Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 4th January 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Mild in west, cold in east

Today
Windy and wet with gales with gales across northern parts of Europe. An area of rain will affect Scandinavia, France, Germany and the Baltic States. This mixed with snow across Finland. Fine and sunny from Spain into Italy with a few showers for Greece and rain for Turkey. Continued warm across Iberia but colder across the UK with showers.

Friday
Light rain and drizzle is expected across much of Europe today, windy as well in the north. Spain will again have the best of the dry, sunny weather. Some heavy showers are likely across southern Italy and Greece. The Balkans may see some light snow at times.