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

   Europe forecast - November 21, 2024
   Improving Mediterranean
   Wet & windy north

   Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 21st November 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Wet and windy north, improving Mediterranean

   Friday
   Rain and showers across most of central and eastern Spain and Portugal.
   Drier in the south with some bright spells. Further cloud, rain and
   showers in the Balearics. Heavy periods of rain and a risk of snow too
   in Italy. Rain in western Greece but fair in the east. Fair for the
   west of Turkey but cloud and rain in the east.
   Breezy northern France with some wintry showers. Drier in southern
   areas although some sleet and snow in the Alps. Rain, sleet and some
   wet snow and wind for the Low Countries. Sunny spells and a few showers
   in Germany. Fine in northern Poland but some rain and snow in thee
   south.
   Cloud and some rain or sleet in Denmark. Further sleet for Denmark.
   Breezy in Finland with snow showers, some heavy. Fair for Sweden and
   dry as well as cold. Heavy snow showers in the west of Norway.

   Saturday
   Fair and mild for Spain and Portugal. Scattered showers in the
   Balearics although these fading. Fine across Italy with plenty of
   sunshine. Fair too in Greece although some showers in the east. Heavy
   rain in western parts of Turkey.
   Breezy across France with a risk of gales in the north. Rain too in
   northern areas. Gales for the Low Countries with rain at times. Fair
   for most of Germany with sunny spells, increasingly windy in the west.
   Poland will be bright and mainly dry although some showers in the
   north. Austria, Hungary and Switzerland should all be dry and bright.
   Fair in Denmark, some sunny spells. Showers for the Baltic States, a
   few wintry. Sunny spells and wintry showers in Finland. Sweden should
   be dry and bright with sunny spells. Wintry showers in the west of
   Norway, most in the north.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 5:22 am

Still quite cold on Saturday with a few wintry showers, rain in the evening.
Sunday during the day very mild and mainly dry. Rain on Monday. Quiet from
Tuesday
and less mild autumn weather with sharply decreasing chances of precipitation.

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Sunshine (%) 30 30 20 20 20 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 80 90 90 70 90 50 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 9 6/11 0/2 4/10 0/3 0/3
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 0 0 0 4 11 7 3/7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 4 5 6/9 17 13/16 11 8/11
Wind direction SW W Z Z SW SW W
Wind force (bft) 3 5 4 5 4 4 3


Long term, Thursday November 28, 2024 to Thursday December 5, 2024:
There is a good chance (80%) of calm weather with temperatures slightly below
long-term
average. The daily chance of precipitation is around 30%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 10:33 UTC 211124.

Gale warnings:
German Bight 
northwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
low, 990, west of Denmark will move eastwards. an second low, 989, near Scotland

will move to The German Bight.

Forecast valid Thursday 15:00 till Friday 03:00 UTC:
Dover 
mainly south 2-4, later increasing northwest 5-6. risk shower. good, moderate in

precipitation.

Thames 
west to northwest 4-5, later increasing 5-6. risk shower, especially first with 
gusts and risk thunderstorm and hail. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly
poor.

Humber Dogger 
west to northwest 5-6. squally showers, risk thunderstorm and hail. good,
moderate 
to poor in precipitation.

German Bight 
northwest 5-6, occasionally 7, later decreasing mainly west 3-4. squally
showers, 
risk thunderstorm and hail. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.


Forecast valid Friday 03:00 till Friday 15:00 UTC:
Dover 
west to northwest 5-6, increasing west 6-7. risk shower. good, moderate in 
precipitation.

Thames 
west to northwest 5-6, increasing west 6-7. squally showers, risk thunderstorm
and 
hail. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

Humber 
northwest 5-6, increasing west 6-7. squally showers, risk thunderstorm and hail.

good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

German Bight 
mainly west 3-4, gradually cyclonic 4-6. squally showers, risk thunderstorm and
hail.
 good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

Dogger 
west to northwest 5-6, gradually cyclonic 5-7, later north to northeast. squally

showers, risk thunderstorm and hail. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.


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 * Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/66)