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

   Europe forecast - December 08, 2024
   Wet and windy
   Cold for many

   Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 8th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Unsettled for much of the Mediteranean and central Europe, very wet for
   some

   Sunday
   Another mostly dry for most of the Iberia, with rain and hill snow over
   northern Spain. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and hill snow for France.
   Mostly dry over the British Isles but some showers for the southeast. A
   rather cloudy day for the Low Countries, Denmark and Germany with some
   rain at first. Mostly dry for Norway, Sweden and Finland, with some
   snow showers in far north. Mostly dry for the Baltic States, perhaps
   isolated snow showers in east. Some rain over Belarus and Ukraine.
   Outbreaks of rain and snow over Switzerland and Austria as well
   Hungary. Czechia and Slovakia rather cloudy but mostly dry. Some light
   rain for Romania and the Balkans with hill snow.
   Heavy showers and thunderstorms for the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica
   and much of Italy. A cloudy and windy day for Greece with heavy rain in
   places, same for western Turkiye. Some shows for Cyprus.

   Monday
   Rain in northern Spain today. Fair for many central and southern areas
   of Spain and Portugal. Some rain in northeast Spain too. Heavy periods
   of rain through the Balearics and across Corsica and Sardinia. Italy
   will have heavy showers in the west although drier in the east. Greece
   will have heavy, thundery showers, but drier over eastern coasts. Heavy
   showers too in western and southern Turkey.
   Windy and cold in France. Frequent showers, most along northern coasts
   and through southern areas. Further showers and windy, chilly weather
   in the Low Countries. Windy with heavy showers for Germany and Poland.
   More heavy showers or longer periods of rain in Hungary, Austria and
   Switzerland.
   Windy in Denmark, some showers in the east. Fair in most of the Baltic
   States, Finland will have some morning fog which will clear. Sweden and
   most of southern Norway will be dry with sunny spells. Windier in
   central and northern Norway, heavy rain here too.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 7:53 am

It will be largely dry from Tuesday. There is quite a lot of cloud cover, but...
Wednesday also sometimes sun and lower temperatures with possible light frost in
the
night.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunshine (%) 20 20 20 30 30 30 20
Precipitation probability (%) 70 50 20 10 10 20 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 4 4 1/4 -2/2 -2/1 -1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 7 7 5 4 4 2/5 4
Wind direction NO NO NO NO O S SW
Wind force (bft) 4 4 3 3 2 2 2


Long term, Sunday December 15, 2024 to Sunday December 22, 2024:
Gradually more wind and slightly increasing temperatures towards the long term
average. The chances of precipitation go up to 40-50%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:45 UTC 081224.

Gale warnings:
Humber Dogger 
north to northeast 9

Thames 
north to northeast 8

Dover 
north 8

German Bight 
northeast 7



Synopsis:
low 1001 over the north of France moving south whilst filling. troughs over the 
North Sea will move south. high west of Ireland moving slowly to Scotland.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
north 7-8, decreasing 6-7, later veering northeast. showery rain, risk
thunderstorm. 
good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

Thames Humber 
north to northeast 6-7, in the western part first 7-8. showery rain, first risk 
thunderstorm. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight 
northeast 6-7. occasional rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

Dogger 
north to northeast 6-7, in the western part first 8-9. showery rain. good, in 
precipitation possibly moderate.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover Thames Humber 
northeast 6-7. occasional rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight Dogger 
northeast 6-7. first occasional rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.


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