Issued: 0530hrs Friday 6th March 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Unsettled for much of Europe
Today
Light rain spreads in across western parts of the United Kingdom during the day. It remains fine and dry in the east with sunny spells and this sunnier weather extends into much of France as well. Expect some rain across Belgium, Holland, Denmark and much of Germany and western Poland. Eastern Poland along with Belarus, The Baltic Sates, western Russia and the Ukraine will be generally cloudy and colder with some light snow and flurries. An area of rain will affect western Norway with eastern Norway, Sweden and much of Finland dry in the main expect for the odd shower. A chilly day across Portugal and Spain with a mixture of sunshine and showers. A breezy but dry day for the Balearics. A deep area of low pressure in the central Mediterranean will give heavy spells of rain to Italy, the former Yugoslavia and Greece while heavy snow falls across the Alpine Region. Strong winds will be gusting in excess of gale force in the central Mediterranean with a strong mistral blowing across southern France. A dry, cool but sunny day today for Turkey.
Expect top temperatures of 11C in London, 9C for Brussels, 11C for Paris, 14C for Madrid, 16C in Rome, 4C in Bucharest, 16C in Athens, 4C in Warsaw, 9C in Berlin, -1C in Moscow and 2C for Stockholm.
Saturday
Wet and windy weather spreads east across the United Kingdom. Generally a cloudy day across France with patchy morning rain tending to die away in the afternoon as it brightens up. Partly to mostly cloudy but dry today for Belgium, Holland and Denmark with some light rain across Germany but snow for the far south. Generally cloudy and damp with light rain across Poland. Rain is forecast for Norway with some light snow for southern parts of Sweden. Finland will be dry in the main with just the odd wintry shower. A dry day across the Baltic States today while an area of heavy rain mixed with snow will affect Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine and this extend south into Romania into Bulgaria, Hungary, the former Yugoslavia into Greece and Turkey. Not quite as windy through the central Mediterranean today but lots of heavy showers will affect Italy. Some showery rain will affect northern parts of Spain but dry and mostly sunny for central and southern Spain into the Balearics.