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

   Europe forecast - December 28, 2024
   Cold with snow north.
   More settled elsewhere.

   Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 28th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

   High pressure for central/south.

   Saturday
   A dry and sunny day for Portugal and Spain perhaps with some morning
   fog in closed valleys. A bright day for France, thick cloud in the
   north. Mostly dry for the British Isles, but some rain over west
   Scotland. A dry picture for the Low Countries, Germany, and Poland with
   some low cloud at times. Breezy and cloudy for Denmark, Sweden and
   Finland. Some snow for west Norway. Mostly and cloudy for the Baltic
   States, Belarus and Ukraine.
   A dry but rather cloudy day for Central Europe, but some sunny spells
   are possible for Czechia and Slovakia. Cloudy for Romania and the
   Balkans.
   A bright day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica with sunny spells.
   Sunny for Italy and western Greece , but further east and over Turkiye
   rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain and sleet and snow over high
   ground. Cloudy with heavy rain and mountain snow for Cyprus.

   Sunday
   Another mostly dry and sunny day for Portugal and Spain. Rather cloudy
   but dry for France, the Low Countries, Germany and Poland. Some rain
   for the northern parts of the British Isles. Breezy and cloudy for
   Denmark, with rain over Denmark, snow for Norway, northern Sweden and
   northern Finland. Some rain for the Baltic States. Mostly dry bur
   rather cloudy for Belarus and Ukraine.
   A rather dry and cloudy day for Central Europe, with some bright or
   sunny spells for Austria and Czechia. Bright for Romania and the
   Balkans.
   Sunny for the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Bright for Greece
   with some rain in east and over Turkiye with snow over high ground.
   Unsettled weather conditions for Cyprus with some heavy rain and
   mountain snow.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 4:07 am

Gradual transition to changeable and mild weather. During the
New Year occasional rain and quite a lot of wind, especially along the coast
heavy gusts of wind. Also changeable in the first days of the new year
There is a chance of (very) heavy wind gusts, especially on Thursday, January 2.

Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sunshine (%) 10 10 10 10 10 20 10
Precipitation probability (%) 10 30 30 70 70 80 80
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0/7 1/11 2/11 1/3
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 3 5 2/6 4 2/5 1/4
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 5 9 9 9 7/10 7/11 5/8
Wind direction SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
Wind force (bft) 2 3 4 4 3 5 3


Long term, Saturday January 4, 2025 to Saturday January 11, 2025:
High chance (approx. 80%) of a transition to colder weather. It stays
probably changeable with possible winter precipitation. The chance of a soft
weather type is quite small, this amounts to about 20%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:19 UTC 281224.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
high, 1033, over central Europe remains fairly stationary. trough over Viking
will 
reach The German Bight in the evening.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames 
mainly south 2-3, possibly occasionally 4, veering southwest. poor or fog,
locally 
moderate to good.

Humber 
southwest 3-4, later veering west. later in the northern part light rain or
drizzle. 
poor or fog, locally moderate to good.

German Bight 
southwest 3-4, from the afternoon possibly 5, later veering west. rain later or 
drizzle. poor or fog, locally moderate to good.

Dogger 
southwest 3-4, later veering west 4-5. later light rain or drizzle. moderate to
poor,
 locally fog, later increasing good.


Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
west to southwest 2-3. moderate to poor, risk fog.

Thames 
west to southwest 2-3, soon increasing 3-4. moderate to poor, risk fog.

Humber 
southwest 3-4, veering west, later increasing 4-5. especially first rain or
drizzle. 
moderate to poor, risk fog.

German Bight 
west to southwest 4-5, later in the North increasing 5-6. especially first rain
or 
drizzle. moderate to poor, risk fog.

Dogger 
west to southwest 4-5, later increasing 5-6, in the North possibly 7. moderate
to 
good, risk poor.


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