Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 30th August 2020
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

Heavy, thundery downpours for Italy and the Balkans


Sunday
Heavy showers affect the far north of Spain on Sunday but otherwise its a dry, fine and warm day over Iberia. Dry, sunny and warm too for the Balearic Islands and southern Italy while northern portions of Italy will be cloudier with outbreaks of rain, these locally heavy and thundery. Greece and Turkey see the continuation of hot, dry and sunny condtions.
Low pressure over central Europe brings outbreaks of rain and breezy conditions to parts of France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland on Sunday. A dry but overcast day for much of Slovakia and Hungary. A bright but showery day for the Benelux region.
A bright day with isolated showers for Denmark while a band of heavy rain affects Lithuania. Drier for Estonia and Latvia but rather cloudy here. Another band of rain makes its way eastward over central Norway and Sweden on Sunday with brighter conditions following from the west over Norway. A bright day too for Finland though it will be showery here.

Monday
Dry and fine for Portugal, Spain and the Balearic Islands on Monday. A band of heavy rain, this locally torrential, affects Corsica and Sardinia as well as central and northern parts of Italy before moving into the Balkans. Staying dry and hot for southern Italy and Sicily as well as Greece and Turkey.
A fair day for northern parts of France and Germany as well as the Low Countries with isolated showers here. Showers become more widespread for southern and eastern France and southern Germany and they will be locally thundery through the afternoon. Showery too for much of Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland while a band of heavy rain moves into Austria, Hungary and Slovakia later.
Early rain and showers fade over Sweden, Finland and the Baltic States as high pressure builds over Scandinavia. A dry and bright start for Norway and Denmark with these conditions spreading east over Sweden, Finland and the Baltic States through the afternoon.