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

   Europe forecast - December 10, 2024
   Cloud, damp central
   Colder Scandinavia

   Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 10th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Cloud and some rain in central Europe, turning colder in Scandinavia

   Tuesday
   Showery rain frequent in northern Spain and a few showers may affect
   Portugal, but central and southern Spain stay dry with some sun.
   Slow-moving thundery showers for the western Mediterranean, affecting
   the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia plus southwest Italy and Sicily.
   Drier in northern Italy. Rain also for western Greece and the Adriatic
   coastline.
   Chilly easterly winds prevail through central Europe. Fairly cloudy,
   but dry for most of France. Light showers possible for the Low
   Countries and parts of Germany. Areas of rain and hill snow for Czechia
   and southern Poland.
   Fair weather for southern Scandinavia with sunshine for Denmark,
   southern Sweden and Norway plus the Baltic states. Also fine but cold
   in northern Poland. Windier for northern Scandinavia, with frequent
   wintry showers for northern Norway, but mainly dry for Finland.

   Wednesday
   Rain in the east of Spain, some of it heavy. Showers for northern
   Spain. Fair for the rest of Spain and Portugal. A wet day in the
   Balearics with some heavy spells of rain. Showers in southern Italy,
   some heavy, but fair to the north. Greece should be fair with sunny
   spells. Turkey will have showers, some of them heavy.
   France will be breezy with sunny spells and broken cloud. Some showers
   in the northwest. Dry for the Low Countries and Germany. Bright and
   chill in Poland. Hungary should be dry with some sunny spells. Staying
   dry too in Austria and Switzerland.
   Denmark will be chilly with some sunny spells. Cold for the Baltic
   States but dry. Windy and cold in Finland but dry here. Cold too for
   Sweden and staying dry. Norway will be cold and dry in the south
   although gales and heavy snow in the north.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 4:53 am

Occasionally sunny on Friday and light frost during the night to Saturday. Rain
on Saturday.
Then mostly dry, mainly cloudy and on the mild side.

Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Sunshine (%) 10 10 30 10 10 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 10 30 10 60 30 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0/1 0 1/2 0 0 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 4 2 2 -2 3 4/7 3/7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 4 7 6 7 9 10 6/10
Wind direction NE N SE SW W SW SW
Wind force (bft) 2 2 2 3 3 4 3


Long term, Wednesday December 18, 2024 to Wednesday December 25, 2024:
High (70%) chance of changeable weather. The temperature is usually above
later around the long-term average, where the uncertainty becomes great.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:37 UTC 111224.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
High, 1038, over the British isles will hardly change. Weak trough will move 
southwards across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
east to northeast 4-5. good.

Thames 
northeast 4-5, soon decreasing 3-4. good.

Humber 
north to northeast 3-4. especially later occasionally drizzle. good, moderate in

precipitation, possibly poor.

German Bight 
north 4-5, first in the southern part 2-3. occasionally drizzle. good, locally 
decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.

Dogger 
north 3-4. occasionally risk of drizzle. good, locally decreasing moderate to
good, 
in precipitation possibly poor.


Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
east 4-5, soon decreasing 3-4, later 2-3. later occasionally drizzle. good,
moderate 
in precipitation, possibly poor.

Thames 
variable 2-4. sometimes drizzle. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

Humber 
north to northeast 3-4. occasionally drizzle. good, locally decreasing moderate
to 
good, in precipitation possibly poor.

German Bight 
north 4-5, veering northeast 3-4, later in the northern part variable 1-3. 
occasionally drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.

Dogger 
north 3-4. occasionally drizzle. moderate to good, locally and in precipitation 
possibly poor.


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