Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine across Iberia

Today
Quite a windy, blustery day across much of Europe with the mildest weather in the west and the coldest temperatures in the east. Lots of heavy, blustery showers to come across the United Kingdom today while an area of heavy rain falls across Denmark, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Outbreaks of snow are expected across Norway and northern Sweden with southern Sweden and Finland cold but dry with sunny spells. Cold, sunny weather is also forecast for western Russia into the Baltic States, Poland, Belarus and the Ukraine. Heavy rain and snow is expected across Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria along with the former Yugoslavia while it's sunshine and showers for Greece. Heavy rain is expected to move into western Turkey. Southern parts of Italy will catch a few showers while the north is dry and mostly sunny. Fine, dry and mostly sunny across Iberia today with the south of Spain quite warm.

Wednesday
A blustery day to come across Europe with lots of heavy, possibly thundery showers with hail across the United Kingdom, France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark and western parts of Germany. A cold, windy and windy day across Norway and Sweden with outbreaks of moderate to heavy snow but across Finland it will be fine and sunny. Rain with snow in the north will affect Poland today with snow as well across Belarus. Fine and sunny weather will prevail across the Baltic States into western Russia but it will be cold. Dry and sunny across Spain and Portugal and across the Balearics. Rain is expected across Italy with snow on the Alps. Rain is likely across the former Yugoslavia and much of the Balkans but for Greece it will be a fine, dry and ,mostly sunny day.