Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 22 February 2015
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Generally cold

Today
An area of heavy rain arrives across England into north west France and north west Spain. The rest of France, Spain and Portugal will be dry with sunny spells but very windy and cloudier across the south of France. Heavy outbreaks of rain are also forecast across Italy into the Adriatic Region and much of the Balkans. Frequent heavy showers are expected in the Mediterranean where it will be very windy and squally. A fine, dry day to come for Turkey, most of Bulgaria, Romania and the Ukraine. Heavy snow is expected across the Alps. Fair and dry across Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Very cold with spells of heavy snow across Finland and northern Russia with the south dry.

Monday
Colder across Britain today with snow showers in the north. Heavy snow is expected across Norway and Sweden while heavy rain is forecast from Denmark into Germany, The Low Counties into France, northern Spain and Portugal. A dry day to come across southern Spain across to Sardinia and northern Italy. Further rain is expected across southern Italy into Greece, The Adriatic Region and much of the Balkans into western parts of Turkey where it will be quite heavy. Outbreaks of snow are likely across Finland and northern Russia with rain into the Ukraine and the Czech Republic. Fine and dry across Poland. Heavy showers and rain will affect the central and eastern Mediterranean. Strong westerly winds will prevail through the Straits of Gibraltar and it remains very windy through out the Mediterranean.