Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 13th October 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Unsettled across the north & east

Today
A dry but rather cloudy day across Britain. Some rain is possible for eastern France and the far south of Germany. Western France and much of Germany, Belgium, Holland and western Poland. Cold but dry and sunny across Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. An area of rain and heavy showers is forecast for Russia, The Baltic States into eastern Poland and Belarus. Rain is also expected across Romania and the former Yugoslavia. Dry with sunny spells across Greece and Turkey today. Breezy but mainly dry across Italy while a windy day across the south of France. Dry across Spain and Portugal and very warm. Fine across western parts of France as well.

Friday
Fine and dry with sunny spells across England, The Netherlands, Belgium into Denmark, all of France and Germany. A dry day is expected across Norway, Sweden and Finland with snow across northern Russia and rain in the south. Heavy showers are forecast for the Baltic States, Belarus and the Ukraine but a dry day across Poland with sunny spells. Mainly dry except for a few isolated showers across Hungry, the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece with sunny spells. Fine and sunny across Turkey. Lots of heavy showers to come today across Italy into Sardinia and around the Balearics. Lots of warm sunshine is expected across Spain and Portugal today.