Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 21st February 2015
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson
Heavy rain developing for Italy
Saturday
Largely dry and bright for Portugal on Saturday. Scattered showers across Spain, most frequent toward the Biscay coast, merging into constant rain. Slow moving heavy and thundery rain is expected to affect France, particularly toward the south, and also the western Mediterranean islands. Snow for the western Alps including Switzerland. Dry for most of Austria, particularly in the east. Thundery rain encroaches into western Italy, although toward the east and south-east of the Italian peninsula it remains dry until later in the day. Fair conditions in the Adriatic region, and sunshine extends to Greece and Turkey. Staying chilly in eastern Turkey. Cloudy with patchy rain for Germany. Mild and breezy in Poland and the Czech Republic. Dry across eastern Europe. Patchy rain and drizzle affects southern Sweden and Denmark. Persistent snow and rain showers in western Norway, but drier inland. Northern Scandinavia is drier overall.
Sunday
Low pressure develops in the central Mediterranean, bringing very wet and windy conditions. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are likely to affect Italy, the Adriatic region and the Balkan States. Heavy rain for mainland Greece, although the Greek islands may remain dry. Sunshine for Turkey and Cyprus. A windy day for southern France, with risk of gales. Windy too for the Alpine region, with some snow in Austria and the eastern Alps. Mainly dry across France, although patchy rain may encroach into the north-west later. Dry for the Low Countries and most of Germany, some sunshine and fairly mild. A spot of rain in north-west Iberia, but for most of Spain and Portugal it will be a dry and sunny day. A few wintry showers across northern Scandinavia. It will be breezy in the southern Baltic, although relatively mild in that region. Snow for parts of Finland.