Issued: 0530hrs Friday 11th April 2008
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Little change for Saturday

Today
A very warm day to come across south eastern parts of Europe and the central and eastern Mediterranean. Heavy showers will persist across the United Kingdom with light rain lingering across Germany. A heavy area of rain will extend across central Europe from the Ukraine into Romania, the former Czech Republic across the Alpine Region, northern Italy into southern France and Spain.
A number of showers will affect The Low Countries and northern parts of France. Showers will affect the Balearics with a fine sunny day across southern Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey where temperatures will be in the high twenties. Anther belt of rain will affect the Baltic States, Poland and Holland with a belt of sleet and snow across Finland. Much of Norway and Sweden looks fine and sunny.

Saturday
Another very warm day to come across Greece, Turkey, Hungary and Bulgaria today. Here it's a fine, summery day with long sunny spells. Lots of heavy showers across the United Kingdom and these will run across northern France into Belgium. Rain and showers will also affect northern Spain and western France.
Much of eastern France will be mostly sunny and dry. An area of heavy rain will stretch across Norway, Sweden into the Baltic States across Belarus into Romania, the former Czech Republic into the Alpine Region and northern Italy. Cold across Finland but dry and sunny. A day of sunshine and showers across Holland and Germany. Fine and dry across southern Spain into the Balearics and southern Italy. A fine, sunny and warm day for the former Yugoslavia.