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

   Europe forecast - December 15, 2024
   Windy northern Europe
   Drier western Mediterranean

   Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 14th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Windy central and northern Europe, brighter and dry western
   Mediterranean

   Sunday
   Another mostly dry and sunny day for the Iberia. Cloudy but mostly dry
   for France. Rain for northwestern parts of the British Isles, but
   mostly dry elsewhere. Some showers for the Low Countries, Denmark and
   north Germany. Some snow showers for Poland. Heavy rain and snow for
   Norway and Sweden. Some early snow for Finland. Snow showers for the
   Baltic States.
   Light snow showers for Central Europe, as well as Romania and northern
   Balkans.
   A few showers for the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Some
   heavy showers for Greece and western Turkey. Mostly in Cyprus.

   Monday
   Fair for Spain and POrtugal with long spells of sunshine. More sunshine
   through the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Fair too in Italy with
   sunshine here. Some rain for southern and eastern Greece, otherwise
   fair. Rain in southern and eastern Turkey.
   Morning fog clearing quickly to leave a fine day in France. Breezy with
   some drizzle in the Low Countries and through much of northern and
   central Germany. Gales and heavier rain in much of Poland. Hungary and
   Austria will be bright and dry with sunshine, this extending to
   Switzerland.
   Windy and cloudy in much of Denmark. Outbreak of rain and gale force
   winds for the Baltic States. Breezy and bright in Finland. Windy for
   much of Sweden but dry. Heavy rain, showers and strong winds in
   southern Norway, snow in the northern half of Norway.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 1:16 am

First mainly dry and sometimes some sun. More changeable from Wednesday with a
lot
rain and wind. Furthermore, persistently mild, especially on Wednesday and
Thursday.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunshine (%) 10 30 10 10 10 10 20
Precipitation probability (%) 50 20 20 80 90 90 70
Precipitation sum (mm) 1 0 0 1/3 5/15 2/8 0/5
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 3 8 6 5 9 5 3
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 9 11 10 12 12 9 7/10
Wind direction SW SW SW SW Z SW W SW
Wind force (bft) 4 5 3 4 4 4 3


Long term, Sunday December 22, 2024 to Sunday December 29, 2024:
A high chance (70-80%) of mild and changeable weather. Chance of a lake
winter scenario remains very small at 10-20%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 10:20 UTC 151224.

Gale warnings:
German Bight Dogger 
west 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
A high, 1041, over South France and a low, 954, over the Norwegian Sea maintains
a 
westerly air flow over the North Sea.

Forecast valid Sunday 15:00 till Monday 03:00 UTC:
Dover 
west 4-5, later possibly 6. good.

Thames 
west 4-5, later increasing 5-6. risk drizzle. good, moderate to poor in 
precipitation.

Humber 
west 4-5, increasing 5-6. first risk drizzle. good, moderate to poor in 
precipitation.

German Bight 
west 5-6, increasing 6-7. risk drizzle. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

Dogger 
west 5-6, increasing 6-7. later risk light rain. good, moderate in
precipitation.


Forecast valid Monday 03:00 till Monday 15:00 UTC:
Dover 
west to southwest 5, possibly 6. good.

Thames 
west to southwest 5-6. good.

Humber 
west 5-6. good.

German Bight Dogger 
west 6-7. good.


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