Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 14th February 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Snow for northern Spain

Today
A dry day to come across England and western and southern parts of France. For central and eastern parts of France some light snow is expected. Rather cloudy and cold across Belgium, Holland and Denmark with a few snow flurries. More persistent snow is expected across Germany into Poland, Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine, some of it heavy. A mainly dry, very cold day across Norway, Sweden and the south of Finland. Further falls of snow are forecast across the Balkans today with rain showers for the south of Greece while much of Turkey is dry but cloudy. Snow is expected across the Alps with rain, sleet and snow across Italy. Continued cold across Portugal and Spain but a dry day until rain reaches Portugal in the evening.

Monday
A bit milder today across the United Kingdom but rain and drizzle is expected. A fine, dry day to come for France with sunny spells. Rather cloudy but mainly dry across Belgium and Holland. Some light snow is in the forecast for Denmark, southern parts of Norway into Germany and becomes more heavy into Poland, the Baltic States into Russia and Belarus. A dry day but cold for Sweden and southern Finland. Cold today with scattered light snow for Romania into the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. A mainly dry albeit cloudy day across Greece. Just some light rain today across western Turkey. Rather cold and cloudy too for Italy but dry. As outbreaks of rain across Iberia spread north, some snow is likely for northern Spain. Rain too for the Balearics with snow across the Alpine Region.