Issued: 0530hrs Monday 23rd August 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Unsettled for northern Europe and cooler
Today
Windy across England with rain clearing to showers. Frequent, heavy showers are expected across central and northern France, Germany into Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Poland, mixed with some sunnier spells. Gales and heavy rain will affect Norway and Sweden with lots of heavy showers too across Finland into Russia. Fine and dry across the Baltic States into Belarus, The Ukraine and south into Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and into the former Yugoslavia. Just a few scattered showers today for Italy and Hungary with all of Spain and Portugal sunny, hot and dry. Fine as well across into the Balearics into the south of France.
Tuesday
It's sunshine and showers across Britain today. A better day across France with far fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine. Fine and sunny too across Belgium, Holland and Germany. Heavy spells of rain will fall across Norway, Sweden and Finland. Heavy showers and thunderstorms will affect the Alpine Region today. Lots of showers continue across Russia today and these will also be found across the Baltic States into eastern parts of Poland. Fine and dry across western Poland. The fine spells of dry, sunny weather will continue for the Ukraine, into Romania, the former Yugoslavia into Greece and Turkey. A hot sunny day for Spain into the Balearics and across into Italy as well.