Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 30th January 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Colder across Spain with some snow

Today
Very cold across the United Kingdom with sunny spells and snow showers. Snow showers and longer spells of snow are forecast across France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Belarus, The Baltic States, Russia, Finland and Norway. Some of this will be heavy. Mainly dry across southern Sweden and Denmark while snow showers affect northern Sweden. Heavy falls of snow will fall across the Alps today. Across the Ukraine and Romania it's a cold day but dry. Rain, sleet and snow is expected across the former Yugoslavia. Outbreaks of persistent rain will affect Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. For Portugal and the far north of Spain rain is expected with central and southern Spain and the Balearics fair and dry.

Sunday
Another cold day across Britain with lots of dry, sunny weather but also a few snow showers to come. Some heavy showers are forecast across Belgium and Holland today with outbreaks of snow across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic States, Belarus and Russia. Snow too to come across northern parts of Germany with southern Germany mainly dry. Outbreaks of rain are likely across much of The Ukraine with spells of snow across Hungary, Croatia, Serbia into Bulgaria. A colder day across Iberia today with a risk of snow showers across northern Spain and rain showers across Portugal. Rain and showers are forecast across the Balearics with rain mixed with sleet and snow across Italy. Look for plenty of showers for Greece and Turkey.