Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 15th February 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Mild across western Europe

Today
A milder day across England with a dry day to come. As an area of rain spreads across the Low Counties, Holland and Denmark in the morning it changes to snow across Germany and becomes heavy in the afternoon. Some light snow too across Poland and Austria today with an area of heavier snow moving across Belarus, the Ukraine into Russia. Outbreaks of rain spill in across Norway with Sweden and Finland staying fine and dry but cold. Another fair and dry day to come across France with sunny skies in the south. Fine and sunny again as well across Iberia and the Balearics. Much of Italy also looks dry with sunny spells while quite a few showers will affect the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and much of the Balkans.
Expect top temperatures of 8C in London, 3C for Brussels, 9C for Paris, 15C for Madrid, 129C in Rome, 5C in Bucharest, 12C in Athens, -1C in Warsaw, 0C in Berlin, -2C in Moscow and -2C for Stockholm.

Monday
Some rain pushes down into England today and this also spreads into Belgium, Holland and northeast France in the afternoon. Outbreaks of snow are forecast across Denmark, much of Germany and the Alpine Region and this turns heavy too. For the rest of France it will be rather mild and dry with some sunshine. Fine and sunny again as well across Portugal into Spain and the Balearics. Watch out for some heavy showers across Corsica and Sardinia but a dry day to come across Italy and Greece. A few showers to come for Turkey, Bulgaria and Hungary but some dry, sunny spells too. Mostly a dry day across Poland and Belarus with just a few wintry showers. Heavier snow is likely across parts of the Ukraine with much of the Baltic States and Russia mainly dry but cold. Sunny and dry as well for Sweden ad Finland while rain and sleet affect Norway with snow further inland.