Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 16th June 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Thundery showers in Iberia and central Europe

Tuesday
Fair to start in Iberia, heavy/thundery afternoon showers form. Fair for the Balearics with sunshine. Italy is mostly sunny too, then afternoon showers break out over the mountains down the spine of the country. Mostly sunny in the Balkans, some scattered cloud, then afternoon showers in the central Balkans. A few showers in north Greece, otherwise dry with sunshine. Türkiye is dry with sun.
Hot central and southern France with extensive sun. Some early rain passes into central Germany, plenty of sunny spells in the Low Countries. Away from the rain in central Germany, it will be mostly sunny. Mixed cloud and sun over the Alps, some afternoon showers forming in Switzerland. Poland starts cloudy with rain in the north, most cloud clearing but staying wet in the northeast. Slovakia and Hungary are dry with sun spells, as is Romania. Some afternoon showers for Bulgaria.
Staying breezy across Denmark, dry but lots of cloud around. Extensive showers and rain continues across the Baltic States and into southern areas of Sweden and Finland. Northern Sweden is mostly dry but cloudy. Some scattered showers in northern Finland. Norway is cloudy with scattered showers north, fair to the south.

Wednesday
Thunderstorms developing again in Spain. Portugal should be dry and sunny throughout. Fair too in the Balearics. Fair too in the Balearics as well as Corsica and Sardinia. Scattered showers in central Italy otherwise fair. Heavy thundery showers in Greece. Turkey will be dry with more sunshine to come here.
France is going to be dry with good spells of sunshine. Scattered showers in the Low Countries. Fair for much of Germany apart from some showers in the northwest. Poland should be dry with more sunshine. Thundery showers in Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland.
Denmark will have cloud and some spots of rain. The Baltic States will be cool with sunny spells and scattered showers. Windy and chilly in Finland, heavy rain and showers in the east. Sweden will be dry and fair, good spells of sunshine. Rain in western areas of southern Norway, fair in central and northern areas.