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

   Europe forecast - December 19, 2024
   Central heavy rain
   Cold Scandinavia

   Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 19th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Heavy rain in central Europe, good for ski-ing, cold Scandinavia

   Thursday
   A chilly day with heavy showers across northern and eastern areas of
   Spain. Drier with sunny spells for Portugal and southern Spain. Cool
   for the Balearics with sunny spells. Scattered showers over Corsica and
   Sardinia. Heavy showers in northern Italy. Fair across central and
   southern areas of Italy with sunny spells and scattered showers. Greece
   and Turkey will be dry with good spells of sunshine.
   Windy and cold in France with some heavy rain in the east and south.
   Heavy showers for northern and western France although some sunny
   spells too. Windy and cold for the Netherlands with further showers
   here. More rain, some heavy in much of Germany and cold weather here.
   Breezy in Poland with some rain and showers in northern and western
   Poland. Hungary should be dry, heavy showers and rain for Austria and
   Switzerland.
   Windy and bright in Denmark. Windy and wet for Denmark as rain turns to
   snow. Windy for Denmark too with further showers. Windy and bright in
   southern Sweden. Windy with heavy showers and snow in western and
   northern Norway.

   Friday
   Showers for northern Spain, dry for most of the country and across
   Portugal. Scattered showers in the Balearics. Wet and windy for Italy
   with some of the rain heavy and thundery. More heavy showers in western
   parts of Greece. Turkey will be fair with sunny spells although some
   showers in the west.
   Scattered showers in the far west of France. fair for most of the
   country with sunny spells. The Low Countries will be bright with some
   sunny spells. Scattered showers and some cloud in Germany. Poland will
   be mostly dry with sunny spells. Cloud and some patchy rain in Hungary.
   Austria and Switzerland will have cloud and rain.
   Sunny spells for Denmark with some showers in the west. Scattered
   wintry showers in the Baltic States. Snow showers for Finland. Brighter
   in Sweden and cold here too with sunny spells. Some snow in western
   areas of Norway with more persistent snow in northern Norway.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 4:45 am

Changeable weather with occasional rain and initially a lot of wind, especially
on
Sunday and Monday. Gradually decreasing chance of precipitation after the
weekend. Further
the temperature is above the long-term average throughout the entire period.

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


Long term, Thursday December 26, 2024 to Thursday January 2, 2025:
Around Christmas there is a good chance (approx. 80-90%) of dry and calm
weather,
probably not much room for the sun. Furthermore, the temperature is very low
probably (well) above the long-term average. Towards the turn of the year
the weather seems to be getting a bit more changeable and colder.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:23 UTC 191224.

Gale warnings:
Humber German Bight Dogger 
northwest 8

Thames 
northwest 7

Dover:
no warning


Synopsis:
Low, 985, over Denmark moves eastwards away. Low, 966, west of Norway will
slowly 
move eastwards. Associated troughs will move southeastwards across the North
Sea, 
followed by a ridge.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
northwest 5-6. first showery rain. good, moderate in precipitation.

Thames 
northwest 6-7. first showery rain, later squally showers with risk of hail and 
thunderstorms. good, moderate in precipitation, later possibly poor.

Humber 
northwest 5-6, soon increasing 6-7, later occasionally 8. first showery rain,
then 
squally showers with risk of hail and thunderstorms. good, moderate in
precipitation,
 possibly poor.

German Bight 
northwest 5-6, increasing 6-7, later 7-8. first showery rain, then squally
showers 
with risk of hail and thunderstorms. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly
poor.

Dogger 
northwest 6-7, increasing 7-8. soon squally showers with risk of hail and 
thunderstorms. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
northwest 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5, backing west. good.

Thames 
northwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6, backing west 4-5. especially first
occasional 
showers. good, moderate in precipitation.

Humber 
northwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6, backing west. especially first occasional 
showers. good, moderate in precipitation.

German Bight 
northwest 7-8, soon decreasing 6-7, later backing west 5-6. squally showers.
good, 
moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Dogger 
northwest 7-8, soon decreasing 5-6, backing west, later southwest. occasional 
showers. good, moderate in precipitation.


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