Issued: 0530hrs Friday 2nd March 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Gales developing Saturday
Today
Breezy but dry, mild and mostly sunny weather will stretch from Spain across the Balearics into Italy. An area of rain and drizzle will spread in across western parts of the United Kingdom and western France. A lot of cloud but largely dry across eastern France into Germany and the Low Countries. Cold across Scandinavia with snow and snow showers for Finland and Norway. Fair and dry today across Denmark with some rain to fall across parts of Sweden. For Poland and the Baltic States it's cold with outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow. Another area of rain will be moving south into the Balkans today while Turkey and Cyprus have a fine, sunny day.
Saturday
It turns drier across the United Kingdom today. Windy across northern and central parts of Europe with heavy spells of rain and gales across France moving into Germany, the Low countries and Poland through the day. Continued fine and dry across Portugal, Spain into Italy and Greece as an area of rain spreads into Turkey. Some rain to come across western Norway into Denmark, mainly dry and sunnier for Sweden and Finland.