Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 21st March 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Very warm across Iberia

Today
Another fine day across much of Europe today. Lots of warm sunshine to come across the United Kingdom, France into Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Cooler but sunny too across Germany A lot of cloud across Poland with a few wintry flurries in the east. Dry but still windy across the Alpine Region. Another windy and unsettled day in the central and eastern Mediterranean. Expect gusty winds and heavy periods of thundery rain across Italy, the former Yugoslavia and Greece. Late in the day this moves into western Turkey. Fine and dry today across Hungary and Bulgaria. An area of rain, sleet and snow will affect the Baltic States and Russia with light snow for Finland. It is to remain dry across Norway and Sweden today with lots of fine sunshine.

Sunday
High pressure remains the main feature of the weather keeping the United Kingdom, France, Holland and Denmark fine, sunny and pleasantly warm. More cloud today across Germany with some patchy bits of rain. Areas of more persistent rain will spread across Norway, Sweden and Denmark with sleety rain across Finland. Light outbreaks of rain are forecast across much of Poland. Mainly fair and dry today across the Baltic States into Belarus and the Ukraine. Another fine, warm and sunny day across much of Iberia though there is a risk of some heavy showers across southern Portugal. A much better day to come across Italy with lots of sunshine and fine as well into the former Yugoslav Republic. Still windy and wet across Greece and Turkey with heavy, thundery rain. A sunny day across the rest of the Balkans.