Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 28th August 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Cooler in the north
Today
A day of sunshine and showers to come across England today and some may be heavy. A better day to come across France with more sunshine and just the odd shower. Lots of showers again across Germany and these extend into Belgium, Holland and Denmark while rain is forecast across Poland. Frequent, heavy showers to come across Sweden and Norway again today. Finland will just see a few scattered showers and cool across Scandinavia. A number of showers, some heavy will also affect Belarus, The Baltic States and Russia. Heavy rain is forecast across Hungary today. Lots of warm sunshine is expected across The Ukraine, the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Very warm and sunny across Portugal and Spain into the Balearics across into Italy.
Sunday
Still some showers across England today but lots of dry, sunny weather as well. Any showers across France should be confined to the north east of the country with the west and south fine and sunny. The showery theme continues across Germany and these look heavy. These showers are also expected across Belgium, Holland and will extend north across Denmark into Norway and Sweden. Mostly a dry, sunny day across Finland, a few showers in the west. Plenty of heavy showers to come across Russia, The Baltic States into Poland and Belarus. Some sunshine here as well. The fine, sunny weather across south east Europe will continue with very warm sunny day across Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia into Greece and Turkey. Sunny and hot across Portugal into Spain, the Balearics into Italy.