Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 18th May 2022
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fine most of the Mediterranean, thundery showers central Europe

Wednesday
Isolated showers in eastern Spain with more persistent showers over northern hills. Brighter in the west with sunny spells and fine across Portugal. The Balearics will be dry and sunny. Scattered showers in central and northern Italy, but fine in eastern and southern Italy with lots of sunshine here. Heavy thunderstorms in northern Greece, fair to the south. Showers over inland areas of Turkey, but fair in the south.
Heavy showers in the west and north of France, but drier in the east and south. Isolated showers for the Low Countries as well as northern Germany. Fair for Poland and the rest of Germany with lots of sunshine here. More sunshine in Hungary, heavy and thundery showers developing across Austria and Switzerland.
Fine and warm with plenty of sunshine in Denmark. Sunny too for the Baltic States and all of Finland. Most of Sweden will be fair, dry and sunny. Cloud and rain for western Norway, generally fair and dry in the north and east of Norway.

Thursday
Fine for Spain and Portugal on Thursday with plenty of sunshine throughout. It stays sunny and warm for the central Mediterranean too with plenty of sunshine across Corsica and Sardinia as well as most of Italy. Scattered showers could affect the far northwest if Italy in the afternoon. Some showers in western Greece later, with thunderstorms developing over southern coasts of Turkey.
Isolated afternoon showers in central parts of France, otherwise dry with plenty of sunshine here. Cloud and some showery rain for the Low Countries. Most of Germany should be dry, although isolated showers could affect the far west. Poland should be dry with lots of sunshine and it will be warm. Hungary and Austria will be dry with plenty of sunshine, although thunderstorms for Switzerland.
An area of thundery rain will afect Denmark and the south of Sweden. Some rain too in the Baltic States. Fair for central and northern Sweden, plenty of sunshine and dry weather in Finland. Coud and some showery rain for the west of Norway.