Issued: 0530hrs Friday 23rd November 2007
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Snow over the Alps
Today
A colder, winder day across the United Kingdom with sunnier spells. Colder too for Norway with early rain clearing the south then mainly dry and sunnier except for showers around the western coast.
A large area of rain along a front will stretch from Sweden, Finland into the Baltic States, northern Poland, Germany into France and northern Italy and the Alpine Region. The rain looks heaviest across Austria with snow on high ground. Southern parts of Italy will stay fine and dry.
A drier, sunnier day across Iberia but later heavy, thundery showers will move into southern Portugal. Windy with just a few showers around the coasts of Belgium. A dry day for the former Czech Republic, the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary with sunny spells and morning fog. A fine, mostly sunny day across Greece and Turkey.
Saturday
Increasingly windy with an area of rain across Norway into the United Kingdom. This will be heavy across Norway. Lighter rain edge's into Sweden in the afternoon with a cold but sunny day across Finland. Northern parts of France will also be dry with sunny spells while some patchy rain affect the south. Outbreaks of rain will fall across southern parts of Germany and northern Italy with snow over the Alpine Region.
Rain and sleet is expected across the former Czech Republic and the former Yugoslavia. Fine and dry across northern parts of Germany, The Low Countries into Denmark and northern Poland. Rain is forecast for southern Poland with rain too across The Baltic States.
Heavy, thundery rain will move into southern parts of Spain with a few showers on the north coast as well. Central areas will be fair and dry. Showers too for the Balearics and southern parts of Italy while a fine, dry day is expected for Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.