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

   Europe forecast - January 22, 2025
   Sunnier, drier Mediterranean
   North becoming unsettled

   Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 22nd January 2025
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Improving across most of the Mediterranean. Mostly cloudy on the
   continent as several fronts bring periods of rain to many central and
   western areas. Becoming quite unsettled in the north.

   Wednesday
   Heavy, thundery showers and high winds in Portugal and west Spain, more
   scattered though still wet in east Spain. Rain will be quite persistent
   and at times heavy in Corsica and northward along the south France and
   northwest Italian coasts. Drier to the south in Sardinia and southern
   Italy with clouds and sun. A few isolated showers and intermittent sun
   along the Balkan coast and often sunny spells inland. Sunny in Greece
   as well. Frequent showers in western T├╝rkiye, some heavy along the
   south coast and Cyprus.
   Showers across France, persistent and at times heavy rain in north
   France and south England. A few rainy patches reach the Low Countries
   and west Germany as well, with some of the broader spells of rain
   reaching Belgium later. Mostly dry and cloudy east of here with some
   sun spells. Romania, Ukraine, and Belarus mostly cloudy with isolated
   rain/sleet spells.
   Abundantly cloudy in Scandinavia and northeast Europe. Several bands of
   rain slip northeastward through Denmark into southern Norway and
   Sweden. Some snow further north of here though mostly dry in the far
   north. Snow quite widespread in Finland, driest in the south. Cloudy
   and mostly dry in the Baltics, perhaps a lucky sun spell in Lithuania.

   Thursday
   Showers fade in Iberia leaving only isolated showers through the day
   and often sunny. Sun spreads eastward into the Mediterranean giving a
   fine day for the islands. Often cloudy in Italy, rain north. Rain
   stretching into Croatia, Hungary, and Albania as well as clouds push
   into southwest Europe. A fine mostly sunny day for Greece and west
   T├╝rkiye.
   A band of moderate-to-heavy rain pushes east out of France into
   Germany, Switzerland (often as snow here), and west Czechia. Some rain
   into west Poland as well, becoming more spotty as it moves east. Only
   spotty rain into Hungary and Romania, mostly dry further east. Best
   chances of sun near the Black Sea.
   A band of moderate or heavy rain pushes across the British Isles and
   will reach into norh France and the Low Countries later. Widespread
   snow in Denmark, soon moving north into Sweden and east Norway. Some
   spots of rain and snow will reach southern Finland, though amounting to
   little. Dry in the Baltics.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 1:10 am

Variable and (fairly) soft. Lots of wind on the coast on Friday and Monday.
Sunday
high (70%) chance of dry weather with sunny periods.

Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Sunshine (%) 10 30 10 10 30 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 90 90 90 80 30 80 80
Precipitation sum (mm) 3 4 2/5 2/10 0/1 4/8 0/2
Minimum temp. (gr. C) -1 1 2 6 0/3 4 6
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 3 7 10 8 7 12 11
Wind direction S SW Z SW Z Z SW
Wind force (bft) 3 4 5 3 3 4 4


Long term, Wednesday January 29, 2025 to Wednesday February 5, 2025:
High (90%) chance that the mild and changeable weather will continue.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:34 UTC 220125.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
Low over The Channel, 1005, moves northeastwards. Associated troughs will move 
northwards across the North Sea in the afternoon, followed by a ridge.

Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
variable 2-4, gradually northwest. light rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in 
precipitation possibly poor.

Thames 
south to southeast 3-4, veering northwest. occasionally light rain or drizzle. 
moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.

Humber 
southeast 3-4, veering northwest. occasionally light rain or drizzle. moderate
to 
good, in precipitation possibly poor.

German Bight 
southeast 3-4, gradually veering south to southwest, in the northern part
cyclonic 
2-4. occasionally light rain or drizzle. moderate to good, later in
precipitation 
possibly poor.

Dogger 
southeast 2-3, gradually variable, later increasing northwest 3-4. occasionally 
light rain or drizzle. mainly good, moderate in precipitation.


Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
northwest 3-4, soon increasing 4-5, backing west to southwest. risk an light
shower. 
good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

Thames 
northwest 3-4, soon increasing 4-5, later backing west. isolated light showers.
good,
 in precipitation possibly moderate.

Humber 
northwest 3-4, soon increasing 4-5 possibly occasionally 6, later backing west. 
isolated light showers. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight 
southwest 3-4, in the northern part cyclonic 2-4, veering northwest 4-5, later 
increasing 5-6. first in the eastern part rain, then light showers. good, in 
precipitation possibly moderate, in the eastern part first moderate.

Dogger 
northwest 3-4, temporary increasing 4-5, later backing west. occasionally light
rain 
or a shower. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.


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