Issued: 0530hrs Friday 18th October 2024
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Heavy thunderstorms for Mediterranean.

Friday
A rather cloudy day for Portugal with some light patchy rain or drizzle over the coastal areas. Mostly dry and sunny for Spain, but some cloud along with a few showers over the north. Heavy showers for France, drier towards the north and west coasts. A band of heavy rain spreading east over the British Isles. Some showers for the Low Countries. A rather cloudy but mostly dry for Germany, brighter with sunny periods over Poland. Mostly dry but rather cloudy over Denmark, Norway and Sweden as well as Finland. Brighter with sunny spells for the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine.
Heavy rain for Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Slovenia. Drier with sunny spells for Czechia, Slovakia, Romania as well as the Balkans. Western Balkans may see a few showers.
Bright with scattered showers for the Balearics, more frequent and heavy over Sardinia, Corsica and Italy with a risk of thunder. Sunny for Greece and Cyprus, showers for north Turkiye.

Saturday
Rain for north Portugal, drier further south. Some showers over northern parts of Spain. A band of rain spreading east over France. Heavy rain for western parts of the British Isles along with strong winds. Some early rain for the Low Countries, drier brighter later. Mostly dry and bright for Germany and Poland. Some rain spreading north for Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Dry but rather cloudy for Finland. Sunny for the Baltic States, Belarus, and Ukraine.
Mostly dry and bright for Switzerland and Austria, perhaps with some showers later in the day. A dry day for Czechia, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Hungary. Sunny for Romania and the Balkans.
Mostly dry bright for the Balearics. Heavy showers for Sardinia, Corsica and Italy, with a risk of thunder. Cloudy but mostly dry for Greece. Dry and sunny for Turkiye and Cyprus.