Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 13th August 2026
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Thundery, heavy showers through western Europe.

Thursday
Thunderstorms in eastern Spain today. Fair for the rest of Iberia and staying hot. More hot weather through the Balearics and staying fine too in Corsica and Sardinia. Thundery showers in southern Italy but otherwise sunny and very warm. Greece and Turkey are both going to be hot and dry.
France should be mostly dry with lots of sunshine, just a scattered shower breaking out. Further sunshine for the Low Countries and in Germany and Poland. Hungary will be dry with lots of sunshine as will be Austria. Switzerland wil have a few showers.
Fair for Denmark and Sweden although cloudier in the far north. Finland and the baltic States will be dry with lots of sunshine here. Cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the far west of Norway.

Friday
Eastern Spain will again see thunderstorms develop here. Continuing dry across the Balearics into Italy. Thunderstorms developing over mainland Greece, though the islands should remain dry and hot. Largely fine across Turkey.
Scattered showers for France but many places will stay dry and hot. The risk of a light shower in one or two places across the Low Countries, otherwise dry and fine. Mostly dry with sunny spells across Germany into Hungary and Poland. Southern regions of Switzerland will see some developing showers, heavy and thundery in places here. Largely dry across Austria though some thundery showers affecting the southwestern region.
A largely dry and fine day for Denmark but some patchy rain moving into western areas by early evening. Spells of heavy rain affecting northern and western regions of Norway while the east sees sunny spells and showers. Largely dry across Sweden but with a few showers in places centrally. Rain moving into southern Finland later. Sunny spells and mostly dry conditions further north. Largely dry and fine across the Baltic States.