Issued: 0530hrs Monday 9 February 2015
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Strong winds, showers E Mediterranean

Today
High pressure keep much of western Europe settled. Expect a good deal of dry weather across United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Spain and Belgium. Cloudy across Germany with some light outbreaks of rain although heavy snow is likely to affect Bavaria. The outbreaks of heavy snow are forecast for Austria, much of the Adriatic Region and the Balkans along with Greece and parts of Turkey. Outbreaks of snow are also expected across central and southern parts of Italy today with northern Italy remaining dry. Lots of showers to come Sicily eastward across to Cyprus some of these again will be heavy. Cold but dry across Norway and Sweden outbreaks of snow affected across Finland, the Baltic States, Russia, Romania, the Ukraine and Bulgaria. Mainly dry but cold across Poland today. Very strong easterly wind will affect northern coasts of Spain along with Straits of Gibraltar. It will also be very windy from Sicily into the eastern Mediterranean.

Tuesday
More settled today across Europe. It looks to be dry across Portugal, Spain, France, Britain and into The Low Countries. Cloudy across Germany with some patchy rain. Snow across the Adriatic Region and Austria tends to fade during the day. Much of Greece and Bulgaria will be dry today while heavy falls of snow are forecast across most of Turkey. Dry and mostly sunny across Italy. Some light snow to affect Romania and northern Russia. Dry across the Ukraine today. Rain and sleet is expected across the Baltic States. For Norway, Sweden and Finland it should be cold but dry with sunny spells. Heavy showers and strong winds will affect the eastern Mediterranean.