Issued: 0530hrs Friday 19th November 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Turning colder across much of Europe
Today
Mainly a dry, chilly day across Britain today. Dry as well across Germany, eastern and southern parts of France with rain in the west and this rain extends across northern Spain. Fair and dry across southern Spain with a few scattered showers around the Balearics. Some light rain to come across Belgium and Holland with heavier rain across Denmark and some snow across southern Sweden. Mainly dry but very cold across Norway and Finland. Temperatures will be well below freezing across Scandinavia today. Outbreaks of rain are forecast across Russia into the Baltic States. Fair and dry across Poland, The Ukraine, Romania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey with sunny spells. Outbreaks of rain are expected across Hungry, Austria and the former Yugoslavia with snow over the Alps. Expect a day of sunshine and showers across Italy today.
Saturday
Some light rain to come across England today but dry with sunny spells across northern France and Belgium. Rain is forecast across southern parts of France and southern Spain with showers across the Balearics into Italy and more snow over the Alps. Light rain and showers are expected across Holland, Denmark and the Baltic States while rain turns to snow across Russia. Very cold with outbreaks of snow across Norway, Sweden while it's mainly dry across Finland. Light rain across Belarus spreads into northern parts of the Ukraine. Fair and dry today across Germany, Poland into Hungry, Austria and the former Yugoslavia. Fine and mostly sunny today across Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey. Unsettled again across Italy with showers or longer spells of rain.