Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 15 February 2015
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Heavy rain Italy
Today
A cloudy day to come across Portugal, Spain and much of France with occasional showers. Mostly cloudy but a dry day across England. Sunnier skies prevail across Belgium, Holland and much of Germany. Fine as well with sunny spells into Poland, The Ukraine and across the Adriatic Region and the Balkans. A number of showers are forecast for Turkey today, some of snow. Cloudy across Italy and a wet day with outbreaks of rain and snow. Snow will fall over the Alps. Lots of showers to come across the Mediterranean. Cold and sunny across Finland. Cloudy across Norway and Sweden with some snow expected across the south and for Denmark. Cold and snowy today across Russia, mainly dry for the Baltic States. Strong westerly gales will prevail through the Straits of Gibraltar.
Monday
Dry with cloud and sun across Portugal and Spain. Fine across France with the north sunny and south cloudy. Heavy showers and heavy rain is expected across Corsica, Sardinia and Italy with more snow across the Alps. Cold and cloudy across Turkey with snow, this heavy in the east. Expect a good deal of dry weather with sunny spells across the Adriatic Region and much of the Balkans today. More cloud with a few snow flurries from the Ukraine into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Norway. Mostly sunny and dry across Germany, Holland and Belgium. Rain spreads into western Britain today. Cold and sunny across the Baltic States into Finland. A windy day across the western and central Mediterranean.