Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 8th September 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine throughout the Mediterranean Region

Today
A cloudy, damp day with an area of rain across Germany, Poland, Austria and the former Czech Republic. Windy across Scandinavia with sunshine and showers for Norway and rain across Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Holland. Another belt of rain and heavy showers will lie across Romania into the former Yugoslavia.
A fine sunny and warmer day across the United Kingdom, The Low Countries and France. Settled sunny weather will also continued across Portugal, Spain into the Balearics, Italy into Greece and Turkey.

Saturday
Light rain across Germany will tend to die out during the afternoon with a few showers in the south. More in the way of showers are expected across Poland and Austria. An area of rain is expected across The Baltic States into Belarus, into the former Czech Republic. Aside from some rain for Scotland, it looks pleasantly warm and mostly sunny for much of the United Kingdom and France.
A cool day across the Low Countries with early rain clearing but generally cloudy. Heavier rain will spread into Norway today accompanied by gales in the west. Sweden and Finland should be cool but dry with sunny spells. Continued fine, warm and sunny across Iberia, The Balearics into Italy and The Balkans.