Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 5, October 2014
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Heavy rain for Greece, fine across Turkey
Today
A fine, dry day to come across England with sunny spells. Fine and dry across northern France with rain in the south. Morning rain clears to sunny spells across Belgium and Holland. Outbreaks of rain will affect Denmark and western parts of Germany with heavy rain and showers across the Alps. Eastern parts of Germany along with the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, the Baltic States, Belarus, the Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria should have a dry day with sunny spells. Further heavy, thundery showers are expected across southern half of Italy with heavy rain possible across Greece. Another dry day to come for most of Turkey. Cloudy with rain across Norway and the northern half Sweden today. A dry day with sunny spells across southern Sweden and Finland. Most of western Russia should be dry. Mostly sunny and dry across much of Portugal and Spain, although a few heavy showers may affect eastern Spain and the Balearics.
Monday
Very wet and windy weather sweeps in across Britain and northern France. Dry across central and southern parts of France along with Belgium, Holland and Denmark. High pressure will give much of eastern Europe a settled day. Lots of fine, dry weather to come from Germany eastward through Poland, The Baltic States into Russia and Finland. Dry as well across the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and across the Adriatic Region while rain is forecast across Greece. Unsettled with heavy, thundery showers across Italy today. Apart from rain into north west Spain, most of Iberia will be fine and dry while showers are forecast around the Balearics. It turns cold across Norway with rain followed by snow. Southern Sweden will be dry with sunny while with rain in the north. Gales will affect the channel, the North Sea and Poland into southern Sweden along with northern France. Windy as well south of Italy.