Europe

Weather Underground Forecast for Friday, May 09, 2008. A large high pressure system over the heart of the continent will dictate much of its weather. Two bookend low pressure systems will bring unsettled weather to the western and eastern portion of the continent.

A sharp trough of low pressure will provide a surface low pressure system over Spain. This feature will carry significant moisture that will produce widespread showers and thunderstorms from eastern France through coastal areas of western France. Showers are even possible as far north as the United Kingdom.

Meanwhile, a large trough of low pressure over western Russia just north of the Black Sea will not have as much moisture associated with it. Thus, only scattered areas of showers are likely from the western Black Sea through western Russia.

The large ridge of high pressure will bring dry conditions to a wide swath of the continent from Italy through the Scandinavian Peninsula. This high will not be associated with any sort of heat wave, however.

London will rise into the upper 60s(F)/lower 20s(C), while Paris will see temperatures in the mid-70s(F)/mid-20s(C). Moscow will rise into the upper 50s(F)/mid-10s(C).