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

   Europe forecast - May 02, 2025
   Heavy rain Iberia
   Fine southeast

   Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 2nd May 2025
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Some showery rain on the northern continent on Friday develops into a
   band of moderate-to-heavy rain on Saturday. Breezy with rain spells
   around Scandinavia.

   Friday
   Heavy rain across Spain and Portugal through Friday. Rain and showers
   for the Balearics too, generally becoming lighter and concentrated in
   northern Iberia towards dusk. Corsica and Sardinia will have fine
   conditions with sunny spells. Sunshine for Italy, an isolated showery
   burst here and there. Fine in the Balkan States as well with scattered
   showers around Albania and North Macedonia. Greece will have a few
   showers whilst some heavier, thundery showers affect T├╝rkiye, sunshine
   between showers.
   Rain and cloud in southwestern France but fair for most of the country
   with sun spells. Broken cloud in the Low Countries and Germany. Showery
   rain in the north of Germany drifts to the east, some brief heavy
   spells. Fair for most of southern Germany and the Alps with long spells
   of sunshine here. Feeling very warm across most of central Europe.
   Cloud with rain into Poland, driest south. East and southeast Europe
   will be mostly sunny and dry, a few patchy clouds around with bursts of
   light showers in Romania and Bulgaria.
   Breezy across most of Scandinavia and the Baltic States. A band of
   showery rain slips eastward across Finland and the Baltic States, heavy
   spells are expected. Broken cloud and a few spots of rain in Denmark.
   Windy in Finland with some rain in the west. Morning rain in south
   Sweden clears for sun, showers to the north. Persistent rain and snow
   into western Norway, drier with sun in the southeast.

   Saturday
   Heavy showery rain persists across west Iberia, scattered showers with
   sun to the east. Showers come and go across the central Mediterranean
   Islands with sun in between. Dry for Italy though cloud will be around.
   Patchy cloud builds into the Balkan States as well, though sun spells
   will still come through. Sunny for Greece and T├╝rkiye, frequent showers
   in southern T├╝rkiye.
   Outbreaks of showers spread across France; expect heavy spells. A band
   of moderate-to-heavy rain develops across the Low Countries, central
   Germany, Poland, and western Ukraine. Scattered showery rain into
   Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, and Hungary; feeling very warm here. Fine
   and mostly sunny in the southeast near the Black Sea.
   Rain in Denmark and southern Sweden. More broken rain and snow into
   southern Norway, a fresh northerly breeze pushing snow onto northern
   areas of the west coast. Some patchy rain around Finland, though the
   far south will be mostly dry with sun breaks. Fine in the Baltic States
   with frequent sun, though breezy here.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Friday 2 May 2025 at 5.38 am

Saturday transition to a significantly cooler weather type. In the southeast
Saturday
Possibly rain, small chance of thunderstorms in Limburg. From Sunday and then
sun and
Mostly dry.

Vr Sat so ma di wo do do
Sunshine (%) 60 50 50 50 50 50 50
Precipitation probability (%) 20 10 30 20 30 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0/3 0/1 0 0/1 0/1 0/1
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 13 9 8 6 5 7 6
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 25 19 13 15 14 15 17
Wind direction W NW N NO N N NO
Windkracht (BFT) 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3


Long term, Friday 9 May 2025 to Friday 16 May 2025:
Big chance (70-80%) on a predominantly dry weather type with regular sun. First
it is probably still on the cool side, later in the period the chance of one
takes
Warmer weather type.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 06:41 UTC 020525.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
trough over Humber and German Bight will move to Dover and will followed by a
ridge.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
southwest 3-4, veering north to northeast, later increasing 4-5.

Thames 
north to northeast 3-4, later possibly 5. good, locally moderate.

Humber Dogger 
north 3-4, decreasing variable 1-3. good, locally moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight 
north to northwest 2-4. first risk rain or a shower. good, locally moderate, 
possibly poor.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
northeast 4-5.

Thames 
north to northeast 3-4, first possibly 5. good, first locally moderate.

Humber 
variable 1-3, later increasing west to northwest 3-4. good.

German Bight 
west to northwest 2-4, later increasing 4-5. good.

Dogger 
variable 1-3, soon increasing west 4-5, later veering northwest. later risk
shower. 
good.


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