Current situation and outlook
There is not much to say. Western Europe lies within the sphere of influence of a huge, more or less stationary area of high pressure. The high lies between low pressure systems over the Atlantic and the Baltics and forms a classic omega pattern, i.e. a blocking weather situation that remains "stuck" in one place for a long time. The entire Alpine region has been very sunny since the end of last week. Temperatures in the western Alps are already significantly higher than in the east, where colder air is flowing in at the upper levels with a moderate northerly flow on the eastern flank of the high. Apart from a few clouds in the far east, this will not change much until the weekend.
According to current model opinions, a cut off low will move into the western Mediterranean region on Saturday-Sunday and conditions will become more unsettled. The upper air flow will turn to southerly directions, it will be foehn-like and probably very warm, especially in the typical foehn regions. There are precipitation options for the south from Sunday and into next week, although the models are still rather divided on the details.
