Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 6th May 2014
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Turning Unsettled Western Europe, Settled Eastern
Today
Very warm to hot and sunny across Spain and Portugal today. Rain clears England and spreads into northern France. Fair and dry across southern France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Hot across Iberia with sunny spells for Portugal and Spain and dry, sunny conditions will extend eastward across the Balearics into Italy, the Adriatic Region and much of the Balkans. Rain and heavy showers though are expected across Greece with sunshine and showers for Turkey. For Poland, the Baltic States, Belarus, the Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria the weather is set fine and dry. Heavy showers are forecast across Russia, these of snow in the north and also across Finland. Outbreaks of snow are likely across northern parts of Sweden and Norway with rain in the south. Strong easterly winds will persist through the Straits of Gibraltar.
Wednesday
Today it remains quite hot across Spain and Portugal. Here it will be mostly sunny and dry. Lots of showers, some heavy will affect much of France, England, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Germany. The far south of France should escape with a dry day. A band of rain will stretch from the Baltic States into parts of Belarus through Poland, where the rain turns heavy across the Czech Republic into Austria. Showers are expected across Russia, these wintry in the north. Fine and dry across the Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and the Adriatic Region. Lots of sunshine to come across Greece today with a few showers for Turkey. Italy will be dry with sunny spells. Further outbreaks snow are forecast for northern parts of Norway and Sweden with rain for southern Sweden. The southern half of Finland will be dry and sunny while heavy snow showers affect the north.