Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 17th February 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Turning colder Sunday

Today
Rain will clear to heavy showers across Portugal and Spain. Wet across western France and the Balearics with a heavy spell of rain to come. Continued settled and dry across eastern France, Italy into Germany and eastern Europe. Turning dry across Greece today as rain spreads into Turkey and Cyprus. While much of Europe is quite mild it is cold but dry through eastern Europe with a risk of snow across Finland.

Sunday
A colder day across much of mainland Europe on Sunday. An area of moderate to heavy rain will lie across northern Spain into southern France and Italy. Dry and sunnier across the Balearics and southern Iberia. Outbreaks of snow will spread down across Finland into northern parts of Sweden. Scattered showers are expected across the Balkans while the eastern Mediterranean and much of northern and eastern Europe is settled and dry with sharp frosts.