Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 11th January 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Cloud and some rain in central and northern areas, better to the south
Tuesday
Fair across Spain and Portugal today with lots of sunshine. Feeling warm here too. Cloud and a band of showery rain pushing eastwards through France, although turning drier from the west. More cloud and rain across the Low Countries, although Germany is going to be dry with some sunny spells for most, before rain arrives in the west later. Poland is mainly dry although there could be an odd shower. Fair for most of Hungary and Austria, an odd shower through Switzerland.
Fine across Italy with good spells of sunshine and dry here as well. More sunshine and very warm weather across Greece. Staying fine through Turkey with more warm sunshine, and plenty of sunshine across Bulgaria and Romania too.
Fair for the Baltic States with mist and murk here as well. Sweden should enjoy a generally fair day and it should be fine in Denmark as well. More cloud, rain, sleet and snow over Norway.
Wednesday
Plenty of sunshine to come across Spain and Portugal and feeling warm too. Some cloud and drizzle affecting western and northern parts of France, although the east and south will be drier with hazy sunshine. Wet and windy across the Low Countries, the rain reaching western Germany later. The eastern half of Germany should be dry, as will be Poland with sunny spells. A fair day for Austria and Hungary with sunny spells, and staying fine through Switzerland too.
Fine across Italy with some sunshine to come here. Unsettled for Greece with showers to the west and south, some of them heavy. These heavy showers affecting western Turkey too, although the east will be dry with sunny spells. More sunny spells and dry weather for Bulgaria and Romania, although some showers to the west.
Breezy with cloud, sleet and snow through the Baltic States and Finland, some of it heavy at times. Fair weather for Sweden. Fair with sunshine through the morning in Denmark, then rain and sleet later. A fair day to come across Norway, although cold here too.