Colder across eastern Europe Fine across much of Europe seiten=3 abk=eusummary

Issued: 0530hrs Friday 14th October 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Heavy showers in central Mediterranean

Today
A dry but rather cloudy day across Britain. Some rain is possible for 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.

Saturday
It turns colder across Russia and The Ukraine as rain turns to snow. Some heavy showers and rain to come across Greece with showers just south of Italy. The fine, spell of dry weather continues across Britain into all of France, The Low Counties into Germany, Poland and the Baltic States. Cold across Scandinavia but a dry, mostly sunny day. Lots of fine weather too across the Alps, Austria, Hungry into the former Yugoslavia and Romania. Pleasantly warm and sunny across Italy into Sardinia and the Balearics. A few showers may affect eastern Spain but overall dry and sunny across Spain and Portugal.