Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 11th April 010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Warmest across southern Iberia

Today
The fine weather continues across western Europe with lots of sunshine across the United Kingdom into France. Dry with more cloud across Belgium, Holland and Denmark with mostly cloudy skies for Germany along with a few showers in the south of the country. Continued warm and sunny across Iberia but one or two showers may pop up in the south of Spain. Fine across into the Balearics but rain is forecast across Italy and the former Yugoslavia and this extends up into Hungary and Poland. Some heavy showers develop across Romania today with much of Greece fine and dry A day of sunshine and showers for Turkey but few in the west. Much of Scandinavia looks dry but with quite a bit of cloud across Finland. Sunnier today across the Baltic Stales with a few widely scattered showers. For Russia and the Ukraine a dry, mostly sunny day to come.

Monday
Warm across Portugal and Spain today and this is expected to trigger a number of sharp showers with some light rain across the Balearics. Lots of fine, spring weather today across the United Kingdom, France into Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands. Another cloudy day across Germany with light rain. An area of heavier rain is forecast across Austria, Hungary into the former Yugoslavia and southern Italy. Snow is expected over the Alps today. It's a day of sunshine and showers across Poland and the Baltic Stales. Some heavy showers to come across Bulgaria today with the Ukraine and Russia fine and dry. Lots of sunshine is expected across Greece and western Turkey with rain and snow in the east. Fair and dry into Romania. Apart from a few showers in the west, lots of sunshine for Norway and for Sweden. More cloudy today with some patchy rain across Finland.