Very Cold across Europe Snow in the East, Rain in West Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 12th January 2013 Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski Windy and Showery in the Mediterranean Today Cold and windy with the risk of rain, sleet and snow across southern England. Outbreaks of rain are expected across western France with the east dry. Snow is likely to affect Belgium with most of Holland. Dry with sunny spells. Some heavy snow showers again are forecast across Denmark. An area of heavy snow is forecast for Poland. Some snow may affect southern parts of Sweden, otherwise cold and dry with sunny spells across Norway and Finland today. Largely dry but very cold across Russia with some snow across western parts of the Ukraine, eastern and southern Romania, into Bulgaria. Further heavy showers are expected from southern parts of Italy across into Greece and western Turkey with snow expected across eastern parts of Turkey. Cold but sunny and dry across the former Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Austria could see a spell of snow with a dry day across Switzerland and northern Italy. Outbreaks of rain are forecast for Portugal and the north of Spain with central and southern Spain, dry and sunny. Apart from some snow showers across south of Germany, it looks mainly dry with sunny spells. It will remain quite windy through the Mediterranean region, especially from Sicily eastward to Crete. Very windy as well in the Bay of Biscay and in the English Channel. Sunday Cold and windy across England with snow showers in the east. Showers are expected across western France with the risk of some rain and snow across northern France and to Belgium. Most of Holland will be dry except for some coastal snow showers. Cold with the risk snow across Denmark and far north of Germany. Most of central, southern Germany will be dry with sunny spells. Heavy outbreaks of snow forecast across Switzerland and much of the Alps with some rain in the far south of France. Some rain and snow is expected across the far north of Spain with showers across western Spain. Eastern Spain looks dry with sunny spells while rain is expected across parts of Portugal. A number of heavy showers will be found the Balearics across into Corsica, Sardinia and much of Italy. Lots a fine, dry, sunny but cold weather is expected from the Czech Republic into the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and the western Ukraine. Cold with outbreaks of snow across Portugal, parts of Belarus into eastern half of the Ukraine and into western parts Turkey. Fair and mainly dry all snow is expected to fall across eastern Turkey today. Bitterly cold across Russia but generally dry except some snow in the south west. Very cold as well with sunny spells expected across Norway, Sweden and Finland into the Baltic States. http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?MENU=EuropeanSummary