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

   Europe forecast - December 31, 2024
   Stormy for North rain and snow
   Fog and frost central

   Issued: 0730hrs Monday 30th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: John

   Tuesday 31st December
   Cloudy with prolonged rain and snow across Scotland to Norway
   Norwaywith coastal gales mostly snow spreading into Sweden with a mix
   of rain and snow for Denmark and along Baltic locations through Estonia
   to Belarus and Latvia, temperatures near 0C across Scotland to well
   below 0C Norway and Sweden generally near 0C Denmark. Increasingly
   cloudy northern, manly coastal France, into Belgium and Netherland with
   combination of low cloud and coastal fog along with mix of rain and
   drizzle temperature generally 5C. Remainder of France through
   Switzerland Switzerland, Austria, across Germany to Poland some
   sunshine where cloud breask though generally freezing fog persisting.
   For Spain Spain through to Italy including islands sunshine and showers
   often heavy and prolonged especially southeast coastal Spain
   temperature generally 15 to 20C. Elsewhere generally dry with sunshine
   temperature belwo 0C Bosnia to Romania towards Albania with scattered
   snow showers 0C generally though well belwo with height, to 15C Turkey
   to Greece.

   Wednesday 01 January 2025
   Continuing stormy across Ireland through Scotland, England and Wales
   across to Norway and Sweden with prolonged often heavy rain for BI and
   snow conttinuing through Scandanavia below 0C across Scotland and well
   below Norway and Sweden, near 0C denmark Denmark. Continuing outbreaks
   of snow with sub-zero across Baltic. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and
   drizzle along coastal stretches through France to Belgium, Netherlands
   into Germany and coatal Poland Poland For mch of remainder of central
   regions, Switzerland to Austria cloudy with low cloud mist and fog
   persisting. Spain towards Italy changeable with a mix of sunshine and
   frequent often thundery showers 15C. Scattered showers with sunshine
   for Greece.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 1:07 am

Mostly dry on Saturday with sunny spells. First snow on Sunday, changing to snow
rain followed by a temperature increase. There is a small (10-20%) chance that
it is
stays cold with snow. Less mild after Monday with a possible (winter) shower.

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Sunshine (%) 50 50 20 10 10 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 70 40 90 80 70 70
Precipitation sum (mm) 2 5 0/1 11/18 2/8 1/5 0/2
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 1 1 0 -1 1/8 0/3 0
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 6 5 4 6/14 5/15 3/6 3/6
Wind direction NW W S SW SW SW SW SW
Wind force (bft) 4 4 3 4 4 4 3


Long term, Thursday January 9, 2025 to Thursday January 16, 2025:
High (80%) chance of transition to calm and dry weather with occasional sun. The
opportunity
in winter weather with light or moderate frost at night and daytime temperatures
around
or slightly above zero increases to about 50%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:24 UTC 020125.

Gale warnings:
German Bight Dogger 
northwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
Low, 975, over Russia moving east away. Trough near Iceland will move to the 
Netherlands.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
northwest 4-5. risk shower. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Thames Humber 
northwest 5-6. wintry showers. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

German Bight Dogger 
northwest 5-6, occasionally 7. wintry showers. good, moderate in precipitation, 
possibly poor.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
no significant change.

Thames 
northwest 5-6, possibly occasionally 7. occasional wintry showers. good,
moderate in 
precipitation, possibly poor.

Humber 
northwest 5-6, temporary increasing 6-7. wintry showers. good, moderate in 
precipitation, possibly poor.

German Bight Dogger 
northwest 5-6, occasionally 7, temporary increasing 6-7, occasionally 8. wintry 
showers. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.


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