Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 27th March 2007
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

High pressure brings lots of dry weather, but the west and south having showers

Today
A large area of high pressure is going to be centred over Scandinavia through Tuesday. This is going to be bringing dry weather through much of Finland, the Baltic States, Sweden and Norway. Good spells of sunshine here. Breezier through Denmark but staying dry and rather windy.
Much of western Russia, Poland and Germany as well as Austria and Hungary and the Low Countries will be dry with sunny spells, although it is likely to be breezy here.
A few showers across France, especially in the west, whilst Switzerland is going to be mainly dry.
Into Spain and Portugal there will be a few showers here and there, a few of them on the heavy side. Most of the showers through central parts of Spain. The Balearics could see some showers too, with further showers for Italy and the former Yugoslavia.
Greece should be dry with sunny spells, although there is a threat of a shower in the east. Showers over Turkey, a few of them heavy, with more persistent rain in the far north. Much of Bulgaria and Romania should be dry with further spells of sunshine.

Wednesday
The area of high pressure brings more dry weather in Scandinavia. It will be dry with plenty of sunshine across much of western Russia and the Baltic States. Further sunshine to come through Finland and eastern Poland. Breezy and dry in Norway and Denmark as well as the eastern half of Germany and most of Poland.
Western Germany should be mainly dry, although showers could drift into the south of Germany later in the day. Through France there will be further spells of sunshine together with some showers. The showers could be heavy and merge to more persistent rain in the west.
More showers across Portugal and Spain with a few of the showers heavy. There will be more persistent rain in the far southeast of Spain, together with the Balearics. Showers too across Italy and some of these are going to be heavy in places.
Wet for the former Yugoslavia, and later in northern Greece. Most of southern and eastern Greece will be dry with sunny spells, whilst Turkey is going to be having showers in the afternoon. Dry again for Bulgaria and Romania.