Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 20th February 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Not as cold across Europe

Today
Cold across Britain with a few snow showers. Outbreaks of rain and showers will affect western and central parts of France with the east dry. Rain and snow showers are forecast across Belgium and Holland with outbreaks of heavy snow expected across Norway and Sweden. A dry, cold day to come for Finland. Lighter snow is likely across Denmark into Germany. Another area of heavier snow will fall across the Baltic States into Russia, Belarus into Poland and then across Austria into Hungary and Switzerland. Plenty of heavy showers to come today across a milder former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania. Rain is forecast for Turkey and the Ukraine. Spells of moderate to heavier rain will affect Italy. Milder across Iberia today with a few showers across Portugal and dry, sunnier weather across Spain into the Balearics.

Sunday
Rain and snow is expected across the United Kingdom today with scattered showers and sunny spells across Belgium into Holland. Dry across Denmark with some sunshine. Outbreaks of rain will spill in across France with more rain expected across Spain into the Balearics. Some heavy showers to come for Portugal. Look for some rain and snow today across the northern half of Germany while the south should be dry and brighter. More persistent snow is expected across Norway, Sweden into Germany with heavy falls of snow for Finland, The Baltic Sates into Belarus and western Russia. A mainly dry day with sunny spells across much of the Balkans while lots of heavy showers develop across Turkey.