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

   Europe forecast - January 05, 2025
   Wet, windy, wintry north
   Better eastern Mediterranean

   Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 5th January 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Wet with rain, snow and strong winds in northern Europe, fair eastern
   Mediterranean

   Sunday
   Heavy showery rain in Portugal and Spain through the day, some thundery
   near the coast. Drier but cloudy in east Spain and the Balearics.
   Clouds and drizzle arriving on west coasts of Mediterranean Islands and
   Italy. Sunnier with patchy clouds in Greece and Turkey.
   Breezy across France with showery rain north and west. Widespread rain
   in the Low Countries and central Germany in the morning, falling as
   snow first. Breezy here too. Similar weather passing through Czechia,
   Slovakia, and Poland later. Switzerland and Austria to see rain and
   snow as well, soon clearing. Drier with patchy sun in southeast Europe.
   Heavy snow into Denmark, southern Norway, and southern Sweden near
   dusk. Some snow showers into the Baltic states, drier and cloudy in
   Finland.

   Monday
   Showers for Spain and Portugal on Monday. Rain affects Majorca, Ibiza
   and Menorca. Corsica and Sardinia should be dry. A few showers in the
   north of Italy, but generally fine with good spells of sunshine. Greece
   and Turkey are both dry with plenty of sunshine.
   Windy and unsettled in France. Some heavy showers across southern and
   western France with rain and sleet in the north. Wet across Belgium and
   Holland, as well as much of the west of Germany. Eastern parts of
   Germany and Poland will be windy, but mostly dry. Hungary and Austria
   are dry with sunny spells. Cloud and rain for Switzerland.
   Windy with some showers in Denmark. Windy and wet in the Baltic States
   and staying wet for Finland too. Wet with heavy showers across central
   and southern Sweden and Norway, dry in the north and cold. Some snow
   showers in the far north of Norway.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 4:42 am

Mild on Monday, then a bit colder again with occasional winter showers
minimum temperatures around freezing point. It is mainly from Wednesday to
Thursday
the southeast there is a chance of (wet) snow.

Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sunshine (%) 20 10 20 20 20 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 30 90 90 80 50 60 60
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 20/25 3/8 2/4 0/7 0/7 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 0 -1 9 2 1 0 -2/1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 3 10 12 5 3/6 3/7 3/6
Wind direction SW Z SW SW SW SW W W
Wind force (bft) 3 4 5 4 4 4 2


Long term, Saturday January 11, 2025 to Saturday January 18, 2025:
High (80%) chance of calm and dry weather with occasional sun. The chance of
winters
weather with light or moderate frost at night and temperatures around or
slightly during the day
above zero temporarily increases to about 40%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:18 UTC 050125.

Gale warnings:
Humber German Bight Dogger 
southeast 7

Thames 
southeast veering southwest 7

Dover 
southwest 7



Synopsis:
Low, 982, southwest of Ireland is moving to the south of Norway. Associated
troughs 
will move across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
southwest 6-7. periods of rain. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

Thames 
cyclonic 5-7, soon increasing southwest 6-7. periods of rain. good, moderate to
poor 
in precipitation.

Humber 
southeast 6-7, veering southwest, temporary decreasing 3-5. periods of rain.
good, 
moderate to poor in precipitation.

German Bight 
southeast 5-7, later in the South veering southwest. periods of rain or sleet.
good, 
moderate to poor in precipitation.

Dogger 
southeast 5-7, later decreasing cyclonic 4-6. periods of rain. good, moderate to

poor in precipitation.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover Thames 
southwest 6-7, soon increasing 7-8. periods of rain. good, moderate in
precipitation.

Humber 
southwest 6-7, increasing 7-8, later in the West decreasing west 4-6. periods of

rain. good, moderate in precipitation, first possibly poor.

German Bight 
cyclonic 5-7, increasing southwest 6-7, later 7-8. periods of rain. good,
moderate 
to poor in precipitation.

Dogger 
cyclonic 4-6, increasing 5-7, later 7-8. periods of rain. good, moderate to poor
in 
precipitation.


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