BBC Weather: Thunderstorms and showers to batter Europe this weekend as cool air sweeps in
BBC Weather has forecast thunderstorms and showers across Europe as a cool weather front moves into the continent.
BBC Weather: Thunderstorms and showers to hit Europe
BBC Weather forecaster Phil Avery explained Europe can expect less settled weather over the weekend. He predicted thunderstorms in Central Europe, most notably, Spain and Portugal with a chance for thunderstorms in the UK as well. Elsewhere in the continent temperatures will be cooler and Scandinavian nations may see a significant amount of snowfall.
Mr Avery said: "Interesting set up at the moment, there is a big area of high-pressure north of the British isles getting into the southern parts of Scandinavia.
"Then we have got more unsettled weather in southwestern Europe.
"There will be a lot of showers and thunderstorms here with some warmth coming up through the western side of Europe,
"Out towards the east, it is stubbornly cool at the moment.
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"There will be a significant amount of snowfall falling in parts of Finland.
"I have heard stories of up to a metre or a metre and a half of snow falling there."
The BBC Weather forecaster noted that further east in Europe there will be cool air and steady temperatures.
He noted that Spain and Portugal will continue to have unsettled weather as they have done all week.
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He said: "There will be a lot of thunderstorm activity there as we have got the two circulations colliding with the warm moist air coming out of the Mediterranean
"We have got that zone of activity there were those two flows meet.
"Having said that there is a lot of fine and settled weather to be had as well."
Mr Avery explained that towards the end of the weekend London will see temperatures as high as 19 degrees Celsius.
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These warm temperatures will continue into the new week with a potential high 20 degrees on Thursday.
In Paris, it will remain consistently above 20 degrees with next week Thursday seeing a high of 23 degrees.
Madrid and Rom will see more cloudy weather over the weekend with some rainfall.
Neither city is expected to see temperatures higher than 20 degrees over the weekend or next week.