Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 7th July 2026
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cool with wind and rain in Scandinavia, hot and sunny in the Mediterranean

Tuesday
More hot sunshine in Iberia, some heavy afternoon showers in north and east Spain. Sunny for the central Mediterranean islands, a few showers in Sardinia and Corsica. Afternoon showers in central/southern Italy, otherwise fine and sunny. Afternoon showers in the south Balkan States, drier and fine for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Some afternoon showers inland Greece but otherwise fine. Thundery showers in south and east Türkiye, staying fine to the west.
Staying hot in France, this heat stretching through Germany, Czechia, and into Hungary. France stays largely sunny too. Some patchy cloud over the Low Countries and Germany. A notable breeze in Germany with rain in the north, this stretching across much of Poland. Fine in Austria and Switzerland. Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary will see scattered showers. Afternoon showers break out in Romania and Bulgaria too.
Staying very windy in Denmark and southern Sweden with periods of rain here. Periods of rain affect the Baltic States too, particularly Lithuania. Outbreaks of rain across Norway, Sweden, and Finland, some drier brighter regions later in the day, particularly central and northern Scandinavia.

Wednesday
Plenty of sunshine for Spain and Portugal although scattered thunderstorms in the east. Sunny and hot for the Balearics. A few thundery showers in southern Italy, but fine and dry with lots of sunshine in the north. Greece will have scattered thundery showers whilst Turkey will be hot and sunny.
France is going to be fine and sunny as well as hot. More hot weather for the Low Countries with an isolated shower in northern Germany. Poland will the cool with a mix of sunshine and showers. Scattered showers in Hungary too although Austria and Switzerland will be dry.
Denmark will be cool and sunny but dry. Windy and wet in the Baltic States and heavy showers for Finland. Sweden will have some showers in the north but will be dry overall. A few showers in northern Norway although mostly dry and cool in the south.