Issued: 0530hrs Friday 7th January 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Heavy snow across Russia

Today
Outbreaks of rain spread in across England through the day which will be preceded by some snow for a time. For eastern France, Belgium, Holland and across much of Germany. It remains fair and dry across western France. Some snow across Denmark and snow turns heavy across northern Norway, Finland, The Baltic States into northern eastern Ukraine and Russia. Cloudy across Poland with light rain, sleet and snow. Generally dry with a good deal of cloud across Hungry and Romania. Dry and sunnier across Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and western Turkey. Snow will affect western Turkey today. Very cold but sunny today across Sweden. Unsettled across Iberia today heavy showers across Portugal and some rain across Spain but dry across the Balearics into Corsica and Sardinia.

Saturday
Rain soon clears to sunny spells across England and this rain pushes across Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and southern Sweden. Rain too is expected across France and will be heavy across Portugal and western Spain. An area of snow is expected across Norway, northern Sweden, The Baltic States, Belarus and Russia. Lots of dry weather to come across eastern Spain through the Balearics into Italy, the former Yugoslavia into Greece, western Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. More snow to fall across eastern Turkey today. Rain and freezing rain is expected across the Ukraine today.