Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 30th October 2012
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski

Best across Balkans

Today
Fair and dry across England today. Dry and mostly sunny across France and southern parts of Germany. Rain is forecast across Belgium but dry and cloudy across Holland. Expect showers across Denmark with a dry day for most of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Dull and misty with rain across northern Germany. Cold with snow across eastern parts of Poland into Belarus across the Czech Republic and Austria with heavy rain across the Ukraine, Romania into Bulgaria. A scattering of showers are expected around the Adriatic, Greece and western Turkey. Dry across eastern Turkey and most of Italy and the former Yugoslavia. Fair and dry from Sardinia west into the Balearics and eastern Spain. Cloudy with heavy rain across Portugal and western Spain.

Wednesday
Heavy rain and strong south west winds will affect Britain today. Mostly sunny and dry across all of France. Fair and dry across Belgium and Holland with showers across Denmark. Outbreaks of rain are forecast across Sweden with snow for Norway and heavy snow across Finland and Russia. Showers are expected around the Baltic States. Fair and dry through Belarus. Fine and dry with lots of sunshine across Poland into Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic through the Ukraine, Romania and Greece. Fine and dry as well across the former Yugoslavia, Hungry and most of Turkey. A wet, windy day across Italy with rain with heavy rain and gusty winds across the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. A better day across Portugal and Spain with sunny spells.