Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 16th November 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
More showers across the Mediterranean
Today
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.
Thursday
It continues to be dry across much of Europe today. This settled dry weather will extend from Spain across into France, into the Low Countries into Germany and Poland. A few showers to day across the Baltic States with rain, sleet and snow across Russia. Settled as well across Scandinavia with sunny spells across Norway, Sweden and Finland. Lots of sunshine to come across the Ukraine into Romania, the former Yugoslavia and Greece. Snow is forecast for eastern parts of Turkey, dry in the west. An area of heavy showers will persist from the Balearics east to Scilly and Cyprus. A fine, dry and sunny day for much of Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Hungry.