Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 24th May 2023
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

Mediterranean still unsettled with developing thundery and heavy showers.

Wednesday
A showery day through Spain and Portugal with frequent, heavy showers and a risk of thunderstorms. Further showers forming over the Balearics. These showers developing in Corsica and Sardinia too. Italy will be staying showers and again they will be heavy with further showers in Greece and Turkey.
Showers for the south of France, some of it heavy. Dry for the rest of France with plenty of sunshine. More sunshine and dry weather in the Low Countries and Germany. A few showers in central Poland but mostly dry. Showers, some heavy in eastern Hungary. Showers for Austria and Switzerland with some heavy again.
Denmark should be dry and bright. Sunny spells and dry in the Baltic States. Breezy for Finland but dry here. Fair for most of central and southern Sweden, cloud and rain in the far north. Windy and unsettled for Norway with rain in the north and west.

Thursday
Spain remains showery, these showers developing as the day progresses. Much of Portugal staying dry and fine. A few showers for the Balearics but mainly dry here. Also a few showers developin along coastal areas of Italy, otherwise dry here. Heavy showers developing across mainland Greece, better weather through the islands and into the Turkish resorts.
Showers for the south of France, some heavy again. Dry for the rest of France with plenty of sunshine. More sunshine and dry weather in the Low Countries and Germany though breezy. Poland, Hungary and Czechia are largely dry. Showers developing across southern Switzerland and Austria, otherwise dry with sunny spells.
Denmark is windy yet again dry and fine. Sunny spells and dry in the Baltic States. Rain clearing the far east of Finland to see much of it dry yet windy, particularly in the north. Windy too across Norway where there will be again rain and showers hitting northern and western areas. Largely dry though windy in Sweden.