Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 6 November 2016
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Best across SE Europe

Today
Rather cold across much of Europe particularly across Scandinavia into the Baltic States where temperatures will remain below freezing. Deep low pressure over northern Italy will give central parts of the Mediterranean along with the Adriatic Region and Italy a wet and windy day with heavy rain and heavy showers. Heavy rain is also expected across Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and across the Ukraine into Belarus while an area of heavy snow is expected across Norway, Sweden, The Baltic States into western Russia. Showers to affect northern parts of Spain along northern France, the Low Counties and England. Mainly dry across Germany with some rain expected across parts of Poland. A dry day is forecast for Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Portugal and southern Spain will be quite chilly but dry with sunny spells. Very windy with a risk of gales in the central Mediterranean.

Monday
Showers will again affect northern parts of Spain the south along with Portugal staying dry with sunny spells. Still quite chilly across Iberia today. The south of France will also stay fine and dry while rain and showers are likely across northern and central parts of France along with Belgium and Holland. Rain and snow showers are expected across Germany with snow showers across Denmark. An area of heavy snow is forecast for Sweden, Finland and the Baltic States. During the day an area of heavy rain spreads up into central parts of the Mediterranean into the far south of Italy. More heavy snow to come across the Alps with snow across Austria. A few showers to affect the Adriatic Region. Much of the Balkans will be dry with sunny spells as will Turkey and The Ukraine. Rain is expected across southern Russia with snow in the north. A wet, cold day with rain across Belarus and northern parts of Poland. South westerly gales are expected in the Aegean Sea.