Issued: 0530hrs Monday 27th April 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Warm, sunny for eastern Europe
Today
The fine, settled weather is set to continue across central and eastern parts of Europe on Monday. Fine and dry for eastern Germany, Poland, Belarus, The Baltic Sates into Russia with plenty of sunshine expected. An area of heavy rain will push into the United Kingdom, France and northern Spain with southern Spain and the Balearics fair and dry. Lots of heavy, thundery showers and prolonged spells of rain will persist today across Italy and the Alpine Region. More rain to come across western parts of Norway and northern Finland with the rest of Scandinavia fine and dry. Plenty of dry, sunny weather continues across the Baltic States, Russia into Poland, Belarus and the Ukraine. Just a few scattered showers are expected across Greece, Hungary and Bulgaria with frequent, heavy showers across Turkey today.
Tuesday
For England, France, Holland, Belgium and much of Germany it's an unsettled day with outbreaks of moderate to heavy rain. Across France it should brighten up in the afternoon as the rain turns more showery. Perhaps staying dry in the far east of Germany. Showery rain will affect the north of Spain but for much of Iberia it's a fine, dry day with sunny spells and this extends across the Balearics. Very heavy spells of thundery rain will again persist across the Alpine Region with more showers across much of Italy into the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Bulgaria today. Lots of fine, sunny weather will prevail across Scandinavia today though rain is forecast for northern parts of Finland. Fine and dry as well today across Poland, the Baltic States into Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. Still warmest across eastern Europe today. Mainly fine and sunny weather will prevail across Turkey and Hungary.