Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 10th November 2010
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Staying windy and wet across central Europe
Wednesday
Cold again through Portugal and Spain today. There will be showers to the north and west of the country. To the south and east it should be dry with sunny spells and feeling chilly too. Heavy and blustery showers across France. These showers extending through the Low Countries and Germany too. More showers into Poland, a few of them heavy. Showers or rain across Hungary with a mix of sunshine and showers for Austria and Hungary.
Low pressure for Italy brings heavy and blustery showers. Further showers for the west of Greece but elsewhere it will be dry with sunny spells. Fair for most of Turkey with sunshine here and a few showers in the west. Bulgaria and Romania will be rather cloudy but should be dry.
To the north low pressure brings cloud and rain across the Baltic States. Cloudy too for Finland with more rain here. Staying cloudy and damp across Norway with showers for Denmark and Sweden.
Thursday
A fine day to come across Spain and Portugal. There will be some good spells of sunshine here and it should be dry too. Remaining dry for southwestern France too. Across central and northern parts of France there will be cloud and rain sweeping in from the Atlantic. This rain could be heavy at times. The Low Countries start fine but the rain will be arriving here later. For Germany and Poland the day is going to be dry and bright with plenty of sunshine. This sunshine extends through Austria and Hungary too.
Italy has a mix of sunny spells and heavy showers. The showers heaviest across the north, although anywhere could see some. A band of cloud and some outbreaks of rain spreading south through Greece, whilst Turkey. Crete and Cyprus are all dry with sunny spells. Some showers for Bulgaria, but Romania will be dry with sunny spells
To the north there will be cloud and rain affecting the Baltic States. More cloud and rain through Finland, but Sweden should be dry with sunny spells. Dry too for Norway and Denmark, although the winds increasing in the west later in the day.