Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 21st September 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Staying unsettled across Scandinavia

Today
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.

Wednesday
Another dry day to come across England today. With high pressure in control much of Europe looks settled as well. Lots of sunshine is expected from France into Belgium, Holland, Denmark into Germany, Poland into the Baltic States, Belarus, Hungary and across the Alpine Region. Some fog patches may be locally dense in the morning. Heavy rain is expected across Norway today but fair and dry across Sweden and Finland. Rain will persist across western Russia today. Lots of warm sunshine is expected across the Ukraine into Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. Just the odd showers across Italy today. A lot of cloud is expected across Portugal and Spain but it looks dry.