Issued: 0530hrs Monday 7th April 2008
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Heavy, thundery rain across Spain for Tuesday

Today
Cold and breezy across the United Kingdom and The Low Countries with showers of sleet, rain and snow. A lot of cloud across Germany, Poland and the former Czech Republic with some rain, sleet and snow and some brighter spells. Apart from a few showers along the northern coast of France, it's a dry day with sunny spells. Outbreaks of heavy rain are forecast to spread across Portugal and Spain today with a few showers for the Balearics. Fine and sunny today across Italy and the Alpine Region. Spells of rain will affect Romania, Hungary and the former Yugoslav Republic.
A dry, mostly sunny day across Bulgaria, Greece and much of Turkey. An area of moderate to heavy rain will lie across southern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland with rain as well across The Baltic States into Belarus and the Ukraine. Sunny across Russia with a dry day to come.

Tuesday
A gusty east wind will be blowing across Finland today with an area of heavy rain across Finland, The Baltic States and this spreads into Sweden and eastern Poland in the afternoon. Fine for Norway today with sunny spells after a frosty morning. Not quite as cold across the United Kingdom with showers for most areas. A few showers are expected across Denmark and the Netherlands with a dry day for The Low Countries.
Wet and windy weather will spill in across Iberia today and this rain will be heavy with a risk of thundery showers. A band of lighter rain will lie across France through the day. After a sunny morning, some light rain is also likely for western parts of Germany. A few snow showers to come across the Alpine Region today but fair and dry across the former Czech Republic. A few afternoon showers will reach the Balearics while an area of heavier rain is forecast for northern and central parts of Italy. The far south is looking dry al day with some sunshine until rain arrives in the evening. Heavy rain will fall across the former Yugoslavia with a dry, mostly sunny day for Greece and Turkey. Fine as well moving into Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.