* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * 
   from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europ... 

   Europe forecast - April 05, 2025
   Mediterranean showers
   Sunny west

   Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 5th April 2025
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Chilly winds east with some morning frosts and snow.

   Saturday
   Showery over Portugal, scattered showers for Spain, although
   southeastern Spain looks mostly dry. Heavy showers locally over the
   Pyrenees. Some showers forming over the Balearics and Sardinia, fading
   for sun. Mostly dry and sunny for Italy with well scattered afternoon
   showers. Mostly dry Balkan States, some scattered cloud around and
   showers south. Showery for Greece and T├╝rkiye, fading for a bright
   sunset.
   Fine weather through central Europe. Lots of sunshine for France and
   feeling warm, local showers in the far southwest. Staying dry but cool
   easterly breezes through Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, some
   cloud here and there. Rain and snow showers move into Poland from the
   northeast on a strong northerly wind, risk of gales along the coast.
   Areas of showers for Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine, and east Hungary.
   Further showers south in Bulgaria.
   Cool but dry for much of Scandinavia with high pressure in charge here,
   sunshine best for Denmark and southern Norway. A mix of cloud and sun
   for Sweden. Snow showers in Latvia and Lithuania, passing south and
   revealing cloud and sun behind. A strong and cold northerly wind here
   and in Finland.

   Sunday
   Heavy rain into southern areas of Portugal and Spain, showers to the
   north. Showers here and there over central Mediterranean, some heavy on
   Sardinia and Corsica. Passing heavy rain in southern Italy, drier and
   patchy cloud north. Sunny around Croatia with rain to the south, some
   snow mixed in. Showery Greece and T├╝rkiye, more consistent rain in the
   north later afternoon.
   Another fine day across much of central and northern Europe. Morning
   frosts east Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, with strong cool
   northerly winds here. Widely sunny France, Low Countries, and Germany.
   Dry with cloud and sun to the east, some snow into Romania and Ukraine.
   Morning frost across the Baltics States and Finland with a persistent
   cold northerly wind. Mostly cloudy here. Mostly sunny southern
   Scandinavia, some passing cloud here and there.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Saturday April 5, 2025 at 00.58 am

Dry and first plenty of sun, later some more clouds. The maximum temperature is
Around normal, the nights are first quite cold.

Sat so ma di wo do vr
Sunshine (%) 80 80 70 50 30 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 10 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 5 3 0 1 3 3/6 6
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 15 13 14 14 15 15 17
Wind direction No O O No No NW NW
Windkracht (BFT) 3 3 3 3 3 3 2


Long term, Saturday April 12, 2025 to Saturday, April 19, 2025:
Periods with sun and higher temperatures. In the course of the following week
increasing
uncertain expectation, the chance of precipitation increases from less than 10%
to approx
40% and the spread in temperature forecast is large.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 06:41 UTC 050425.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
high, 1034, between Iceland and Norway changing little. ridge is building over
The 
German Bight on Sunday.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
northeast 5-6. good.

Thames 
northeast 4-5, occasionally 6, increasing 5-6. good.

Humber 
northeast 4-5, in the eastern part increasing 5-6. good.

German Bight 
northeast 4-5, in the southern part increasing 5-6. good.

Dogger 
northeast 2-4, gradually veering east. good.


Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
northeast 5-6, later decreasing 4-5. good.

Thames 
northeast 5-6, veering east 4-5. good.

Humber 
northeast 4-5, in the eastern part first 6, soon veering east. good.

German Bight 
northeast 4-5, in the southern part first possibly 6, soon veering east,
decreasing 
3-4. good.

Dogger 
east 3-4. good.


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 * Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/6)