Issued: 0530hrs Friday 9th December 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Gales across Europe

Today
Strong winds will affect much of Europe with gales. Blustery snow showers to come across northern Britain with rain for northern France, southern Germany into Poland and the Baltic States. Lots of showers for Belgium, Holland and into Denmark with snow across Norway, northern Sweden, Finland and Russia. Largely sunny and dry across the Ukraine into Hungry, Austria into the former Yugoslavia. Fine and sunny across Greece with outbreaks of snow expected to affect Turkey. Scattered showers are forecast for Italy today but a lot of dry weather to come. A fair amount of cloud but dry today across Spain and Portugal, into the Balearics. A dry, mostly sunny day across the south of France perhaps staying dry.

Saturday
Very windy again across Scandinavia into eastern parts of Europe with gales. Colder as well with snow showers across parts of Britain and across Norway. Light rain to affect northern France but dry across, Belgium and Holland with showers for and Denmark. Expect heavy snow over the Alps into Austria. Another area of snow is expected across Russia, northern Finland, The Baltic States into Belarus and northern Poland while rain is expected across the western Ukraine. Mainly dry across the former Yugoslavia and Hungry. Dry as well across Greece and southern parts of Italy with showers in the north and west into Corsica and Sardinia. Snow will affect eastern Turkey, sunny in the west. Outbreaks of rain spread into Portugal but dry across Spain with sunny spells and this extends into the south of France. Some showers for the north of Germany these of snow in the south but fine across central areas with sunny spells.