Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 18th April 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Warmest in south east Europe
Today
A drier, sunny day to come across the United Kingdom. Lots of showers till to affect France today, some locally heavy as well in the south of France with a risk of thunder. Light morning rain across Belgium, Holland, northern Germany and southern Poland should die away then fair and dry. A few sharp showers though in the south of Germany. A very unsettled day across Iberia with spells of heavy rain, showers and scattered thunderstorms. Lots of showers too across into the Balearics and Italy. Much of Greece and Turkey should be fine and dry with long sunny spells. A number of showers will develop across the former Yugoslavia with much of Bulgaria and Hungary. An area of persistent rain is crossing Russia and extends into parts of Belarus and the north Ukraine. Rain will be clearing Finland in the afternoon with a dry day for Norway and Sweden. Fine as well across Denmark and the Baltic States.
Sunday
High pressure will give lots of fine, dry and sunny weather to the United Kingdom and this will extends across northern France, The Low Countries, Holland, Denmark, northern and central Germany and Poland. A number of showers will affect southern parts of France and Germany today. Some of these will be heavy with a risk of thunder. Showers too develop across eastern parts of Spain today. For Portugal and western Spain expect a fine, dry day. Just a few showers around the Balearics today while plenty of showers are forecast across Italy into the former Yugoslavia and northern Greece. Southern parts of Greece will be sunny and dry. Heavy showers to continue across the Alpine Region today and across into Romania. Showery rain is expected across Bulgaria and Hungary today. Lots of fine sunshine across Turkey and feeling warm. Rain will affect northern pats of Sweden with heavier rain for Finland. For Norway, southern Sweden, the Baltic States, Belarus and Russia it looks fine and dry with sunny spells.