Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 8th September 2010
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine across Scandinavia

Today
Lots of showers to come today across England and France. Some of these will be heavy interspersed with sunny spells. Rain clears Belgium and Holland with showers for the afternoon. An area of rain is forecast across Denmark and Germany and across the Alpine Region. Another fine day to come across Norway, Sweden and Finland with a dry, mostly sunny day to come. High pressure will also give Russia, The Baltic States, Belarus, Poland, The Ukraine and Hungary a dry, sunny and pleasantly warm day. Lots of warm sunshine too across Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Rather damp across Italy today with outbreaks of rain and showers. Dry to the east across the former Yugoslavia. For Spain and Portugal it looks fine, sunny and very warm.

Thursday
Mostly fine and dry across England today, just the odd shower. More showers thought to come for France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, some will be heavy. Few if any showers in western France though and more sun. An area of heavier rain will fall across Poland today with a fine, dry day fro the Baltic States, Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. A number of showers will affect Norway today but sunny weather prevails across Sweden and Finland with a few showers across Denmark. Apart from the odd shower, lots of fine, sunny weather is forecast across Hungary, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. Some heavy showers may affect the north of Italy but mainly dry with sunny spells across most of the country. Lots of very warm sunshine will be found again across Spain, Portugal into the Balearics.