Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 20th November 2011
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling
Morning mist and fog in central Europe with cloud and rain to the west
Sunday
An unsettled day over Spain and Portugal. There will be outbreaks of rain, most of them over southern parts of the country. Portugal should be mainly dry, although rather cloudy. Showers affecting central parts of the Mediterranean, some heavy in southwest Italy. A fair day over Greece with sunny spells.
Showers for France, some heavy in the south and west. More mist and fog for eastern France, the Low Countries and Germany, as well as France. The mist and fog will be clearing slowly with most places being dry with sunny spells. Further mist or fog in Austria and Hungary as well as Poland.
A fair day over Denmark with sunny spells. Rather cloudy with some drizzle for central parts of Norway and Sweden. Further cloud and spots of drizzle in the Baltic States. Finland may well be rather fog with this slow to clear.
Monday
Staying unsettled over Spain on Monday with some showery rain in northern Spain too, with showers over western Portugal. Low pressure in the central Mediterranean bring rain to the Balearics and Italy, some of it heavy at times. Some showers to come over Greece and again these could be heavy. Fair through Romania and Bulgaria, although morning mist and fog is likely.
Cloud and some showery bursts of rain in the far west of France. Eastern France and the Low Countries will have broken cloud and some bright spells, but also some mist. Similar conditions through Germany with bright or sunny spells here. Further sunny spells over Poland, although morning mist in Austria and Switzerland as well as Hungary.
To the north it stays fair through Denmark and southern Sweden as well as southern Norway. Northern parts of Norway and Sweden will be cloudy with some spots of rain. This extends through Finland and into the Baltic States.