Issued: 0530hrs Monday 9 November 2015
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski
Gales, heavy rain northern Europe
Today
A windy day across the United Kingdom with rain in the north and the west. The fine spell of warm, sunny weather will persist across Spain, France and Italy. Cloudy, windy but dry across Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Rain is forecast across Germany, Poland and Sweden. Colder across Norway with snow. A dry day to come for Finland while rain and snow falls across northern Russia. More rain is expected across the Ukraine. Fine and continued dry across The Adriatic Region, the Balkans and Turkey but rain and snow may spread into north east Turkey later in the day, A fine, sunny day is expected across the Mediterranean. South westerly gales will affect the channel, Britain, northern France and eastward across Sweden, northern Germany and The Low Countries. A gusty east wind prevails through the Straits of Gibraltar.
Tuesday
Very warm across Spain and Portugal with highs in the mid 20's across the south. A fine day to come across France, southern Germany and Italy with sunny spells. Pleasantly warm too across Italy and the south of France. An area of rain extends from England across into The Low Countries, Denmark, Sweden, northern Germany, Poland and becomes heavier into the Ukraine and southern Russia. Heavy snow is expected across northern Russia. Cloudy and cold but dry across the Baltic States and Finland. Snow showers to affect western parts of Norway with the east bright and dry. The fine spell of dry, sunny weather is set to continue across The Balkans and the Adriatic Region. A fine sunny day is expected across the Mediterranean. Gales are forecast to continue across northern parts of Europe.