Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 16th September 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Very warm across the Mediterranean

Today
An area of moderate to locally heavy rain will lie across Scandinavia into the United Kingdom and a windy day here as well. A fine, sunny and quite warm day to come for France. Dry and mostly sunny as well for the Low Countries, Germany into Poland, Denmark, The Baltic States and Belarus. Just a few showers for the alpine Region today.
High pressure will give the former Czech and Yugoslav Republics a fine, dry day with early fog patches clearing. Very warm across the Mediterranean Region today with a few heavy showers developing across Spain. Lots of sunshine to come from the Balearics into Italy, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria.

Monday
A fresher day across the United Kingdom with scattered showers. A belt of rain will extend across Finland into the Baltic States through Denmark, northern Germany and northern France. Heavy showers will develop across central and southern parts of France and Germany in the afternoon. Showers are forecast for Norway with a dry, sunny and much cooler day for Sweden. A number of showers will develop across the former Czech and Yugoslav Republics but some good sunny spells are expected too. Sunny across Portugal today and through central and southern Spain while heavy showers affect the north.
Lots of warm sunshine to come for Italy with a few light afternoon showers. Fine and sunny for Bulgaria, Romania and the Balkans.