Issued: 0530hrs Monday 3rd August 2020
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Thundery downpours still across central Europe. Staying mixed in the north but drier further south.

Monday
Largely dry across Spain and Portugal and feeling hot once again, however, eastern parts of Spain as well as the Balearic Islands look to see more in the way of cloud about and some scattered showers, possibly thundery, through the afternoon. Windy across Sardinia and Corsica with some patchy rain for northern areas of Sardinia but largely dry elsewhere. Rain, some heavy and thundery spells, across northern ltaly but drier further south. Largely dry across Greece and Turkey although there is the risk of some showers developing over the eastern Turkish resorts.
A risk of thunderstorms still across the Alps although these have progressed more eastwards with the heaviest of rainfall across Austria and Slovenia as well as into Croatia. Largely dry over France but with cloud and rain across northern and eastern areas. The Low Countries look to be mainly wet with Germany seeing rain in the west and south. Poland largely cloudy with heavy spells of rain in the far south.
Low pressure remains to the west of Norway therefore Norway will continue to see mostly cloudy skies and outbreaks of rain, particularly over western areas. Sweden looks to see some rain over central regions but mainly dry elsewhere. Finland will remain unsettled with rain in the south but drier in the north. Rain largely clearing the Baltic States.

Tuesday
Another mostly dry and fine day for Portugal and Spain although some scattered showers could affect easternmost regions. The Balearic Islands too could see some morning thundery downpours. Still windy across Sardinia and Corsica with some blustery showers about but mainly dry. Unsettled for Italy with showery rain across many places. Largely dry over Greece and Turkey.
Tuesday will see thundery downpours continue across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary while Switzerland will gradually become drier through the day. Largely dry and fine across France and the Low Countries and into northern Germnay however central and southern Germnay will see cloudier skies and some rain. Rain gradually clearing eastern Poland. Mostly dry further west. Rain across the far east of Europe.
Remainig unsettled across Scandinavia with outbreaks of rain for Norway and across more northern regions of Sweden. Finland too will remain largely unsettled with heavy rain in the southeast. The Baltic States look to be largely dry with sunny spells.