Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 6th October 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Hottest across southern Iberia

Today
A windy, unsettled day across northern Europe. An area of rain will move across Norway into Sweden, Finland into Denmark, northern Germany across Belgium, Holland and north east France. Expect sunshine and showers across Britain and northern France but dry and sunny in the south and into southern Germany and Poland. That rain will also extend down across the Baltic Region into western Russia. High pressure in the east is going to keep it settled and dry with sunny spells across Belarus, The Ukraine into Romania, Hungry into Greece and Turkey. Fine and dry with lots of sunshine as well across Italy across the Balearics into Spain and Portugal.

Friday
It's another unsettled and windy day across mainland parts of Europe with a day of sunshine and showers across Britain, northern and central parts of France across The Low Countries into Denmark and Germany. An area of heavier rain is forecast across northern Russia across the Baltic States into Poland, Austria, Hungry and Switzerland. Mainly dry across Belarus into the Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia into Greece and Turkey. There is a risk of a few sharp showers across Italy today with some heavy showers near Sardinia and the Balearics, Lots of fine, dry and sunny weather still across Portugal, Spain and the south of France. Colder across Scandinavia but mainly dry across Norway, Sweden and Finland.