Issued: 0530hrs Monday 27th July 2020
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

Hot, dry and sunny conditions continue around the Mediterannean


Monday
Dry, sunny and hot for Portugal, Spain and the Balearic Islands. Dry and sunny too for Italy with just the slight chance of a shower developing over northern areas later. Sunny and hot too for the Balkans, Greece and Turkey.
Dry and warm for much of France, southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. A slight chance of isolated showers developing over the Alps. Cloudier with scattered showers for the far northwest of France, the Low Countries, the Czech Republic and northern Germany. Some showers may be locally heavy and thundery. Early rain and cloud clears east from Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to leave a dry and fine day here.
Rain spreads north from central Norway and Sweden becoming increasingly light and patchy while sunshine and isolated showers follow from the south. A cloudy day with isolated showers for Finland. Cloudy too for Denmark with more frequent showers here. A band of locally heavy and thundery rain spreads from the southwest across the Baltic States.

Tuesday
Scattered showers affect the northern coast of Spain but otherwise across Iberia and the Balearic Islands, dry, hot and sunny conditions continue. Dry, hot and sunny for Italy, the Balkans, Greece and much of Turkey. Isolated showers may affect Black Sea coasts.
Patchy cloud and scattered showers for northwestern France, the Low Countries, Germany and western Poland on Tuesday. Drier and brighter to the south of France. Showers, these locally heavy and thundery, develop later over the Swiss and Austria Alps as well as for southeastern parts of the Czech Republic. Dry, warm and sunny for Hungary and Slovakia.
A mixed day for Denmark with sunny spells and scattered showers passing eastward. These locally heavy to the north. An area of heavy rain with localised thunderstorms embedded spreads over southern and central parts of Norway and Sweden. A mixed day for Finland and the Baltic States with some spells of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud and scattered showers. A band of heavier rain arrives from the west over the Baltic States later.