Issued: 0530hrs Friday 16th February 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Mild in west, cold in east

Today
An area of moderate to heavy rain will lie from the United Kingdom into Portugal and western Spain. Windy across Iberia too. Quite mild across Spain into France today. From eastern Spain into France, Italy, Germany, The Low Countries, the Baltic States and Scandinavia, high pressure will keep it fine and dry with sunny spells. A cloudy day across The Balkans and into Greece with outbreaks of rain while it's cold but dry into Turkey.

Saturday
Rain will clear to showers across Portugal and Spain. Wet across western France and the Balearics. Continued settled and dry across eastern France, Italy into Germany and eastern Europe. More rain to come across Greece with a heavy spell of rain to move into Turkey. Much colder through eastern Europe with a risk of snow across Finland.