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

   Europe forecast - January 11, 2025
   Rain central Mediterranean
   Cold northern Europe

   Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 11th January 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Rain in northern Spain and central Mediterranean, colder northern
   Europe

   Saturday
   A rather cloudy day for Portugal and Spain with outbreaks of rain. A
   mostly dry day for France with some rain far south at first. Some rain
   for northwestern parts of the British Isles, otherwise mostly dry, but
   cold. A dry bur very cold day for the Low Countries and Germany with
   some freezing fog patches, Snow and windy for Poland. Denmark, Norway
   and Sweden will see a very cold day but dry, with snow only in north
   Norway. Very cold for Finland too, with some snow in far south. Heavy
   snow for the Baltic States. Some patchy snow for Belarus and Ukraine.
   Some early snow for Switzerland and western Austria, but soon dry and
   cold. A few snow showers for Czechia and Slovakia, while Hungary and
   Slovenia will remain bright and dry. Some snow showers for Romania, but
   heavy snow for parts of the Balkans.
   Possible heavy showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Some
   rain for Italy and Greece especially later in the day. Rain for
   northern parts of Turkiye. Showers at first for Cyprus.

   Sunday
   Dry and sunny for Portugal on Sunday. A few showers affecting eastern
   coast of Spain where there will be cloud, but sunny spells inland
   unsettled through the Balearics with rain affecting Sardinia. Corsica
   will be dry but windy. Wet in the southern half of Italy with some
   heavy periods of rain, dry in the north with sunny spells but windy.
   Greece will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain and showers, while some
   heavy showers affected Turkey as well.
   some fog in the north of France through Sunday. More southern areas
   will be breezy and bright with good spells of sunshine. Fog affecting
   Holland and Belgium, as well as much of Germany and this slow to clear
   through the day. Cold for Poland with some snow in the east. Hungary
   should be dry and bright, as we will be Austria and Switzerland.
   a fine day for Denmark on Sunday. Chilly in the Baltic states with
   plenty of cloud and some sleet or snow in the east. Finland will be dry
   as will be Sweden. Dry and windy in southern Norway with lots of cloud
   but rain and drizzle affecting central areas whilst snow, some of it
   heavy will affect northern Norway.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, January 10, 2025 at 7:32 am

Calm and mainly dry winter weather with a chance of fog, especially in the
south. First
quite cold with light to moderate frost inland at nights and mornings,
clearly softer from Monday.

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Sunshine (%) 30 20 20 10 30 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 50 30 20 20 30 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/3 0 0 0 0/1 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) -2/2 -2 -2 -5/-1 0/5 2/6 4
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 3/6 1/4 2/5 2/7 7/11 7/10 7/10
Wind direction W O SW SW W W SW
Wind force (bft) 2 2 2 3 3 2 3


Long term, Friday January 17, 2025 to Friday January 24, 2025:
High (90%) chance of calm and almost dry winter weather. The expectation for the
However, temperature is quite uncertain. Later in the period the chance of a
more changeable weather to 40%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:58 UTC 110125.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
high, 1029, over the British Isles is building and moving to The Channel, 1040. 
associated ridge moving from the Shetland Islands to the Humber and the Dogger.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames 
variable 1-3, soon increasing north to northwest 3-4. isolated light showers.
good, 
in precipitation possibly moderate.

Humber 
north to northwest 3-4. isolated light showers. good, in precipitation possibly 
moderate.

German Bight 
north 3-4, in the eastern part 4-5. isolated light showers. good, in
precipitation 
possibly moderate.

Dogger 
north 3-4. isolated light showers. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.


Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
mainly north 3-4, decreasing 2-3. risk an light shower. good, in precipitation 
possibly moderate.

Thames 
mainly north 3-4. risk an light shower. good, in precipitation possibly
moderate.

Humber Dogger 
north 3-4, from the west gradually variable 2-4. risk an light shower. good, in 
precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight 
north 3-4, in the eastern part first 4-5. risk an light shower. good, in 
precipitation possibly moderate.


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