Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 29th March 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine across Greece, Turkey

Today
It will be a much less windy and dry day to day across the United Kingdom and much of France with lots of sunshine though a few showers are possible across France at first. Lots of showers today across Germany but fine and sunny across Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Showers across the Alpine Region will fall as snow over high ground. Quite a windy, disturbed day across Italy and the former Yugoslavia with heavy rain. This also extends into Romania, southern Poland, Belarus, The Baltic States into Russia. Light rain too across Finland today with sunny spells across Sweden today but a few showers will affect western parts of Norway. Dry and fine in the east. A dry, sunny day across Portugal but some heavy showers will again affect Spain and the Balearics. Another fine, sunny day in store for Greece and Turkey. Lots of sunshine will prevail across Hungary into Bulgaria.

Monday
Today it will start to become a bit milder across western parts of Europe, turning quite warm by mid week. Mostly fine and dry across the United Kingdom today. Fine and sunny across France. Wintry showers will persist over the Alps today with lots of showers to affect Italy. Portugal will be staying sunny and dry but more heavy showers with a risk of thunder will persist across central and eastern Spain. Thundery rain also will fall across the Balearics so quite a wet day here. High pressure will keep Belgium, Holland, Denmark and much of Germany and Poland fine and dry with sunny spells. An area of moderate rain will spread across Norway into Sweden while a dry day to come across Finland, The Baltic Stats and northern Russia. A belt of rain will affect central and southern Russia along with Belarus and the Ukraine. Lots of showers are expected for the former Yugoslavia. More sunshine is in the forecast across Greece and Turkey and here the weather looks fine all day.