Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 3rd December 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Heavy snow across Finland, Russia

Today
A wet and windy day across southern England with rain into Denmark and across the Netherlands, Belgium and northern France. Expect snow showers across Norway and northern parts of Sweden but dry in the south. A dry, windy day across Finland with snow across Russia. Fair and dry today across southern France across into southern Germany, Poland and across Hungry while rain and snow is expected across Austria and Switzerland. Colder too heading east into Europe. Mildest today across a sunny Spain and Portugal but an area of heavy showers is expected from the Balearics over to Sicily while it looks sunny and dry across Italy, Greece, Turkey and into Romania.

Sunday
Strong gales will continue across northern and eastern parts of Europe today with rain across England into France, southern Germany into Poland, Belarus and the Baltic States. Snow showers will affect Norway and Sweden with an area of heavy snow across Finland and Russia. Dry across the Ukraine into Romania, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. A day of sunshine and showers to come across Italy across Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearics. Dry and sunny across Portugal and Spain. Heavy showers are forecast across Belgium, Holland, Denmark and northern parts of Germany. Rain is expected across Austria and Hungary.