Issued: 0530hrs Friday 17th June 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Fine and dry in the Mediterranean
Today
It becomes wet and windy across England today as heavy rain sets in. A dry, warm day across much of France with sunny spells until rain comes into the west and north this evening. Windy today across Norway and Sweden with outbreaks of heavy rain with showers across Denmark, Poland into Hungry, Austria and Switzerland. Lots of dry, sunny weather to come across Russia, The Ukraine into Romania, Bulgaria into the former Yugoslavia. Warm and sunny into Greece and Turkey with just a few isolated showers in the afternoon. A few showers as well across Italy but lots of fine, dry weather to come. Heavy rain is expected across The Baltic States with Germany, Belgium and Holland dry until evening. Sunny and hot across Iberia today.
Saturday
Unsettled and breezy across England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany with a day of sunny spells and frequent heavy showers. A heavier spell of rain is expected across southern Germany into Switzerland, Austria into western Poland, Denmark and Norway. Lots of showers to come across eastern Poland, Finland, Russia and into northern parts of the Ukraine. Southern parts of the Ukraine into Romania, the former Yugoslavia into Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey is looks warm, dry and sunny. Dry as well across Italy today with sunny spells Hot across Spain and Portugal with sunny skies.