Issued: 0530hrs Friday 2nf February 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Heavy rain for Spain Saturday

Today
Rather windy across Scandinavia today with a dry day for Sweden and some rain for Denmark. Colder with snow showers for Norway and outbreaks of snow through Finland. High pressure will give the United Kingdom, France and Spain a fine, dry and mild day with good sunny spells. Also fine and sunny across the Balearics into Italy and Greece too. Colder across Turkey with rain. Outbreaks of light rain are likely for Austria, the Balkans and the Netherlands with sleet across the Baltic States.

Saturday
Outbreaks of heavy rain and thunderstorms will push up into southern Spain today with northern parts of Iberia, France and The United Kingdom settled and dry with sunny spells. A few showers are possible around the Balearics with some light rain moving across Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Balkans. Further spells of rain will affect eastern Turkey and Cyprus. Early snow should clear Finland with much of Scandinavia having a dry day except for drizzly rain across western Norway. Windy across Scandinavia as well.