Issued: 0530hrs Monday 6th September 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine across the Mediterranean

Today
A wet and windy day to come across Britain and the north west of France today with heavy rain and strong winds. The rest of France looks dry with some sunshine in the far south. A dry, bright day across Belgium and Holland. Lots of dry, sunny weather is expected across Denmark, Germany and Hungary. Lots of sunshine as well across Norway and Sweden but cool today. Dry across Finland with sunny spells and this fine weather will stretch down across much of Russia into the Ukraine. A cloudy, wet day across Poland with outbreaks of rain. Just a few showers across parts of Belarus into Romania while it's looking dry and mostly sunny across Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia into Bulgaria with sunny spells and just a few light showers for Greece and Turkey. A few heavy showers to come across Italy. More cloud across northern Spain today with a few showers. For central and southern parts of Spain into the Balearics it's a very warm day with some cloud and sunshine.

Tuesday
A more unsettled day to come across Europe today. Across England it's a windy day of sunshine and showers and these too are expected across northern France. More persistent rain is likely across southern France and this moves into western Germany in the afternoon. Eastern parts of Germany along with western Poland look fair and dry. Some rain comes into Belgium and Holland in the afternoon while for Norway, Sweden and Finland it's another fine, sunny day but continued cool. High pressure will give Russia, the Baltic States, Belarus and the Ukraine a fine, dry day with some cloud and sunny spells. Rain is expected across Hungary, Switzerland and Austria while it's looking fine and sunny across the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey. Dry as well across into Italy. Northern parts of Spain will have some showers with the south dry and sunnier. Fine and sunny too across Portugal.