Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 27th October 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Unsettled in the west

Today
A wet day across England and this extends south across western France into Spain and Portugal with showers across the Balearics. Very windy across the western Mediterranean. Dry across eastern France into Belgium, Holland and Denmark but cloudy. A dry day to come across Germany into Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy. Windy with showers across Norway with an area of rain from Sweden into western Poland into Hungry, the former Yugoslavia into southern Italy. Cold but dry across Finland, Russia, the Baltic States, into the Ukraine, Romania and Turkey. Mainly dry across Greece with a good deal of cloud.

Friday
A fine, dry day to come across England today. An area of rain and heavy showers is expected across eastern Spain into the Balearics. Mainly dry across western Spain, Portugal and France with sunny spells up across Belgium, The Netherlands into Denmark. Dry to across Germany into Poland, The Baltic States into Belarus and Russia under high pressure but colder going east. Fine and sunny across the Ukraine into Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Some heavy showers will affect the southern half of Italy, fine in the north and also across into the former Yugoslavia and Hungry. Showers are expected around Corsica and Sardinia. Cold and windy across Norway with rain and snow showers while heavy rain affect Sweden. Cloudy across Finland with light rain.