Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 20th December 2011
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Best across Iberia
Today
A drier day to come across England today with a few showers in the far north of France into Belgium and Holland. An area of snow is expected across southern Sweden into Denmark with rain and snow into German. Heavier snow is expected across the Alps today with snow in the forecast again for Finland and parts of Russia. Some rain to come in the south of France today with heavy showers in the central Mediterranean into the south of Italy into Greece and western parts of Turkey. Some snow is likely across Bosnia and Serbia but dry across Croatia into Hungry, Poland, Belarus and most of the Baltic States. Another dry day to come across Portugal and Spain along with the Balearics.
Wednesday
Early rain clears England and spreads in across The Low Countries, into Denmark and much of France. Rain too is expected across northern Germany with heavy snow in the south and into Poland and western Finland. Cold but dry across eastern Finland into the Baltic States and Belarus. Heavy snow will fall across Russia with rain, sleet and snow across the Ukraine and Romania. Heavy snow will again fall across the Alps Cold with sunny spells across Norway and Sweden with a few snow showers. Fine and sunny across Portugal and Spain with heavy, frequent showers from Sardinia across Sicily into the south of Italy into Crete and western parts of Turkey. Cold but dry with sunny spells for northern Italy and across into Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia into Bulgaria.