Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 8th October 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Dry, sunny across Iberia

Today
Rain spread in across the United Kingdom. Expect rain across Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany with showers across Poland and Denmark. A cold but dry and sunny day across Norway and Sweden while another area of rain will lie from Finland into Russia, Belarus into Hungry, the western Ukraine into Romania and the former Yugoslavia. An area of heavy showers and thunderstorms is expected across the far south of Italy into southern Greece. Fine and sunny across Turkey and most of Italy. Those showers will extend across Sicily towards the Balearics. Dry and sunny across Portugal, Spain and much of France though showers will affect the east. A strong mistral will be blowing across southern France today.

Sunday
A cloudy day across England and much of France into Belgium, Holland into Denmark and Sweden with outbreaks of rain. Cold across northern parts of Norway and Sweden with snow. Fine and dry across Finland with sunny skies. More cloudy across Russia with rain from Russia into the Ukraine into Romania, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia and into Greece with heavy showers and thunderstorms across the central Mediterranean into southern Italy across into Sicily near the Balearics. Fine and sunny across Spain and Portugal today and as well as the far south of France. Fine across the Alps into Germany and Poland with just a few light showers across The Baltic States into Belarus. A dry, sunny day to come across Turkey.