Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 4th September 2022
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Very warm and thundery across NW Europe.

Sunday
A fine start for Portugal and Spain, staying largely dry with cloudy periods. Chances of high winds in some northern regions of Spain and western France, these areas are also likely to see heavy rain move in. Cloud cover will be extensive throughout France with scattered showers possible but mostly dry weather. Any showery rain across Italy will become confined to southeastern areas and across northern Greece. Turkey will be mosty dry and fine.
Mostly dry for Germany, Czechia and Austria with chances of light afternoon showers. A similar outlook for Eastern Europe with a cooler evening for Latvia and Estonia. Windy though mainly dry across Denmark. High pressure centred just to the west of Norway sees a mostly dry day across Norway, Sweden and Finland though showers are expected in southern regions here.

Monday
Cloudier skies with outbreaks of rain and blustery winds across northwest Spain into north Portugal, mostly dry and fine elsewhere. The odd shower cannot be ruled out across the Balearics, otherwise dry with sunny spells. Dry and fine across Italy and the islands. Any showers over Greece will clear into the afternoon. Dry across western Turkey, developing showers further east.
A very warm day across France with locally heavy showers, some thundery, moving eastwards. Sunny spells inbetween. Showers passing eastwards across the Low Countries also where it will also feel very warm and muggy. Largely dry throughout Germany though windy in the north where it will feel cooler. A few scattered showers across Switzerland and Austria otherwise dry and fine here. Dry and fine down the Balkans and eastern Europe.
Cool though largely dry across Scandinavia. A risk of some scattered showers still in far southern regions of Norway and Sweden. Windy though largely dry across Denmark.