Europe forecast: Extraordinary heat - Thundery Med, Jun 23 - 05:43

Sustained high temperatures widely western and northern Europe with scattered thunderstorms
Tuesday The heat goes on for west and central Europe with high pressure centred over northern areas and a general waft of hot air from the south again taking temperatures over 40C. A dry and sunny day for Spain and Portugal, isolated showers toward the Pyrenees. Local afternoon thundery showers for Sardinia and southern Italy. More extensive thunderstorm development in mainland Greece, through western pa