Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 28th June 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

NW Europe turning more unsettled with heavy showers.

Wednesday
Hot and dry across Spain and Portugal, again likely for many areas to get close to 40C centrally and further south. Local heavy showers around the Pyrenees and one or two centrally at risk. Fine and warm across the Mediterranean. Higher chance of showers popping up through north and east Italy with one or two local thunderstorms for mainland Greece and northern Turkey.
Scattered showers for the Alps, otherwise many will see sunny spells and feel pleasantly warm for France and Germany. The risk of some patchy light rain in Belgium but mostly dry across Holland. A few scattered showers affecting Poland into Hungary but most staying dry.
Largely dry with sunny spells as a weak ridge is over Denmark today. Some rain moving into western areas of Norway, drier further east. Largely dry with sunshine across Sweden, while Finland and the Baltics see sunny spells and scattered showers.

Thursday
The hot weather continues through central and southern Spain as well as central and eastern Portugal. Windy yet dry across Portugal with mostly dry weather across Spain though some thundery showers developing across the northeast later. Dry and fine through the Balearics. Largely dry across Italy and the islands though some scattered showers in the north. Largely dry through Greece and Turkey.
A more mixed day across France with some heavy showers/longer spells of rain developing centrally and in the south. Breezy further west. Thundery outbreaks of rain push eastwards across the Low Countries into NW Germany. Elsewhere across Germany will be mostly dry. Showery throughout Switzerland but largely dry across Austria. Any rain in the far east of Poland will clear to see a dry and fine day here as well as across Hungary and the Balkans.
A wetter day for Denmark though mostly dry across the Baltic States. Scattered showers through Norway, northern Sweden and across many regions of Finland though also sunny spells.