Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Warmest across Iberia

Today
A dry day to come across England today with a warm, sunny day. 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.

Thursday
Rain spreads across England and north France with showers across western France and sunny spells in the south. Some of those French showers may be heavy. Sunny spells in the morning for Belgium followed by afternoon showers. Mostly sunny and dry across Holland into Denmark and eastern Sweden. Rain is expected across Norway and western Sweden today with rain soon clearing Finland. The weather remains settled and dry across much of eastern Europe with sunny spells from Russia across the Baltic States, into Belarus, The Ukraine, Romania and Hungry but some dense fog is likely in the morning. Lots of sunshine too across the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece with a few showers developing across Turkey. Just a few showers today across Spain, the Balearics and Italy but largely dry with sunny spells. Cool across northern Europe today with the highest temperatures across southern Spain.