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

   Europe forecast - February 20, 2025
   Heavy rain, mild, west.
   Cold, snow, east.

   Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 20th January 2025
   Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

   Cold in east.

   Thursday
   A cloudy but dry day for Portugal. Sunshine for Spain, away from the
   north. Rather cloudy over France with some light showers in north,
   brighter south. Breezy with showers or longer spells of rain for the
   British Isles. Cloudy with some rain for the Low Countries and Germany.
   Some heavy rain for Denmark. Dry and cold for Poland. Some heavy rain
   and snow for southern Norway. Dry and cold for Sweden, a few snow
   showers for northern Finland. Dry and cold for the Baltic States,
   Belarus and Ukraine.
   Cloudy with some light rain for Switzerland and Austria. Drier but
   still cloudy for Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Cold but sunny for
   Romania and the Balkans.
   Dry and bright for the Balearics. A few showers for Sardinia and
   Corsica as well as Italy. Sunny and cold for Greece, some showers
   around the Aegean Sea. Snow showers for Turkiye mostly in north and
   east. A few showers for Cyprus.

   Friday
   A band of heavy rain arrives over Portugal in the morning, spreading
   east over Spain through the day. Some rain in west for France later.
   Showers or longer spells of rain for the British Isles. Cloudy breezy
   but dry for the Low Countries, Denmark and Germany. Cold and dry for
   Poland. Cloudy with persistent rain for southern Norway. Mostly dry for
   Sweden and Finland. Cold and dry for the Baltic States, Belarus and
   Ukraine.
   A dry but rather cloudy day for Central Europe with best of the
   sunshine over Czechia and Slovakia. Cold but sunny for Romania. Rather
   cloudy over the Balkans.
   Rather cloudy but dry for the Balearics. A few showers for Sardinia and
   Corsica. Mostly dry with good sunshine for Italy. Rather cloudy wits
   some sleet and snow for Greece mostly around the Aegean Sea. Snow
   shower for northern Turkiye. Heavy showers and mountainous snow for
   Cyprus.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 1.41 pm

Changeable and temperatures well above the long -term average. Especially
Saturday
And on Monday there is rain. From Tuesday it will be less soft.

Do vr Za so ma di wo
Sunshine (%) 10 20 10 40 20 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 40 20 80 30 90 50 50
Precipitation sum (mm) 1 0 3/8 0/2 7/11 1/3 0/3
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 1 7 8 5 8 6 2
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 9 17 13 14 13 11 10
Wind direction
Windkracht (BFT) 4 4 4 3 4 4 3


Long term, Thursday 27 February 2025 to Thursday 6 March 2025:
Continuous with maximum temperatures around the long -term average.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:54 UTC 200225.

Gale warnings:
Dogger 
south 7

German Bight 
south to southeast 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
complex low, 954, south of Iceland changing little, troughs will move eastwards 
across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
south to southwest 5-6, later decreasing 4-5. occasionally rain or drizzle.
good, at 
night decreasing moderate to poor, risk fog.

Thames 
south to southwest 5-6. occasionally rain or drizzle. good, at night decreasing 
moderate to poor, risk fog.

Humber 
south to southwest 5-6. occasionally rain or drizzle. good, later decreasing 
moderate to poor.

German Bight 
south to southeast 5-6, in the northern part occasionally 7, later veering south
to 
southwest. later occasionally rain or drizzle. good, later in the southwestern
part 
decreasing moderate to poor.

Dogger 
south 6-7, later decreasing south to southwest 5-6. occasionally rain or
drizzle. 
good, later decreasing moderate to poor.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
south to southwest 4-5, later backing south to southeast. occasionally rain or 
drizzle. moderate to poor, increasing good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

Thames Humber 
south to southwest 5-6, soon temporary decreasing 4-5. occasionally rain or
drizzle. 
moderate to poor, risk fog.

German Bight 
south to southwest 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5. occasionally rain or drizzle.
moderate 
to poor, risk fog.

Dogger 
south to southwest 5-6, later increasing south to southeast 6-7. occasionally
rain 
or drizzle. moderate to poor, risk fog.


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