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

   Europe forecast - January 08, 2025
   Snow showers Scandanavia and Baltic
   Central coudy mix rain and snow

   Issued: 0730hrs Tuesday 07 January 2025
   Duty forecaster: John

   Wednesday 08 January 2025
   Continuing generally stormy with gales Scotland to Norway to start,
   with gales later for Estonia to Latvia Latvia with increasing high
   windchill, temperature near 0C. Cloudy with prolonged period of rain,
   some snow mixed in, across northwest Portugal Portugal, across France
   into Austria and Switzerland with snow at height across Alps. Cloudy
   with outbreaks of mainly rain for Germany, to Poland and Hungary.
   Temperatures 10C for west and southwest France, near 5C elsewhere
   though below 0C northern England and Scotland to Sweden and Denamrk
   tempered by winter sunshine. Remaining changeable for Spain through to
   Italy and Adriatic to Greece with sunshine and showers, 10 to 15C.

   Thursday 09 January 2025
   Cold start with widespread moderate to severe frost Ireland, Scotland
   over England and Wales, with scattered showers across Scotland and
   sunshine elsewhere. Cloudy through northern France, into Belgium and
   Netherlands through most of Germany towards Poland with outbreaks of
   mostly snow, temperature near 0C through the morning. Blustery snow
   showers for southern Sweden, Norays and Denmark Denmark. Cloudy with
   spells of rain prolonged and often heavy through Portugal and Spain,
   10C, rain and showers fro Italy and the Adraitic into Croatia towards
   Albania Albania with heavy showers and sunshine across Greece both
   mainland and islands.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 1:39 am

A few more wintry showers on Friday. After this a transition to calm and dry
winter weather. It will then freeze slightly at night, possibly moderately.

Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Sunshine (%) 40 20 30 20 20 10 30
Precipitation probability (%) 30 60 50 30 20 20 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/7 0/7 0/1 0 0 0 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 1 0 -2/1 -2 -2 -5/-1 0/5
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 5 3/7 3/6 1/4 2/5 2/7 7/11
Wind direction SW W W O SW SW W
Wind force (bft) 3 4 2 2 2 3 3


Long term, Wednesday January 15, 2025 to Wednesday January 22, 2025:
High (90%) chance of calm and almost dry winter weather with quite a lot of
clouds. The
However, the temperature forecast is quite uncertain. Later in the period
the chance of a more changeable weather increases to 40%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 09:04 UTC 080125.

Gale warnings:
Dogger 
west to northwest 7

Humber German Bight 
west 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
low 983 over Sweden will move east whilst filling, ridge will move eastwards
across 
the North Sea. low southwest of Ireland expected 993 hPa over Germany by end of 
period.

Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
variable 2-4, increasing east to northeast 4-5, later 5-6. gradually rain or
sleet. 
good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Thames 
west 4-5, decreasing variable 2-4. later in the southern part occasional rain or

sleet. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Humber 
west to northwest 5-6, decreasing 2-4, later veering north to northwest. first 
occasional showers possibly with hail and thunderstorm. good, moderate in 
precipitation, possibly poor.

German Bight 
west 6-7, decreasing west to northwest 5-6. occasional showers possibly with
hail 
and thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Dogger 
west to northwest 6-7, decreasing 4-5. first occasional showers possibly with
hail 
and thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.


Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
east to northeast 6-7, later backing north 5-6. rain or sleet. good, moderate in

precipitation, possibly poor.

Thames 
variable 2-4, later increasing northwest 4-5. in the southern part occasional
rain 
or sleet. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Humber 
mainly northwest 2-4, later increasing 4-5. good.

German Bight 
northwest 4-5, in the southern part 3-4. occasional showers, first risk hail and

thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Dogger 
west to northwest 4-5. occasional showers, first risk hail and thunderstorm.
good, 
moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.


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