Issued: 0530hrs Monday 13 October 2014
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine and Dry across Central and Eastern Europe

Today
Windy and cold with heavy rain across Britain, Belgium, Holland and Denmark. A showery, chilly day to com across Portugal and Spain. Fair and dry across northern and western parts of France. An area of heavy rain is expected in the south and into Switzerland. Most of Germany and Poland should be dry with sunny spells. Lots of dry weather too across The Baltic States, Belarus and across the Balkans and the Adriatic Region. Quite warm across The Adriatic Region and Italy. Scattered showers are likely for western parts of Turkey with the east dry. A fine day to come across Italy with showers for Corsica and Sardinia. Rain is expected for northern Russia. Most of Scandinavia looks dry with sunny spells.

Tuesday
Chilly with light rain clearing Britain. Mostly cloudy across Belgium and Holland with some patchy rain. An area of rain will affect Denmark, eastern parts of Germany, western parts of Poland and Austria. Most of France should be fair and dry while heavy rain is expected across Spain with showers for the Balearics. Most of Portugal should be largely cloudy but dry. A few sharp showers develop across Italy but overall dry across the country. It will remain fair and dry across the Adriatic Region and most of the Balkans States. Scattered showers are expected across central eastern parts of Turkey but overall a dry day with sunny spells. Lots of dry and sunny weather is expected across Bulgaria, Romania, the Ukraine up through Belarus. Some light rain to come across the Baltic States with most of western Russia generally, dry. Expect a sunny day expected across Norway with outbreaks of rain across the northern half of Sweden, south should be largely dry. Most of Finland should also be dry except for a few scattered showers in the far south.