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

   Europe forecast - December 29, 2024
   Breezy, wet north
   Settled Alps and east

   Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 29th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Settled and mostly sunny in the Alps, most of the Mediterranean, and
   southeast Europe. Windy and wet further north.

   Sunday
   Another mostly dry and sunny day for Portugal and Spain. Rather cloudy
   but dry for France, the Low Countries, Germany and Poland. Rain for the
   northern parts of the British Isles. Breezy and cloudy with isolated
   showers for Denmark. Snow widespread in Norway, northern Sweden and
   northern Finland. Some showers for the Baltic States. Mostly dry bur
   rather cloudy for Belarus and Ukraine.
   A rather dry and sunny day for Central Europe along the Alps. Bright
   and sunny spells for Austria and Czechia extending southward along the
   Adriatic coast. Cloudier in Romania and Bulgaria, though bright spells
   come and go.
   Sunny for the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Bright for Greece
   with some rain in east and over T├╝rkiye with snow over high ground.
   Unsettled weather conditions for Cyprus with some heavy rain and
   mountain snow.

   Monday
   Morning cloud patches soon clear in Spain and Portugal. Some patchy
   afternoon rain in the Balearics, otherwise scattered clouds eastward
   across the Mediterranean. Sunny in Italy, the Balkans, and Greece.
   Showers, some heavy, linger in south T├╝rkiye and Cyprus.
   Southern France and the Alps remain sunny. Clouds dominate further
   north in the Low Countries, Germany, and Poland. Winds increasing here.
   Showers early in the Baltics, rain returning after sunset. Alternating
   sun and clouds in Romania and Ukraine, mostly sunny further south.
   Winds increase in the North Sea with risk of gales along west coasts of
   the British Isles and Denmark. Persistent rain in these areas too, some
   heavy in west Scotland. Rain and snow across southern Norway and
   Sweden. Some snow showers in north Finland, sun in and out elsewhere.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 3:58 am

On New Year's Day quite mild and dry, but quite windy. During the
New Year occasional rain and a lot of wind, especially along the coast, chance
of heavy
gusts of wind. New Year's Day periods with rain, in the evening and at night
There is a chance of (very) heavy wind gusts on Thursday. Colder from Friday
with light frost
in the night and morning.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunshine (%) 10 10 10 10 20 10 20
Precipitation probability (%) 50 30 70 70 80 80 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0 2/7 1/11 2/11 1/3 0/4
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 0/3 5 5 6 2/5 0/3 -1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 3/7 9 9 7/10 7/11 5 2/5
Wind direction SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
Wind force (bft) 3 4 5 4 5 3 3


Long term, Sunday January 5, 2025 to Sunday January 12, 2025:
There is a good chance (approx. 80%) of quite cold weather, especially inland
light frost in the night and morning. It will probably remain variable
possible winter precipitation. The chance of mild weather is quite small this
time
amounts to approximately 20%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:07 UTC 291224.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
High, 1031, over France is changing little. Weak trough over the North Sea is
slowly 
moving southeastwards and is becoming stationary over the Netherlands.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
west to northwest 2-3, increasing 3-4. first occasionally light drizzle. good, 
possibly in the coastal area locally moderate.

Thames 
west 3-4, increasing west to southwest 4-5. first occasionally light drizzle.
good, 
possibly in the coastal area locally moderate.

Humber 
west 4-5, increasing west to southwest 5-6. first occasionally light drizzle.
good, 
possibly in the coastal area locally moderate.

German Bight 
west to southwest 5-6, later increasing 6-7, in the southern part 4-5, later 
increasing 5-6. first occasionally light drizzle. good, possibly in the coastal
area 
locally moderate.

Dogger 
west to southwest 5-6, later in the northern part increasing 6-7. good.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
west 3-4. good.

Thames 
west to southwest 4-5, increasing 5, possibly 6. good.

Humber 
west to southwest 5-6, increasing 6-7. good.

German Bight Dogger 
west to southwest 6-7. good.


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