Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 27th March 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine across central Europe

Today
Mainly dry across England today. Dry as well for northern France, Belgium and Holland with lots of sunshine today across Germany, Holland and Poland. A few snow showers across Belarus while snow and heavy snow showers are expected across western Norway, Finland and Russia into the Ukraine. Rain spreads in across Switzerland, Austria and Hungry with a few showers for Romania. Dry and sunny today across Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Mainly dry across Italy with just a few light showers here and there. Continued unsettled across Portugal and Spain with showers and longer spells of rain, dry but rather cloudy across the Balearics. Rain too across southern France today. Cold but dry and sunny across Denmark and Sweden today.

Monday
Portugal will see rain today but fine and mostly sunny across Spain into the Balearics while more rain will persist across southern France which extends across much of Italy into the former Yugoslavia and Romania. Mainly dry across England today with sunny spells into northern France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark into much of Germany though a number of heavy showers will affect Bavaria. Warmer today across western Europe. A few snow showers near the north coast of Poland today but mainly dry and sunny. Mainly dry, cold and sunny across Norway and Sweden while more snowfall is forecast for Finland, Russia and the Baltic States. Dry across the Ukraine into Bulgaria with sunny spells for Greece and sunshine and showers across Turkey. A wet day to come across Switzerland, Austria and Hungry with heavy rain.