Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 1st March 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

More unsettled

Today
Lots of heavy showers and rain is expected across Portugal and Spain today and some will develop in the far south of France. It remains fine across the Balearics with an area of showers across Corsica and Sardinia moves into Italy late in the day. It remains fine, sunny and dry across Greece into Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Hungary as high pressure dominates the region. A fine, dry day too across the United Kingdom into northern and central France across into Belgium and Germany. Some light rain will affect Holland and Denmark with heavy rain into Norway. For Sweden, Finland, the Baltic States, Poland and Belarus it will be fair and dry with sunny spells while showers of sleet and snow affect parts of Russia and the Ukraine.
Expect top temperatures of 12C in London, 8C for Brussels, 15C for Paris, 17C for Madrid, 16C in Rome, 6C in Bucharest, 13C in Athens, 3C in Warsaw, 6C in Berlin, -2C in Moscow and -3C for Stockholm.

Monday
Rain moves into northern parts of the United Kingdom during the day but dry for England and northern France with sunny spells. Outbreaks of rain are forecast across the rest of France into Germany with very patchy rain across Belgium, Holland and Denmark that should clear to brighter skies in the afternoon. A milder day for much of Europe today. An area of heavier rain is likely across Sweden and across Finland this may be mixed with some sleet and snow. Fine and dry across Norway with sunny periods. High pressure should give Poland, Belarus, The Baltic States and western Russia a fair dry day. Some light snow develops over the Alpine Region. Continued unsettled across Portugal and Spain with outbreaks of rain and scattered thundery showers while it remains dry and sunny across the Balearics. More cloud across Italy today with showers. Unsettled as well across the former Yugoslavia into Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Hungary with showers and longer spells of rain.