Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 7th September 2017
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and wind in northern Europe, showers in Italy


Thursday
Thundery showers in eastern parts of Spain again today. There will be dry conditions and good spells of sunshine for the rest of Iberia. Thundery rain in much of central and northern Italy with scattered showers to the south. Greece and Turkey should be fair with good spells of sunshine here.
More sunshine and dry weather to come across France. Scattered showers for the Low Countries and northern Germany. Poland sees showers to the north whilst the south is going to be dry with sunny spells. Austria, Hungary and Switzerland are likely to have showers and periods of thundery rain.
Cloud and showers in Denmark. Sunshine and showers for the Baltic States, some of them heavy. The showers continue in Finland and these are going to be heavy. Central and northern Sweden will be brighter and drier. Showers and rain in southern Sweden but drier to the north.

Friday
Fair weather across Portugal and Spain today with good spells of sunshine. Showers affecting much of Italy, heaviest in the south. Greece will have sunny spells and mostly dry weather with Turkey staying dry throughout with more sunshine here.
Wind and rain in northern and western parts of France whilst the south and east will be dry with sunny spells. Wind and rain affecting the Low Countries and most of northern Germany and Poland, whilst the south of Germany and southern Poland stay dry. Austria, Switzerland and Hungary should be dry with more sunny spells here.
Heavy bursts of rain for the south of Norway but northern Norway should be dry. Cloud and some rain reaching the Baltic States whilst a few showers trouble Finland. Wet in southern Sweden but drier to the north.