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

   Europe forecast - January 06, 2025
   Widely unsettled
   Windy with heavy showers

   Issued: 0530hrs Monday 6th January 2025
   Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

   Cold northwest, milder south and east

   Monday
   Low pressure centred over the North Sea dominates the weather pattern
   for much of Europe. Showers for Spain and Portugal on Monday.
   Increasingly showery into afternoon for Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca.
   Corsica and Sardinia should be dry. A few showers in the north of
   Italy, but generally fine with good spells of sunshine. Greece and
   Turkey are both dry with plenty of sunshine.
   Windy and unsettled in France. Some heavy showers across southern and
   western France with rain and sleet in the north. Strong winds and
   frequently wet across Belgium, Holland and northern Germany.
   Southeastern parts of Germany and Poland will be windy, but mostly dry.
   Hungary and Austria are dry with sunny spells. Cloud and rain plus
   mountain snow for Switzerland.
   Windy with heavy rain Denmark, moving into southern Norway and Sweden
   with heavy snow developing here. Patchy rain and snow developing in the
   Baltic States too. Dry for Finland, northern Norway and Sweden.

   Tuesday
   Dry for southern Spain and Portugal, but rain moves into the far
   northwest of Iberia, and extends into western France with heavy rain
   setting in increasingly here. The Balearics should be dry, whilst
   Corsica, Sardinia and western Italy may see local showers. Some rain
   also in the west of Greece, but the Greek islands should be often dry.
   Scattered showers moving into western Turkey.
   Windy across north-central Europe with frequent wintry showers for the
   Low Countries and Germany. Some heavy rain and mountain snow into
   Austria and Slovenia, possibly western Hungary. Dry and mild toward the
   Black Sea.
   Low pressure over Scandinavia brings a very unsettled pattern with
   heavy snowfalls likely for southern Norway and Sweden. Gales across
   Denmark and the southern Baltic. Snow advancing northwards into
   Finland. The far north stays dry until later.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 5:08 am

Occasional (winter) showers and minimum temperatures around freezing point. By
There is a chance of snow on Wednesday evening until Thursday afternoon,
especially in the southeast.
After Friday, the chance of precipitation will decrease and it will become
slightly colder. During the
week, the chance of local slipperiness increasing due to freezing or
winter precipitation.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Sunshine (%) 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 90 80 50 60 60 30 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 3/8 2/4 0/7 0/7 0/1 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 9 2 1 0 -2/1 -2 -2
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 12 5 3/6 3/7 3/6 1/4 2/5
Wind direction SW SW SW W W O SW
Wind force (bft) 5 4 4 4 2 2 2


Long term, Monday January 13, 2025 to Monday January 20, 2025:
High (80%) chance of calm and dry winter weather with lots of clouds. First it
is
still quite cold, after that the temperature will probably quickly rise to
long-term average.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:02 UTC 060125.

Gale warnings:
Dogger 
west 9

German Bight 
southwest 9

Dover Thames Humber 
south 9



Synopsis:
Low, 966, over Dogger will move northeastwards to the south of Norway and is 
deepening. Associated trough will move eastwards across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
south 7-8, soon veering west, decreasing 5-6. first showery rain, later
occasional 
showers. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Thames 
south 7-8, soon veering west, occasionally possibly 9, later decreasing 6-7. 
especially first showery rain. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Humber 
south 7-8, soon veering west, occasionally possibly 9. showery rain. mainly
good, 
moderate to poor in precipitation.

German Bight 
south 6-7, soon from the west increasing 7-8, veering southwest, later
increasing 
8-9. showery rain. mainly good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

Dogger 
cyclonic 6-7, locally 3-5, gradually increasing west 8-9. showery rain. mainly
good, 
moderate to poor in precipitation.


Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
west 5-6, later increasing 6-7. occasional showers. good, moderate in
precipitation.

Thames 
west 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6. risk of an isolated shower. good, moderate in 
precipitation.

Humber 
west 7-8, decreasing 6-7, later 5-6. in the northern part showery rain with risk
of 
hail and thunderstorms. mainly good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

German Bight 
southwest 8-9, occasionally possibly 10, later in the southern part decreasing
6-7. 
especially first showery rain with risk of hail and thunderstorms. moderate to
good, 
in precipitation sometimes poor.

Dogger 
west 8-9, in the southern part  decreasing 6-7. especially first showery rain
with 
risk of hail and thunderstorms. mainly good, moderate to poor in precipitation.


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