Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 1 March 2015
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Cold in the east

Today
Warmer across Iberia today. Much of Spain and Portugal will be dry with sunny spells but rain may affect northern coasts of Spain Outbreaks of rain to affect England and most of France across into Austria, The Czech Republic and Poland. Fair and dry across Belgium and Holland with a number of showers expected across Denmark and northern parts of Germany. Cold with snow forecast for parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland though rain is like across southern Sweden. Snow will fall across parts of Russia. Largely dry across the Baltic States, Belarus and the Ukraine into Bulgaria. Some heavy showers to affect Greece and Turkey today. Fair and dry across the Adriatic Region and most of Italy. Quite windy across northern Europe today.

Monday
It continues warm across Spain and Portugal with sunny spells. Colder and windy across Britain with wintry showers. Outbreaks of snow are forecast across Belgium and Holland with plenty of rain showers across France and Germany. Outbreaks of snow are likely across western parts of Norway, across Sweden, Finland and Russia. An area of rain will affect The Baltic States into Belarus, Poland, Russia, The Adriatic Region, The Ukraine, Hungary and Austria and this will be heavy. Drier today across Bulgaria and Greece with sunny spells. Just a few showers to affect Turkey today. Most of Italy stays dry with a good deal of cloud.