Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 28th July 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Torrential thunderstorms central Europe, fair to the south

Thursday
A fine and very warm day on Thursday cross Spain and Portugal. Plenty of sunshine and and throughout. Staying fair for the afternoon in the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Italy will be bright although with isolated showers. Greece and Turkey should be fine with more sunshine here.
Fair and hot for most of France although there may be a few thunderstorms in the southeast. Fine across the Low Countries and Germany with more sunshine to come in Poland. Fair in Hungary with sunny spells and fair for eastern Austria. Some thunderstorms forming in western Austria and Switzerland, these heavy at times.
Denmark should be fair and sunny throughout the day. Scattered showers in the Baltic States and a scattering of showers too in Finland. Sweden will be fine with sunny spells. Staying sunny across Norway, some showers in the north.

Friday
Fair through Spain and Portugal on Friday. A few showers in the east of Spain. The Balearics will be dry with sunny spells. Staying dry across Italy and Greece and Turkey with plenty of sunshine.
More sunshine and dry weather in France. The Netherlands will be fair too and the sunshine should extend into northern parts of Germany and Poland. Some showers across southern Poland with heavy thunderstorms affecting Germany and the Czech and Slovak Republics. Further torrential storms for Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry with good spells of sunshine. High pressure keeps Finland dry too as will be the Baltic States. Sweden should be dry and mostly sunny. Fair weather across Norway with more sunshine here.