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

   Europe forecast - December 26, 2024
   Sunny continent
   Clouds north, calming winds

   Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 26th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Central Europe mostly sunny and calm. Beginning to settle in the
   eastern Mediterranean Friday.

   Boxing Day Thursday
   Mostly sunny with cloud patches in northern Spain, fine in Portugal.
   Scattered clouds and breezy east into the Mediterranean with showers
   east of Sardinia and Corsica. Italy mostly sunny with showers south.
   Thundery showers continuing in southern Greece and T├╝rkiye, gale force
   gusts possible in the Aegean. Quite cloudy inland.
   High pressure spreads sun across most of France and central Germany
   giving central Europe a fine day. Sun extends east across the Alps
   towards Slovakia, Hungary, northern Croatia, and northern Romania.
   Clouds south of here with patchy snow and showers in Bulgaria and north
   Greece. Mostly cloudy with light showers in the far east.
   Clouds persist along the shores of the North and Baltic Seas, isolated
   showers on western coasts. Mostly overcast with bright spells in the
   Baltics, winds gradually easing through the day. Persistent snow
   showers on Norway's west coast, quite windy further north. Sun in and
   out for Sweden and Finland, more consistently sunny north, though
   remaining breezy.

   Friday
   Patchy morning clouds give way to abundant sunshine in Iberia and
   western Mediterranean. Lingering showers in Italy soon clearing for
   sunshine as well. Showers and breeze continue in the eastern
   Mediterranean, though beginning to ease. Becoming sunny on the Adriatic
   Sea and inland in the north.
   A fine, sunny day for France. Clouds begin encroaching Germany and
   Poland, some reaching further south towards Switzerland, mostly dry.
   Still quite sunny around Czechia, Hungary, and Croatia. Clouds and snow
   into Romania and Bulgaria, remaining dry and cloudy further north.
   Winds quite calm over much of the continent.
   Frequent showers continue on the west coasts of Scotland and Norway.
   Some isolated drizzly showers into Denmark and Sweden and winds rather
   calm in the south. Similar conditions in the Baltics. Finland brighter
   but breezier.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 5:04 am

Calm, cloudy and most dry. There may also be some space, especially in the south
for the sun and a chance of fog during the night and morning. The temperatures
are down
predominantly above the long-term average. Around the turn of the year a
transition to
a changeable and possibly turbulent weather type.

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


Long term, Thursday January 2, 2025 to Thursday January 9, 2025:
High chance (60%) of a continuation of mild, wet, cloudy and possible
stormy weather. There is a lesser chance (40%) of colder weather, with
frost at night and approximately 30% chance of winter precipitation, but also
more space for it
the sun.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:05 UTC 261224.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
High, 1041 hPa, over central Europe remains fairly stationary. Associated ridge
over 
the Netherlands is slowly moving northwards.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames 
variable 1-3. risk drizzle. moderate to good.

Humber 
southwest 3-4, later variable 2-4. risk drizzle. good, locally moderate to poor
or 
fog.

German Bight Dogger 
southwest 3-4. risk drizzle. good, locally moderate to poor or fog.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover Thames 
variable 1-3. risk drizzle. mainly good.

Humber 
variable 2-4. risk drizzle. good, locally moderate to poor, risk fog.

German Bight 
southwest 3-4, in the southeastern part south 2-3. risk drizzle. good, locally 
moderate to poor, risk fog.

Dogger 
southwest 3-4. risk drizzle. good, locally moderate to poor, risk fog.


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