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

   Europe forecast - December 12, 2024
   Showery Mediterranean
   Dry continent, some sun

   Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 12th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Showers in the Mediterranean between Spain and Italy, some heavy.
   Plentiful sun in many places Friday. Snow on Norwegian coast, some
   pushing towards Finland.

   Thursday
   Heavy bursts of showery rain affecting eastern and southern Spanish
   coasts. Brighter in central Spain and Portugal. Rain in the Balearics
   and Sardinia and Corsica, some of it heavy. Bright for Italy with sunny
   spells in most places though a few showers will skim the west and east
   Mediterranean coasts. The Adriatic coastlines of Balkan States and
   Greece will be dry and bright with good spells of sunshine. Fair in
   Turkey too.
   Fair and dry for France with sunny periods towards the south, some
   prolonged. More cloudy but dry weather in the Low Countries and Germany
   with sunny spells. Staying dry in Poland, again with sunshine. Hungary
   and Austria as well as Switzerland will be dry and bright with some
   sunny spells. Further east and south, brief bouts of snow and showers,
   though none will be long-lasting. Bright and sun spells are possible.
   Denmark will be dry with sunny spells. Breezy and cold in the Baltic
   States and Finland with a few snow showers. Sweden will be cold and dry
   with good sun in the south, some stretching into Norway. Western Norway
   mostly cloudy with snow showers possible on the coast.

   Friday
   Bursts of heavy showery rain along Portugal's west coast. Otherwise
   fine and sunny in Iberia with occasional showers. Heavier showers along
   the French and Italian Mediterranean coasts, reaching inland. Plentiful
   sun in the Balkans and Greece with isolated light showers.
   Northern Continental Europe will see plentiful sun for much of the day.
   More clouds possible in Poland southward through Croatia. Further east,
   breezy and cold with sun in and out. Some morning sun over the Baltics
   quickly gives way to cloud, snow possible to the north.
   Clouds arrive over most of Scandinavia. Norway's west coast will see
   plentiful snow and rain. Denmark and Southern Sweden warmer than the
   rest of Scandinavia, but mostly cloudy with few sun breaks. Snow passes
   across north-central Sweden into southern Finland.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 12:59 am

Rain on Saturday. Then mostly dry, mainly cloudy and mild.

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Sunshine (%) 10 30 10 10 10 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 30 10 80 30 30 30 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 1/3 0/1 0 0 0/2
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 1 2 -1 3 8 7 6
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 6 5 7 11 12 11 9/12
Wind direction NE SE SW W W SW S
Wind force (bft) 2 2 4 4 4 4 3


Long term, Thursday December 19, 2024 to Thursday December 26, 2024:
High (70%) chance of changeable weather. The temperature is usually above
later around the long-term average, where uncertainty increases.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:31 UTC 121224.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
High, 1035, over the British Isles will slowly move eastwards. Weak trough will
move 
southwards across the coastal area.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
mainly east 2-3, occasionally 4. later occasionally drizzle. good, in
precipitation 
and locally moderate, possibly poor.

Thames 
variable 1-3, soon from the north increasing northeast 3-4, veering east. 
occasionally drizzle. good, in precipitation and locally moderate, possibly
poor.

Humber 
northeast 3-4, veering east. occasionally drizzle. good, in precipitation and 
locally moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight 
northeast 3-4, in the northern part 2-3, veering east to southeast. good, in the

western part possibly moderate.

Dogger 
north 2-3, occasionally 4, veering mainly east. occasionally drizzle. moderate
to 
poor, risk of fog.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
east 3-4. occasionally drizzle. good, in precipitation and locally moderate, 
possibly poor.

Thames Humber 
east 3-4, veering southeast. occasionally drizzle. good, in precipitation and 
locally moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight 
east 3-4, veering southeast. good.

Dogger 
mainly east 2-3, from the south increasing southeast 3-4. in the northern part
rain 
or drizzle. moderate to poor, increasing good, first risk of fog.


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