny as well as hot. Switzerland and Hungary as well as Austria are going to be sunny and dry.
Denmark is going to be dry and sunny. Hazy sunshine in the Baltic States. A risk of some drizzle in Finland. Hazy sunshine and warm weather in Sweden. Showery rain in central and northern Norway. Bright to the south with sunny spells.