Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 8th January 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Unsettled across Iberia

Today
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.

Sunday
Dry and sunny across England today while rain is forecast from Spain up into France and Germany though it turns dry across northern France in the afternoon. A day of sunshine and showers across Portugal but dry across the Balearics today and again this extends eastward across into Italy, Greece and Turkey. Mainly dry today across Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark with sunny spells. Bitterly cold with heavy snow forecast across Norway, Sweden, Finland and central and eastern Russia. Milder conditions with rain are expected across western Russia, The Baltic States, Belarus and western parts of the Ukraine with snow and freezing rain in the east. Lots of dry weather today across Poland, Hungry into Romania, the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Fine today as well across Italy with snow expected over the Alps.