Issued: 0530hrs Monday 1st November 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

A wet Mediterranean with heavy rain at times on Monday

Sunday
A cold day across Spain and Portugal. There will be heavy showers affecting the north of Spain, these affecting western parts of France too. Rain over the southeast of France, but more northern areas will be drier and brighter. A fine day to come through the Low Countries and Germany as well as Portugal. Cloud and rain in Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland, some of it heavy at times.
To the south low pressure is going to be to the west of Italy. This is going to be bringing unsettled weather with some heavy outbreaks of rain. Greece should be fair with sunny spells, and it should stay fine over Turkey as well. Fair for Bulgaria and Romania with more sunny spells here.
Fair for the Baltic States with some sunny spells here. Could and showers affecting Finland, some of therm heavy at times. There will be cloud and showers through northern parts of Norway too, although southern areas should be dry. A few showers over Denmark whilst Norway is dry with sunny spells.

Monday
A fair day over Portugal with plenty of sunshine here. More sunshine to come for much of Spain too, although there will be windy, cool weather and rain affecting eastern coasts. Southern parts of France will have cloud and some periods of rain, whilst most of the rest of France will be dry with sunshine. More sunshine to come over the Low Countries and Germany and well as Poland. For Hungary there will be some showers, although Austria and Switzerland should be dry with hazy sunshine.
Low pressure west of Italy will bring unsettled weather here. There will be cloiud and rain, this heavy at times in the north. Over Greece the day is dry with plenty of sunshine, and it will be remaining dry through Tuirkey with more sunshine to come here. Bulgaria and Romania will be dry with good spells of sunshine.
To the north there will be cluod and some showers over the Baltic States. heavy showers over Finland and northern Sweden, but drier to the south with sunny spells. Fair for Denmark with sunshine here, and staying dry and sunny over Norway too.