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

   Europe forecast - August 09, 2025
   Warm and sunny
   Local thunder northeast Sunday

   Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 9th August 2025
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Fair across much of the continent with extensive hot sunshine south;
   rain (possibly thundery) for the Baltics and Scandinavia.

   Saturday
   Hot and mostly sunny across Iberia. Local afternoon showers in eastern
   Spain and the Pyrenees mountains. Some cloud around the Balearic
   Islands and Sardinia and Corsica but dry. A hot sunny day for Italy, a
   few isolated showers possible over the Italian Alps. Widely sunny and
   warm-to-hot from the Balkan States eastward to the Black Sea. Fine and
   dry for Greece and T├╝rkiye.
   Mostly fine and warm in France, some scattered cloud around with a few
   showers in southern areas. Warm to hot with scattered cloud for most of
   central Europe. The Netherlands and northern parts of Germany and
   Poland may see more cloud and will be more mild than central areas of
   Europe. A few local showers are possible in the Austrian Alps;
   Switzerland should be substantially dry and fine. A few showery
   outbreaks possible in east Slovakia, otherwise fine. Milder and mostly
   sunny in Ukraine and Belarus.
   Strong westerly winds across the British Isles. Some showers drift into
   west Denmark later in the day. Rain quite extensive with heavy spells
   across most of south and west Norway; more mild temperatures in Norway.
   Most of Sweden will be dry with a mix of cloud and sun except northern
   areas which will see showers. This band of showers extending through
   west and south Finland - the showers will be light with good sun
   between showers. Some showers in the Baltic States as well, primarily
   Estonia, but largely sunny between and away from showery areas.

   Sunday
   More hot sun across Iberia with scattered showers in north Spain. Fine
   across the central Mediterranean islands. Hot with extensive sunshine
   for Italy and eastward through the Balkan States to the Black Sea. Also
   fine in Greece and T├╝rkiye; a notable northerly breeze through the
   Aegean Sea.
   Hot again southern France and widely sunny. Mild-to-warm temperatures
   from the Low Countries eastward into Czechia and Poland - mostly sunny
   here. Fine for Austria and Switzerland, a few local showery moments in
   the Alps. Some morning showers in central Poland will drift east and
   become locally thundery in the afternoon. Hot in Hungary and Slovakia,
   some thundery showers in eastern Slovakia later in the day. These
   thundery showers later drifting into west Ukraine and Belarus.
   Rain onto Norway's west coast and northern areas, southern central and
   east areas dry with good sunshine. Similarly dry and sunny in Sweden
   with only showers in the north, locally heavy or thundery. Notable
   chance of afternoon showers in southern and central Finland, though
   locally entirely dry. Rain more widespread across the Baltic States
   with greatest risk of thundery rain in Latvia and Lithuania.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Friday 8 August 2025 at 00.37 hours

First sunny and dry with rapidly rising temperature. From Tuesday inland
Tropical warm, in the southeast it may be 35 ┬░ C on Tuesday. Thursday
About 30% chance of thunderstorms.

Vr Sat so ma di wo do do
Sunshine (%) 40 80 70 78 60 60 40
Precipitation probability (%) 20 0 0 0 10 20 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0 0 0 0/1 0/2
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 17 13 13 12/15 16 16/19 16/19
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 24 25 25 26/29 27/31 28/32 27/30
Wind direction W W W ZO O W ZW
Wind force (BFT) 3 3 2 2 3 3 2


Long term, Friday, August 15, 2025 to Friday 22 August 2025:
Periods with sun. Gradually less warm. The chance of temperatures above it
Long -term average gradually decreases to around 30%. The chance of
Thunderstorms are around 30%every day.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:02 UTC 090825.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
high, 1025, over the Atlantic moving northeastwards and will reach Thames at the
end 
of the period. associated ridge over the Netherlands moving east.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
west to southwest 3-4, increasing 4-5, possibly 6, later decreasing 4. good.

Thames 
west to southwest 3-4, increasing 4-5, later in the northern part decreasing
2-3. 
good.

Humber 
west to southwest 3-4, occasionally 5, later decreasing 2-4. good.

German Bight 
south to southwest 4-5, veering west. good.

Dogger 
southwest 4-5, in the North possibly 6, veering west. good.


Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
west 4, soon veering northwest 3-4, veering north, later decreasing north to 
northeast 2-3. good.

Thames 
west 4-5, soon veering northwest 3-4, veering north, later decreasing north to 
northeast 2-3. good.

Humber 
west 4-5, soon veering northwest 3-4. good.

German Bight 
west 4-5, veering northwest, later decreasing 3-4. good.

Dogger 
west 4-5, soon veering northwest. good.


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