Issued: 0530hrs Monday 25th May 2020
Duty forecaster: Claire Darbinyan

High pressure brings dry and sunny conditions to western Europe

Monday
A mostly dry and fine day for Portugal and Spain again though some heavy, thundery showers likely to flare up over Spain later. These heaviest to the northeast. Warm, dry and sunny for the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy while Greece experiences some scattered showers. Mostly dry and sunny for Turkey though heavy, thundery showers persist to the east.
A dry, sunny and warm day for France, the Low Countries and Switzerland. Showers ease over Germany to leave a dry and fine afternoon here. A showery day for Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary - some of these will be locally heavy. These tend to fade into the evening.
A mostly dry and fine day for Norway, Sweden and Finland though some isolated showers may affect eastern coastal regions of Sweden and western coastal regions of Finland. Best of the sunshine for western Norway. A dry and fair day for Denmark while frequent, scattered showers affect the Baltic States.

Tuesday
Another mostly dry and warm day for Portugal and Spain with plenty of sunshine. Isolated showers flare up over northern Spain through the afternoon. Dry, sunny and warm for the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy with isolated showers possible later over southern parts of Italy. Frequent showers for Greece and western Turkey some of which will be locally heavy and thundery. Dry, sunny and warm for eastern Turkey.
A dry, warm and fine day for France, the Low Countries, Germany and Switzerland. Showery outbreaks of rain, some of which will be locally heavy and thundery, affect southeastern parts of Poland and the Czech Republic as well as Austria, Hungary and Slovakia.
Dry and fine for Denmark, Sweden and Finland on Tuesday. A band of rain edges into western Norway later but otherwise it's dry and fine here too. The Baltic States are also mostly sunny and dry though isolated showers may affect southern and southeastern parts of Lithuania.