Issued: 0530hrs Friday 17 October 2014
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Warmest across southern Spain

Today
Expect sunny spells and showers across England but rain spills into the west late in the day. Fine and dry across France with sunny spells. Outbreaks of rain are forecast across Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Germany and this extends across southern Poland, the Czech Republic and across the Adriatic Region into Austria and Hungary. The rain will be heavy. Northern parts of Poland and the Baltic States should be fair and dry. An area of snow will move across northern Russia. Cold but dry across Finland. Rain may affect the far south of Norway and Sweden. A dry day to come across Bulgaria and Romania and Greece with showers across Turkey. Lots of fine, dry, sunny weather is expected across most of Italy except for a few showers in the far north. Rain is expected across Portugal with Spain dry and sunny. Quite warm across southern Iberia.

Saturday
Very mild across Britain with rain. Lots of fine, dry weather with sunny spells to come from Spain into France, Belgium, Holland into Germany. High pressure will also keep it settled and dry across Poland, The Baltic States, Finland, The Adriatic Region and The Balkans. Heavy rain is expected around the Black Sea area into eastern Romania and the far north of Turkey otherwise fair and dry. Apart from a few showers in the north most of Italy will be dry with sunny spells. Cloudy across Portugal with light rain. It continues fine and dry across Spain and eastward into the Balearics. Windy and wet across Norway with rain into southern Sweden.