Europe forecast - February 20, 2017
Warming up across S Iberia
Wet across much of Europe

Issued: 0530hrs Monday February 20, 2017
Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski


Cold across Scandinavia, Russia with snow

Today
A fine, dry sunny day to come across Portugal, Spain, southern France and across the Balearics. An area of rain is expected across northern France across into the Low Countries, northern Germany, Denmark the far north of Poland, The Baltic States and Belarus. This will be heavy at times. Further snowfalls are expected across Russia and Finland today. Sweden and Norway are likely to remain dry. Scattered showers are forecast around Corsica and Sardinia. A dry day to come across Italy, The Adriatic Region and much of the Balkan into the Ukraine. Rain is expected across western Turkey with the east fair and dry. Today the warmest temperatures will be across southern parts of Portugal and Spain with areas east of Poland the coldest.



Tuesday
Pleasantly warm across southern parts of Spain and Portugal. A fine, dry and sunny day to come across Iberia. An area of rain will affect England, France, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Low Countries and Belarus. This will be heavy in the east. Cold across Scandinavia with snow across Norway, northern Sweden and southern Finland. Heavy snow is forecast across Russia and the Baltic States. Rain is likely across the Ukraine with a mix of rain and snow across Romania. A fine day with sunny spells across The Adriatic Region and The Balkans. Heavy showers are expected in the eastern Mediterranean. Most of Turkey and Italy will be dry and mostly sunny.