Issued: 0530hrs Monday 5th December 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Gales across Europe

Today
Strong winds will affect much of Europe extending south into the central Mediterranean. Lots of blustery showers to come across western Britain into France, Belgium, Holland and into Denmark. Turning cold today with snow showers for northern Britain and western Norway and Finland. Largely sunny and dry across Sweden and Germany with snow showers across Bavaria and rain showers along the north German coast. Outbreaks of rain are forecast from the Baltic States into Belarus into Poland, Hungry, Austria into the former Yugoslavia. Scattered showers are expected across Italy and Greece with a sunny, dry across Turkey. Rain spreads into north west Spain later in the day but overall a dry day across Portugal, Spain into the Balearics. Snow showers will affect the Alps with the far south of France perhaps staying dry.

Tuesday
Very windy again across much of Europe into the central Mediterranean with gales. Colder as well with snow showers across parts of Britain and across Norway. More heavy showers to also affect northern France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark with heavy snow over the Alps. Another area of snow is expected across Russia, northern Finland, The Baltic States into Belarus while rain is expected across the Ukraine, the former Yugoslavia and Hungry. Heavy showers are forecast for parts of Greece and Italy west into Corsica and Sardinia. Dry across Portugal and Spain with sunny spells and this extends into the south of France. Lots of sunshine to be found across Turkey today. Some showers for the north of Germany these of snow in the south.