Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 15th April 2008
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Very warm across Iberia and warm too across eastern Europe

Today
A day of sunshine and showers across the United Kingdom. Showers too are expected across eastern France into the Low Countries and Denmark. Outbreaks of more persistent rain are likely across Germany but it brightens up in the west with showers. Western parts of Poland will see a number of showers while eastern Poland, Belarus and Russia will be dry with good sunny spells. Some light rain is expected across the Baltic States. Cold across Scandinavia today with a risk of snow showers for western Norway. Scattered rain and snow showers will also affect parts of Sweden and Finland. Outbreaks of snow are likely across the Alps.
Quite warm today across Romania, Hungary, Greece and the former Yugoslavia with heavy showers, some thundery. Very warm and sunny across Iberia into the Balearics today and across southern France. Showers are expected across Italy but fair and dry in the far south. Warm and sunny across Turkey into Cyprus.

Wednesday
A drier, sunnier day today across the United Kingdom. Fine and sunny as well across France. Showers are forecast for Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Germany with light rain into Poland. A band of rain will move in across Belarus and the Ukraine. Some good sunny spells for Romania, the former Czech Republic and Hungary with scattered showers. A number of showers will also affect the former Yugoslavia but some good sunny intervals to come as well. Fine, sunny and warm across Portugal and Spain though showery rain will spread into the far north of Spain later.
Dry and sunny weather will prevail into the Balearic and Italy and this fine weather will prevails into Greece and Turkey. Apart from a few showers across Sweden, it's fine and dry with sunny spells across Norway and Finland. A dry, sunny day as well across the Baltic States and Russia.