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

   Europe forecast - May 18, 2025
   Eastern rain
   Showers Iberia

   Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 18th March 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Rain in eastern Europe, showers in Iberia, fair for many other areas

   Sunday
   A sunny morning for Portugal and Spain, but several heavy showers
   developing in the north through the afternoon. A sunny day for France
   throughout. Scattered showers for the northern parts of the British
   Isles, otherwise sunny. Dry and sunny for the Low Countries. A
   scattering of afternoon showers for Germany, but a longer spell of rain
   for the far east. A cloudy day with outbreaks of Raina and strong winds
   for Poland, the Baltic States and Belarus, while showers are expected
   for Ukraine mostly in west. Some rain for eastern Denmark, dry further
   west. Norway, Sweden and Finland will see a dry and mostly sunny day.
   Mostly dry and sunny for Switzerland. A scattering of showers for
   Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Heavy showers for Romania and northern
   Balkans.
   Sunny and warm over the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Afternoon
   showers for Italy. A sunny day for Greece. Heavy showers for northern
   parts of Turkiye. Warm with occasional cloud over Cyprus.

   Monday
   Heavy thunderstorms in northern Spain and parts of Portugal on Monday.
   Fair for southern areas of Iberia. The Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica
   will be dry and sunny. More sunshine in Italy, scattered showers in the
   north. Greece and Turkey should be dry with lots of sunshine.
   Heavy thunderstorms in central and southern areas of France, these
   merging to longer spells of rain too. Northern France should be dry
   with sunny spells. The Low Countries and Germany will be dry and sunny.
   Cloud and some rain in Poland. Heavy rain for eastern areas of Hungary.
   Western Hungary and Austria will be dry with sunny spells. Dry too in
   Switzerland.
   Denmark will be dry with lots of sunshine. Fine too in the Baltic
   States with more sunshine here. Finland is going to be dry as well.
   Sweden will be dry and sunny with more dry weather for Norway too. A
   few showers over the coasts of northern Norway.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 5.20 am

Sunny periods and quite warm on Tuesday. More in the second half of the week
clouds, gradually colder and chance of a shower. In the coming weekend
Increasing risk of rain but again slightly rising temperatures.

So ma di wo do vr Za
Sunshine (%) 40 60 60 30 30 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 20 0 10 20 30 50 60
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0/1 0/3 1/9
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 9 7 10 9 8 6 6/11
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 18 22 22 18 15 15 17
Wind direction No No N NW NW NW ZW
Windkracht (BFT) 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3


Long term, Sunday 25 May 2025 to Sunday 1 June 2025:
Big chance (approx. 90%) on a fairly changeable weather type with occasional
rain or
Some showers, but also occasionally sun. The temperature is very much during the
day
Probably around the long -term average.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:07 UTC 180525.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
High, 1033, near Iceland is changing little. Associated ridge over the British
isles 
is moving to the North Sea.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
north to northeast 3-4. good.

Thames 
north 3-4, later veering northeast. good.

Humber 
north to northwest 2-4, later veering northeast 2-3. good.

German Bight 
north 3-4, in the northwestern part mainly north 2-3. good.

Dogger 
north 4-5, in the southeastern part northwest 2-3, decreasing north 2-4, later 
veering northeast. good.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
northeast 3-4. good.

Thames 
northeast 2-4. good.

Humber 
mainly northeast 2-3. good.

German Bight 
north 3-4, decreasing north to northeast 2-4. good.

Dogger 
northeast 2-4, decreasing 2-3. good.


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