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

   Europe forecast - December 23, 2024
   Gales in places
   Unsettled eastern Mediterranean

   Issued: 0530hrs Monday 23rd December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Unsettled for several days in eastern Mediterranean. Mostly cloudy
   elsewhere, patches of rain and snow east.

   Monday
   Cloud and some patchy rain for northern Spain. Fair with lots of sun
   for the rest of Spain and Portugal. Rain too affecting the Balearics,
   sun and showers alternating. Low pressure bringing rain to Italy, heavy
   and thundery in the south with gales. Further heavy, thundery rain
   along the Adriatic coasts and for Greece as well as southern and
   western Turkey. Inland Balkan counties will see snow, some heavy,
   through the day. Eastward toward Romania and Bulgaria drier.
   Some rain in northwest France with further rain and snow showers in
   eastern France. Fair for the rest of the country. Breezy and showery in
   the Low Countries. Frequent showers and some snow in Germany, feeling
   cold. Further showers in western Poland but fair in the east. Hungary
   and its north and east neighbors should be mostly fair with isolated
   showers/snow. Snow, some heavy, affecting Austria and Switzerland.
   Bright in Denmark with sunny spells, though gales along the west coast
   down to Germany. Some showers in southern Sweden. Rain, sleet and some
   snow in the Baltic States and southern Finland. Broken cloud in Norway
   but mostly dry.

   Tuesday
   North Spain will see some drizzle, but elsewhere over the Iberia will
   be mostly dry and sunny. Mostly sunny across the Mediterranean towards
   Italy, though rain and risk of gales over the Balearics. Lingering low
   pressure maintains showers in southern Italy and Greece. Heavy showers,
   some thundery, along the Turkish coasts and inland in the southeast.
   Mostly dry though cloudy in France, the Low Countries, and Germany.
   Better chance for sun in the south near Switzerland and northern Italy.
   Occasional snow showers linger further east in Czechia, Austria,
   southern Hungary, and west Ukraine. Snow continues inland in the
   Balkans, rain moving into Bulgaria and Romania.
   Persistent rain along Norway's coasts, snow inland. Rain will cross
   Denmark into southwest Sweden. Finland stays dry and cloudy. Some rain
   and snow showers in the Baltic states, glimpses of sun possible south
   towards Poland and Belarus.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 23, 2024 at 4:30 am

Calm, cloudy and most dry. There may also be some room for it from the weekend
onwards
the sun with a chance of fog in the night and morning. There is little wind. The
temperatures are predominantly above the long-term average.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Sunshine (%) 40 10 10 10 10 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 60 40 10 10 20 20 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 3 7 6 6 3/6 4
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 9 12 10 9 7 8
Wind direction NW SW SW SE SE SW SW
Wind force (bft) 5 3 2 2 2 3 2


Long term, Monday December 30, 2024 to Monday January 6, 2025:
From the turn of the year onwards there is a high chance (75%) of a transition
to changeable
and possibly stormy weather, with temperatures around or above long-term
average.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:22 UTC 231224.

Gale warnings:
German Bight 
northwest 8

Thames Humber Dogger 
northwest 7

Dover:
no warning


Synopsis:
Low, 995, southeast of Denmark is moving to the west of Poland and is filling.
Ridge 
over the British isles is slowly moving eastwards, will reach the North Sea in
the 
evening and is followed by a weak trough.

Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
northwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5, later mainly west 3-4. occasional showers. good, 
moderate in precipitation.

Thames Humber 
northwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6, later 4-5. occasional showers. good,
moderate in 
precipitation.

German Bight 
northwest 7-8, soon decreasing 6-7, gradually 5-6, later 4-5. occasional
showers. 
good, moderate in precipitation.

Dogger 
northwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6, gradually 4-5, later backing mainly west. 
occasional showers. good, moderate in precipitation.


Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
mainly west 2-4, soon backing mainly southwest. risk rain or drizzle. good,
moderate 
in precipitation, possibly poor.

Thames 
northwest 4-5, gradually backing southwest. risk rain or drizzle. good, moderate
in 
precipitation, possibly poor.

Humber 
northwest 4-5, gradually backing southwest, later occasionally 6. risk rain or 
drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

German Bight 
northwest 3-5, gradually backing southwest, later increasing 5-6. especially
rain 
later. good, moderate in precipitation.

Dogger 
mainly west 4-5, soon backing southwest 4-6. occasionally rain or drizzle. good,

moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.


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