Issued: 0530hrs Monday 17th January 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Milder in the west

Today
Fine and dry across the United Kingdom today. An area of rain will lie from Sweden into northern Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and northern France. Fair and dry across southern France and southern Germany. Lots of dry weather too across Poland with a dry, mostly sunny day across Hungry, the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Cold with snow showers for Norway while heavy snow is expected across Finland into western Russia. Milder with outbreaks of rain across the Baltic States into Belarus and the Ukraine. Dry with sunny spells across Portugal, Spain into the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia and Italy. There is a risk of some heavy showers around Cyprus and Crete.

Tuesday
The weather remains fair and dry across Britain today. Light rain and drizzle is expected across northern France into Belgium, Holland, Denmark into northern parts of Germany and Poland. Cold and sunny weather is expected across Sweden today. Dry for southern France and southern parts of Germany and Poland with light rain over the Alps. Cold across Scandinavia with snow showers across western Norway and heavier snow expected across Finland into Russia. Spells of sleet and rain are expected across The Baltic States and Belarus with snow across eastern parts of the Ukraine. Lots of dry weather continues across Hungry, the former Yugoslavia, Romania, the western Ukraine, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Fair and dry across Spain with good sunny spells from the Balearics into Italy.