Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 14th November 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain to the north and west of Europe, but better to the east

Sunday
A band of showers passing eastwards through Spain and Portugal today. Fair weather will be moving into Portugal later. Over southern and eastern France the day is going to be fine with plenty of sunshine. Cloud and rain over northern and western parts of France. Further cloud and rain through the Low Countries. Drier through Germany and Poland with some bright spells developing. A fair day over Austria, Hungary and Switzerland with good spells of sunshine developing through the day.
Across Italy there may be some mist or fog patches around at first, but these clearing to leave plenty of sunshine and dry weather. Fair for Greece with plenty of sunshine. Staying fine across Turkey and more sunshine into Bulgaria and Romania too.
Cloud and some outbreaks of rain over the Baltic States and this extending into Finland as well. More cloud and some outbreaks of rain over southern Norway, but fine to the north. Cloud and some rain over southern Denmark, but fine for Norway.

Monday
A fine day through Spain and Portugal today. There will be more sunshine across northern and western parts of France too, althogh to the south fo France there will be cloud and some periods of rain. More fine weather for most of the Low Countries and northern Germany as well as the far north of Poland. Cloud and some outbreaks of rain through central Poland and southern Germany, with some cloud and rain extending into Switzerland and Austria. Hungary should be dry with sunny spells.
A few showers across the far north of Italy. Through most central and southern areas the day isn going to be dry with more sunshine. A few showers could affect southern Greece and Crete, whilst Turkey and Cyprus should be fine with plenty of sunshine. Fine across Bulgaria and Romania with more sunshine to come here.
To the north there will be clud and rain over the Baltic States and Finland, with the rain beiong heavy at times. Sleet and snow for Finland, some of it heavy. A few showers over eastern Sweden but for most of the country the day will be fair with plenty of sunshine. More sunshine through Denmark and Norway although a few showers here too.