Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 10th March 2015
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Fair for most of central and southern Europe, rain to the north

Tuesday
A dry day with sunny spells across England. An area of rain lies across Sweden into Denmark, northern Germany and across Holland and Belgium.
The dry spell of weather continues from France into central and southern parts of Germany eastward into Poland, Austria, Belarus, The Baltic States and western Russia. Lots of dry weather too across the Adriatic Region and the Balkans but showers will affect Greece and also the far south of Italy into the central Mediterranean.
Most of Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and the Ukraine stays fine and dry. Much of Italy will also be dry with sunny spells. Outbreaks of snow are forecast across Norway and Finland. Another sunny, dry and warm day to come across Spain and Portugal.

Wednesday
Plenty of sunshine to come through Portugal and Spain today. More sunshine in the Balearics and staying fair for most of Italy too. Heavy showers affecting Greece, with some rain in Turkey.
Fair weather in the south of France, but some cloud and outbreaks of showery rain to the north. Fair for the Low Countries with sunshine here. Further dry weather and sunshine in Germany, but rain i the far south. A few showers and cool in Poland. Some cloud and showery rain in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Chilly in Denmark with sunny spells and a few showers. Cloud and some showers to come in the Baltic States and a few showers for Finland as well. fair for Norway and Sweden with some good spells of sunshine.