Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 15th November 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Showers in eastern Mediterranean
Today
Mainly dry but cloudy today across Britain, Belgium and Holland. Sunnier and dry across much of France and Germany with low cloud and fog in the valleys. Cold but dry and mostly sunny across Norway and Sweden. Cloudier across Finland with light rain across the Baltic States. Cold across Russia with snow in the east as temperatures remain below freezing. Lots of dry weather is expected across the Ukraine, Romania, Hungry into the former Yugoslavia and Greece. Windy and colder across Turkey with rain and snow showers. Dry across Austria, Switzerland into Italy while heavy showers affect the Balearics. Rain spreads in across Portugal today with scattered showers for Spain.
Wednesday
High pressure across Europe will give a large part of Europe a dry day and again colder in the east. Some light rain to come across western England today otherwise fair and dry. Dry from France into Belgium, Holland, Denmark into Germany with varying cloud and sunnier spells. Very cold across Russia with a few snow flurries. Dry across the Baltic States with a cold, day across Finland with snow. Dry with sunny spells across Sweden and Norway. A good deal of dry weather prevails across the Balkans today while showers will affect southern Greece and again Turkey where they will be mixed with snow. Sunny and dry across Italy into Switzerland and Austria while heavy showers affect Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. Dry and sunnier across Spain.