Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 7th April 010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Coldest across Scandinavia
Today
Mainly a fine, dry day to come across the United Kingdom today. Generally a cloudy, wet day across France with outbreaks of rain, this heavy in the south. It should be dry across the Low Countries into Holland but with lots of cloud. Some snow for Norway today and this looks heavier across Finland. Dry with sunny spells across Sweden into Poland, Germany and The Baltic States. A band of rain will be crossing Russia and Belarus with scattered showers across the western Ukraine, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia. Fine and mostly sunny today across Bulgaria and much of Romania into Greece. Lots of showers are expected across Turkey today but nice and sunny for Crete and Cyprus. Warm across Spain and Portugal, especially the south and it's a fine, sunny day across Iberia. Some rain is possible into the Balearics with lots of sunshine and a dry day across Italy.
Thursday
Lots of dry, sunny weather to come across England today. A stalled front will keep it mostly cloudy across France with some rain and scattered showers through the day. Rain clears Norway leaving a few wintry showers. Another band of rain will lie from Sweden into Germany but dry in the south with some sunshine. Outbreaks of rain and snow will fall across Finland today with showers into Russia. Dry and sunnier today across Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark. High pressure will give Poland, The Baltic States, Belarus and Hungary a dry, mostly sunny day. Lots of fine weather too into the Ukraine, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria into Greece. Mainly dry across Turkey with just a few showers in the north. Continued warm and sunny across Spain and for the Balearics. Rain is forecast for Corsica and Sardinia but dry across Italy but turning cloudy.