Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 20th May 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy, thundery showers in Italy and southern areas of central Europe

Tuesday
A fine and sunny day for Iberia and the Balearics. Showery with a mix of cloud and sun Sardinia and Corsica. Most of Italy becoming cloudy with heavy showers north, some thunder likely. Showers more scattered central and south. Showers into the north Balkan States, mostly cloud to the south. Another dry and mostly sunny day for Greece and Türkiye.
Frequent heavy showers continue in south and east France; fine in the north. Showers spread across Switzerland and Austria as well. Fine and mostly sunny Low Countries and Germany. Fine too into Poland and Czechia, a few clouds and isolated showers in southern areas here. Some showers in Romania and Bulgaria with plenty of sun spells; breezy around the Black Sea.
Brisk cool breeze west Norway and Denmark though extensive sunshine here. Sunny in Sweden and Finland as well, only cloudy with rain in the far north. Dry with good sun for the Baltic States.

Wednesday
Showers in the far north of Spain today. Fine for most areas though with lots of sunshine. The Balearics will have lots of sunshine too and will be dry. Showers in Italy, some of it heavy. Greece will be dry with lots of sunshine. Turkey stays dry, again with plenty of sunshine.
Some rain in northern areas of France. Dry and fair in central and southern areas. Bright with sunny spells and dry weather for Germany and northern Poland, although some rain in central and southern Poland and Germany. Wetter too for Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Sunny spells and dry for Denmark. Scattered showers for the Baltic States. Heavy showers in Finland and cool too. Further showers and rain for Sweden. Norway will have cold weather and some heavy showers.