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Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 19th February 2009
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

More warm sunshine to come through Iberia, chillier and more unsettled in the east

Thursday
A fair day to come over Spain and Portugal, where it is going to be feeling warm in the sunshine. A fair day too over France with more sunny spells here, the best of these to the west. Thicker cloud across the north and this will be bringing some spots of drizzle over the Low Countries and into the north of Germany too. Northern parts of Poland will have some cloud and rain, whilst the south of Poland and Germany should have fair conditions with some sunny periods. Dry conditions for Austria and Hungary as well as Switzerland where there will be some sunny spells.
Showers over Italy, mainly through central and southern areas with some of the showers heavy here. Cloud, wind and rain affecting much of Greece and Crete, with the rain spreading to the west of Turkey too. Cyprus should be fair with some good spells of sunshine. Through Bulgaria and Romania there could be some rain, sleet and snow.
Further north cloud and snow will be affecting the Baltic States and Finland. A cold day with some snow showers over Sweden. Denmark and Norway will be bringing cloud and some outbreaks of rain or drizzle, this turning a little wintry to the north.

Friday
Lots of sunshine through Portugal and Spain today with dry and warm weather throughout. There will be dry weather and sunshine in France as well, perhaps some morning frost in the far west. Brighter too in the Low Countries, whilst some showers will dip south through Germany and into Poland too where some of them are going to be wintry. Cloud and some spots of drizzle in Austria and Hungary, whilst sunny spells and dry weather will affect Switzerland.
A far day to come through Italy with some more sunshine and dry weather here. Showers in Greece and Crete, some of them heavy here and there. Widespread sunshine and showers to come through Turkey, some of them heavy here and there. Thicker cloud and windy weather in Bulgaria and Romania with some rain and sleet here, perhaps snow in the east.
To the north some sleet and snow is expected over the Baltic States with further snow showers over southern Finland. Fair through central and northern Finland with lots of sunshine here. Mainly fair over Sweden with some sunny spells but some rain or sleet moving into the west and this affecting Denmark too. Mainly fair for Norway with a few bright or sunny spells throughout.