Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 1st March 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Snow continues to fall across eastern Europe

Today
Mainly dry across England today. A few showers to come around the channel and near northern France. Mostly a dry but cold day across France though a few snow flurries may affect the central massif. Cold but dry across Norway today. Some light snow is expected across Sweden and Norway. Very cold but a dry day across Russia, The Baltic States and Belarus. Outbreaks of heavy snow are forecast across The Ukraine. Snow clears Romania by the afternoon with light snow across the former Yugoslavia and light rain into Greece. Just a few showers today across Turkey. The wet, windy, miserable weather continues today across Italy with heavy rain and some snow in the north. More heavy showers to come across the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia today. A few wintry showers to come across northern Spain but dry across much of the country with sunny spells. Fair and dry across The Low Countries, Denmark, Germany and Poland.

Wednesday
A cloudy but dry day across England, northern France, Belgium and Holland. Cloudy across southern France with some light sleety rain. Cold and sunnier today for Denmark, Germany and Poland. Very cold with long sunny spells across Norway and Sweden with outbreaks of snow clearing Finland. Snow will fall across Russia into the Baltic States and may be heavier across the former Yugoslavia while rain is likely across Bulgaria. A few showers to come around the coasts of Greece today but a dry day across Turkey. Plenty of showers again today across the Balearics into Sardinia with more rain, sleet and snow for Italy. Chilly again across Spain but mainly dry with sunny spells, best in the south.