Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 20th September 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Fine and settled in eastern Europe

Today
Just a few isolated showers and sunny spells to come today across the United Kingdom. Much more in the way of showers today across France and western and central parts of Germany, Belgium and Holland. Across France these will be heavy with eastern Germany sunny and dry. A hot, sunny day today across Poland. Fine and sunny as well across Denmark, Belarus, The Baltic States, Russia and the Ukraine. Just a few showers today across eastern Spain and around the Balearics. The rest of Iberia looks fine and sunny. Heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for Italy. Apart from numerous, heavy showers across Turkey, much of the Balkans will enjoy a mostly sunny and dry day. High pressure will also keep it dry with sunny spells for Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Monday
Rain spills in across northern parts of the United Kingdom but dry across England. Fair and dry across The Low Countries, Holland and Denmark to day with sunny spells. Much of Germany looks settled as well though some sharp showers will affect the far south. These showers too will affect southern France and the Alpine Region where some thunderstorms are likely. Northern France will be fine and dry. Numerous, heavy and thundery showers will affect an area of from the Balearics across into Italy. Sunny and dry weather prevails across Iberia today. Another fine, dry and sunny day across much of the Balkans today and with high pressure in charge, this dry weather extends up into the Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, The Baltic States, into Russia, Finland and Sweden. Outbreaks of rain will fall across western Norway with the eats dry.