Issued: 0530hrs Monday 25th January 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Unsettled across the Mediterranean
Today
Some light rain across England and northern France tends to die away in the afternoon albeit cloudy. Damp across Belgium and Holland light rain that may be mixed with some sleet. Some light rain too in the far south of France but mainly dry in central areas. Outbreaks of snow will fall across parts of Germany with heavier falls of snow across Switzerland, Austria and the French Alps. Much of Iberia should be dry but there will be an area of rain along the eastern coast of Spain across into the Balearics into northern Italy. Fair and dry in southern Italy. A cold, cloudy day for Poland but dry until some light snow arrives in the west later. Snow is expected across northern parts of Norway and Sweden with the south dry and sunnier. Fine and well across Denmark. Very cold but dry with sunny spells across Finland, the Baltic States into the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Belarus. Outbreaks of snow are likely across Russia today. A mainly dry day to come for the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece while further snow is likely across much of Turkey though in the far south it looks drier and sunnier.
Tuesday
A dry day across Britain and also for much of France into northern Spain and Portugal. Southern parts of Iberia will see some heavy rain spreading in. Lots of fine, dry weather with sunny spells to come across Belgium, Holland into Germany today. Dry with sunny spells too into Denmark and Poland. Heavy spells of snow will fall across Norway and northern parts of Sweden. Dry and brighter across southern Sweden today. Bitterly cold but dry and sunny across Finland. Light snow is likely across the Baltic States with heavier snow forecast across Russia, Belarus into parts of the Ukraine. Lots of heavy snow to come across the Alps today with heavy snow as well into Hungary, Croatia and Serbia. Outbreaks of rain are expected from the Balearics into southern parts of Italy. A dry but cloudy day across Greece with a cold but sunny day into Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania.