Issued: 0530hrs Friday 6th November 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Rain across Iberia
Today
A windy, chilly day with outbreaks of heavy rain sweeping into England and northern and western parts of France. Southern and eastern areas of France should be fine and dry. Rain too comes in across all but the far eastern parts of Spain today. Showers are forecast for Denmark, Holland and Belgium. Fair and dry with sunny spells for Germany and Poland. Outbreaks of snow will fall across Norway, northern Sweden, southern Finland into the Baltic States and into Russia. Wet with rain likely across southern Sweden. Rain too will affect Belarus, the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia. Across Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey a dry day to come with sunny spells and pleasantly warm across Greece. One or two showers will be scattered around the Balearics while rain is likely across Italy. Quite a windy, raw day across north east Europe.
Saturday
Breezy but a mainly dry day to come across England with sunny spells and just a few showers in the west. Outbreaks of rain across France, Belgium and Holland will be replaced by an afternoon of sunshine and heavy showers. Feeling quite chilly today as well. Rain is expected across much of Germany, Denmark into Sweden and across into Poland, Belarus and the Baltic States. Not quite so cold across Russia today with sleety rain rather than snow. There will be some snow today across Norway and Finland but not too heavy. A better day across Spain today with most areas dry and sunnier though some rain or showers will affect the far north. A few showers are likely across the Balearics with rain into Corsica, Sardinia and later northern parts of Italy. Southern Italy will be fine and dry. More unsettled across Greece today with rain and showers and wet too for Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary while Turkey stays fine and dry.