Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 15th September 2026
Duty forecaster: Alexi Venerus

A band of rain continues to sweep across France, north Italy and thorugh eastern Europe midweek.

Tuesday
More hot sun in Iberia, rain into northwest Spain later in the day. The Balearics and Corsica are fine, as is Sardinia though an odd afternoon showers possible here. Thundery showers in southern Italy, fine to the north. Scattered showers in the central Balkan States, as well as west Greece, which may be frequent and heavy in the far south. Sunny spells between the showers. A few showers near Turkish coasts but most areas stay fine.
Another very warm day in France, particularly southwest. Warm too in the Low Countries and Germany, and through afternoon, a band of rain sweeps into northern France through the Low Countries into west Germany. Sun will be fairly extensive across south Germany, the Alpine countries, and into Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary. A few showers to start in east Poland, these fading too for a fine afternoon. Showers from Belarus south through Ukraine into Romania, these also fading through afternoon for a bright evening. Bulgaria is dry with sunny spells.
A mild southerly breeze picks up across Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Heavy rain in southern Norway will spread into Denmark and Sweden, some thundery bursts in southern areas with patchy rain moving further north. A few showers in Lithuania and Latvia, while Estonia is dry and bright. Finland is similarly dry and bright.

Wednesday
Windy with some rain affecting northern Spain, the rain pushing into eastern Spain by the afternoon. Breezy but dry across Portugal. Turning cloudy with a few spots of rain by evening across the Balearics, otherwise dry and fair here. Much of Italy will see a settled day with hot conditions, however, outbreaks of rain will affect the far north. A few scattered showers across Greece and Turkey.
Rain across southwest France, though mainly dry and fine elsewhere here. Showers affecting the Low Countries into northwest Germany and rain in the far southeast, otherwise dry. A band of rain pushing southeastwards across Poland, Czechia and Austria. Outbreaks of heavy rain affecting Switzerland. Dry and sunny for Croatia.
Windy with showers across Denmark. Outbreaks of rain will also affect the Baltic States and there will be a brisk wind. Generally unsettled across Norway and Sweden though much of the rain will be towards the north here. Very wet and windy across Finland with heavy rain in places.