Issued: 0530hrs Monday 20th September 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Staying unsettled across Scandinavia

Today
Just a few showers to come across Britain today. For all of France, Belgium, Holland and much of central and southern Germany, expect a fine and dry day with good spells of sunshine. An area of rain will affect northern parts of Germany into northern Poland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Lots of showers to come across a chilly Finland with a dry, sunny day across Russia today. Rain will also affect the Baltic States. Southern Poland along with Belarus and Hungary will be dry and mostly sunny. Heavy rain will fall across The Ukraine today with a fine day for Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia and Greece and Turkey with plenty of sunshine. Quite an unsettled day tomorrow across Portugal and Spain with some heavy showers and rain moves into the Balearics later in the day. A sunny day to come across the Alpine Region and Italy.

Tuesday
Across England today it's looking fine and dry with good spells of sunshine. Lots of sunshine as well across the northern half of France into the Low Countries, Denmark across into all of Germany and central and southern Poland. More cloudy in the south of France today with some showers. Just a few scattered showers today across Spain with a fine day across the Balearics eastward into Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. High pressure also will give Bulgaria, Romania, The Ukraine and Hungary a fine day with lots of sunshine. Showers will affect northern Poland and Sweden with Norway and southern Poland fine and m mostly sunny. An area of heavy rain will affect Finland, the Baltic States and western Russia today.