Issued: 0730hrs Tuesday 17 September 2024
Duty forecaster: John

Wednesday 18 September
Dry with prolonged sunshine Ireland, Scotland Scotland to Denmark, Norway and Sweden 15C for most, 20C England to Denmark Denmark through to Estonia. High latitude Norway and Sweden dry with sunshine 10C. Staying dry with sunshine for all of France, Belgium and Netherlands, across Germany to Belarus Belarus 20 to 25C. Remaining generally hot and sunny through Portugal and into central and southern Spain Spain 25 to 30C. Eastern Spain, Cosica and Sardinia to Italy mainly cloudy with outbreaks of rain heavy and prolonged with thunderstorms, generally cool 15 to 20C. Prolonged rain for much of the day Austria, Slovenia to Serbia through to Albania Albania to Bulgaria overall cool here 15C. Cloudy with snow continuing through Alps and Carpathians mountains.

Thursday 19 September
Continuing warm to hot with a mix of sunshine and showers, thundery at times for Portugal Portugal 20C near Atlantic coasts, though 25C inland. Mix of rain and showesr with sunshine for Italy, southern France, Switzerland Switzerland and Autsria fringing into souther Germany to Poland, generally cool(er) 15 to 20C. Prolonged rain continuing Hungary Hungary to Bulgaria and Romania though gradually easing later in the day 15C generally, 20C for coastal fringes.