Issued: 0530hrs Monday 9 March 2015
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Snow for Scandinavia
Today
It continues warm and spring like across Spain and Portugal with sunny spells. A wet and very windy day across parts of Britain. Snow showers to affect western parts of Norway but for most of Scandinavia it's a dry day to come with good spells of sunshine. High pressure will continue to dominate a large part of Europe keeping it dry with sunny spells from France into Germany, Poland and this extends across the Adriatic Region and much of the Balkans as well. More rain to come across Greece and lots of heavy showers are expected from Sardinia across Scilly, the far south of Italy to Crete. Most of Turkey and Italy looks fine and dry. Some rain to come across The Baltic States and Russia.
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.