Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 1st November 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Unsettled in the west

Today
Rain clears England in the morning with an area of rain into much of France with showers across parts of Spain. Fair and dry across Belgium, Holland and Denmark with mostly sunny skies into Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungry and eastward into Poland, The Baltic States, Belarus and into Russia. Mainly dry as well across Norway, Sweden and Finland. Settled and dry across Romania, The Ukraine, across the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and south across all of Greece and Turkey. Windier with some heavy showers just south of Italy and across Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. Much of Italy looks fine and dry. A few sharp showers as well are possible in and around the Balearics.

Wednesday
A dry day to come across England, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and eastward across Germany and Poland with sunny spells. Cloudy across Norway, Sweden and Denmark with some patchy rain. Heavier rain is expected across Finland and northern Russia. Dry across southern Russia and across the Baltic States into Belarus, The Ukraine, Romania into the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Fine across Greece and Turkey with good sunny spells. It remains fair and dry across Italy while a number of sharp showers persist around Sicily and Sardinia. Heavy rain spreads into Portugal into western Spain but dry in the east with a few showers across the Balearics.