Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 18th February 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Unsettled in the Med

Today
Heavy rain is forecast across much of Spain and Portugal and this will spread in across the Balearics late in the day. Showers and longer spells of rain will affect the south of England and northern France. Mainly dry and sunnier in the south of France. Quite a wet day today for Belgium and Holland with rain and snow forecast across Germany and Poland. An area of heavy snow fall is expected to affect Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the far north of Poland into the Baltic States into Belarus and the Ukraine. A rather cloudy, cold but dry day to come across Finland. A bit milder across Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania with outbreaks of rain. Occasional heavy showers will affect Turkey today but much of Greece fine and dry. Drier as well today across Italy with just a few scattered showers.

Friday
Mainly a dry day across England today. Just a few wintry showers to come for Belgium and Holland. Rain is likely across southern parts of France with one or two showers in the north. Heavy snowfall will affect The Alpine Region today. Cold across Spain with some rain and wintry showers. An area of heavier rain will lie from the Balearics into Italy, the former Yugoslavia into Hungary with sleet and rain into the Ukraine. Some light rain to come across Germany with snow over Bavaria. Light snow is expected across Poland today with an area of heavy snow forecast across Norway, Sweden, Denmark into the Baltic States and Russia. Light snow is likely across southern Finland with the north dry. A dry but largely cloudy day across Greece with Turkey dry and sunnier.