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

   Europe forecast - February 26, 2025
   Wet parts of Italy & Greece
   Rain in Portugal too

   Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 26th February 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Wet for Italy, Greece and Turkey, some rain in northern Europe to

   Wednesday
   Fine for Spain and Portugal with good spells of sunshine. The Balearics
   will be dry and sunny too. Low pressure bringing rain and cloud across
   most of Italy. Greece will have heavy showers in central and western
   Greece whilst dry in the east. Turkey will be dry with sunny spells.
   Heavy periods of rain for northern Germany. Fair across most of the
   southern half of France. Cloud and rain for the Low Countries. Fair for
   most of Germany but some showers in the east. Rain and cloud in western
   Poland but fair in the east. Hungary will be fine and sunny whilst rain
   affects Austria and Switzerland.
   Showers for Denmark. The Baltic States will be mostly fair at first but
   then cloud and some showers later. Finland will be mild with broken
   cloud. Sweden should be dry and bright. Norway will have cloud and some
   periods of rain and showers in western areas.

   Thursday
   Rain for Portugal on Thursday, some showers for southern areas of
   Spain. Broken cloud and mostly fair for much of the rest of Spain. A
   few showers in the Balearics. Rain in southern Italy but far central
   and northern areas. Greece is going to be wet with rain, and it will be
   west in western Turkey too. Drier in eastern Turkey.
   Some scattered showers in the east of France, mostly fair in the west.
   Cloud and rain for the Low Countries. Wet in much of Germany, most
   persistent rain in the north. Poland will have some rain in the south
   but drier and cloudier elsewhere. Hungary will be dry in the east but
   rain in the west. Austria and Switzerland will have broken cloud and
   sunny spells or showers.
   Rain in southern Denmark. Cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the
   Baltic States as well as Finland. Sweden will have bright or sunny
   spells and should be dry. Cloud, wind and some rain affecting western
   areas of Norway.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Wednesday 26 February 2025 at 5.49 am

Most dry, free and temperatures around the long -term
average. In the nights it often freezes light, (dense) fog can occur and
Initially there is a chance of slippery.

WO DO VR SA ZO Ma di
Sunshine (%) 30 10 30 30 30 60 60
Precipitation probability (%) 70 80 20 10 10 10 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 1/3 3/8 0/1 0 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 4 2 -1/3 -2 -1/2 -1/2 -1/2
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 9 9 10 10 10 10 11
Wind direction SW W Z Z ZW ZW ZW
Windkracht (BFT) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3


Long term, Wednesday 5 March 2025 to Wednesday 12 March 2025:
The chance of a continuation of the most dry and fairly sunny weather type is
high.
The chance of temperatures above the long -term average increases to around 75%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:32 UTC 260225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
low, 1002, over Ireland will move to The German Bight. Associated trough will
move 
from Wednesday afternoon eastwards across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
south to southwest 5-6, later decreasing west to southwest 4-5. soon periods of
rain 
or drizzle, later risk shower. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Thames 
south to southwest 3-4, soon increasing 5-6, later decreasing west 4-5. soon
periods 
of rain or drizzle, later then occasional showers. good, moderate in
precipitation, 
possibly poor.

Humber 
south to southwest 3-4, soon increasing 4-5, increasing 5-6, later decreasing
west 
3-4. soon periods of rain or drizzle, later then occasional showers. good,
moderate 
in precipitation, possibly poor.

German Bight 
south to southwest 2-4, later from the western part increasing southeast 5-6.
later 
periods of rain or drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Dogger 
south to southwest 3-4, backing south to southeast, in the East 5, later
decreasing 
cyclonic 2-4. soon periods of rain or drizzle, later then occasional showers.
good, 
moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.


Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
west 4-5, later veering northwest. risk shower. good, in precipitation possibly 
moderate.

Thames 
west 4-5, later veering northwest. occasional showers. good, moderate in 
precipitation.

Humber 
west 3-4, increasing northwest 4-5, later 5-6. occasional showers. good,
moderate in 
precipitation.

German Bight 
southeast 4-5, possibly 6,  in the eastern part first 3-4, later cyclonic 4-5. 
periods of rain or drizzle,. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Dogger 
cyclonic 2-4, increasing north to northwest 5-6. occasional showers. good,
moderate 
in precipitation.


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