Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 22nd November 2009
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Chilly across Europe

Today
Windy today across the United Kingdom and France with heavy rain and heavy showers accompanied by gales. The south of France though should manage to say dry. Rain also spreads in across Belgium and Denmark today. Showers are likely across Denmark with rain clearing from Germany through the afternoon. A windy, wet day for Norway and Sweden with heavy spells of rain. Mainly dry but cloudy across Finland, Poland, western Russia and Belarus. A dull day across the Baltic States with light rain on and off. Apart from some light rain in the far north west of Spain, it's a dry, mostly sunny day across Iberia. Dry with sunny spells will prevail from the Balearics across Corsica, Sardinia into Italy, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia. Morning fog will clear to sunny skies across Romania and Hungary with light rain across Switzerland and Austria.

Monday
More heavy rain and gales will affect the United Kingdom today and this area of rain spreads in across northern France, Belgium and Holland and Denmark. In fact most of northern Europe looks wet with spells of rain expected across Finland, western Russia. The Baltic States, Poland, Belarus, Sweden, Denmark and Belarus. For Norway it's a colder day with rain and snow mixed. High pressure will give the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and the former Yugoslavia a dry day of sunny spells. A dry day as well across Portugal. Spain, southern France and Italy with lots of sunshine. Overall it's a rather chilly few days across Europe with the warmest weather still to be found across southern Spain.