Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Fri Apr 11 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - April 11, 2025 Heavy showers Iberia. Colder east. Issued: 0530hrs Friday 11th April 2025 Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos Some snow far east. Friday Heavy showers or thunderstorms spreading from the southwest over the Iberia. A few evening showers for southwestern parts of France. Mostly dry and bright for the British Isles, the Low Countries and Germany. Rather cloudy for Poland with a few showers. Some snow for the northern parts of Norway and of Sweden. Some snow over Finland. Rather cloudy but dry for the Baltic States and Belarus. A few showers for Ukraine. Another sunny day for Switzerland. Cloudier over Austria, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary with a few showers. Wintry showers for Romania. Cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain for the Balkans. A rather cloudy day for the Balearics. Sunny for Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. A few showers for Greece, but heavy snow showers for Turkiye mostly away from the west. Heavy showers or thunderstorms for Cyprus. Saturday Another showery day for Iberia with heavy showers or thunderstorms with a risk of hail. Some showers for France, heavy in the afternoon. Cloudy for the British Isles with some showers developing in the afternoon. A mostly dry and bright day for the Low Countries. A sunny day for Germany, Denmark and Poland. Some snow for northern Norway and northern Sweden as well as Finland and Estonia. Drier brighter conditions further south over Latvia and Lithuania as well as Belarus and Ukraine. A rather cloudy but mostly dry day for Switzerland and Austria. Sunny for Czechia and Slovakia as well as Romania. The Balkans will see a rather cloudy day with outbreaks of rain. A cloudy but rather dry day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Bright for Italy but increasingly cloudy later. Showers for Greece, but longer spells of rain for Turkiye. Occasional showers for Cyprus. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Dericated by the KNMI on Friday 11 April 2025 at 2.39 am Somewhat changeable weather with a few showers and occasional sun and maximum temperatures around the long -term average. Vr Sat so ma di wo do do Sunshine (%) 60 80 10 30 30 30 30 Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 80 30 60 60 60 Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 2/5 0 1/5 0/4 0/3 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 5 7 11 6 7 8 7 Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 16 23 17 16 16 15 14 Wind direction W ZO ZW Z OW W Wind force (BFT) 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 Long term, Friday April 18, 2025 to Friday 25 April 2025: Probably gradually less changeable and rising maximum temperatures. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:04 UTC 110425. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: High, 1024, over the south of England is moving via the Netherlands to Central Europe. Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC: Dover southwest 2-3, decreasing variable 1-3, later increasing east to northeast 2-4. good. Thames mainly west 2-4, decreasing variable 1-3. good. Humber west to northwest 2-4, decreasing variable 1-3. good. German Bight mainly northwest 2-4, in the North first possibly 5, gradually backing mainly west. good, especially in the northeastern part locally moderate to poor and small risk fog. Dogger west to northwest 2-3, first possibly 4, later backing south to southwest. good. Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC: Dover east to northeast 2-4, veering east to southeast. good. Thames variable 1-3, gradually east to southeast 2-3, later increasing 3-4. good. Humber variable 1-3, gradually south to southeast 2-3, later increasing 3-4. good, locally moderate, in the coastal area later possibly poor or fog. German Bight mainly west 2-4, later backing mainly south. good, locally moderate, in the coastal area later possibly poor or fog. Dogger south to southwest 2-3, later increasing south to southeast 3-4. good, locally moderate. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .