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Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 2nd April 2008
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Heavy rain for eastern Europe

Today
Windy across the United Kingdom with rain sweeping away from England and spreading into the Low Countries, France and Germany. This should clear northern parts of France and Belgium in the afternoon. The far south of France will be fair and dry. Lots of heavy showers will affect Denmark, the Netherlands and Poland. A narrow band of rain is expected to move up into southern parts of Norway and Sweden with sunny spells and a few showers across Finland. High pressure will keep the Baltic States, Belarus and Russia fine and dry. Rather wet across the Alpine Region, the former Czech Republic and Romania with out breaks of rain and showers.
A heavy spell of showery rain is forecast across the former Yugoslavia with showers across northern Italy. A lot of fine, sunny weather will prevail across Iberia, the Balearics into the south of Italy Very unsettled for the eastern Mediterranean with an area of heavy, thundery rain across southern Greece and southern Turkey. A few showers will affect Bulgaria with a dry, sunny day for Hungary.

Thursday
Much milder across the United Kingdom today and generally cloudy but dry. Mild too across France with some patchy rain in eastern areas for a time then dry and brighter. Outbreaks of rain across Germany, The Low Counties and Denmark clears to sunnier spells and showers. Cold across the Alps with snow. Quite a lot of cloud across Poland with a risk of some patchy rain and showers. High pressure will give the Baltic States and Russia a cool day but dry and sunny. An area of rain moves out of Norway into Sweden and Finland.
Brighter and sunnier in the afternoon across Norway with a number of showers. Very warm across Spain and sunny and dry, sunny weather will prevail into the Balearics. A lot of showers to come across Italy with heavy showers and rain forecast for Greece, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia and Hungary. Heavy showers too for western parts of Turkey with a fine day for eastern Turkey and Cyprus.