Frequent storms, occasional heat to stretch from Paris to Berlin and Warsaw
The predominant storm track for the summer months will send storms from the north Atlantic Ocean eastward into Scandinavia and the Baltic states.
The result of this pattern will be occasional heat building northward and interacting with cold fronts racing eastward across western and northern Europe.
This interaction will result in numerous episodes of rain and thunderstorms from France into Germany, Poland and the Baltic states.
Some of the storms will be severe with the greatest threat for damaging storms in eastern France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, western Czech Republic and western Poland.
The strongest thunderstorms will produce damaging winds, hail and even isolated tornadoes.
Flash flooding will also be a concern due to slow-moving thunderstorms, with the greatest threat stretching from eastern France into southern Germany and western Czech Republic.
While extended heat waves are not expected, one to two days of intense heat are possible ahead of each cold front.
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