Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 7th May 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy thundery showers in central and southern Europe, fine in north

Wednesday
Another mostly dry day for Portugal. Some showers in Spain, especially through the afternoon. Isolated showers for southern France, but dry bright elsewhere. High pressure for the British Isles, the Low Countries, Germany, Poland, and the Nordics, with dry and bright conditions. Sunny spells for the Baltic States and Belarus. Cloudier with outbreaks of rain for Ukraine.
Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for Switzerland and Austria, with snow over the Alps. Some light patchy rain for Slovakia and Hungary, while Czechia will stay dry. Some light rain for Romania and western Balkans.
A rather cloudy day perhaps with some showers later in the day. Outbreaks of rain for Sardinia and Corsica as well as northern Italy. A rather cloudy day for Greece, perhaps with some showers in far north. Showers for Turkiye, some on the heavy side. A rather cloudy bur dry day for Cyprus.

Thursday
Unsettled in Spain and Portugal with some heavy, thundery showers or longer spells of rain in many northern, central and eastern areas. Sunshine and showers for Italy, some of them thundery as the heat builds. Greece and Turkey will be dry with lots of sunshine.
Thundery showers over the east of France but fair in the west. The Low Countries and Germany stay dry with good spells of sunshine. Poland will be dry with plenty of sunshine too. Heavy and thundery showers in Hungary and Austria. The storms extend to Switzerland.
Denmark will have plenty of sunshine and dry conditions. A scattering of showers in southern Sweden. The Baltic States and Finland will be dry with plenty of sunshine. Norway stays fine overall, more sunshine here. Some showers in northern Norway.