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

Rain spreading east Saturday

Today
Windy with an area of rain moving into the United Kingdom. Windy too across Scandinavia with rain into Norway otherwise fair and dry. Mild with showers developing across Spain and the south of France. Plenty of fine, dry sunny weather is expected from the Balearics into Italy, France into Germany, the Low Counties and the Baltic States. Showers are forecast across Poland with a few over Greece and around Cyprus.

Saturday
Another windy day across the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and eastern Europe. Rain clears England and spreads across Denmark, The Low Countries, Germany and the Baltic States into Poland. Colder across Scandinavia today with snow showers for Norway and Finland. With high pressure dominating the Mediterranean, a large area of fine, dry weather will stretch from Spain into France then over into Italy and across The Balkans.