Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Sat Apr 12 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - April 12, 2025 Heavy showers southwest Drying, some sun east Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 12th April 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves Many showers in central and western areas, chance heavy in southern areas. Settling east with a mix of cloud and sun. Saturday Another showery day for Iberia with heavy showers or thunderstorms with a risk of hail, northeaster areas driest through cloudy. A cloudy but rather dry day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Bright for Italy but increasingly cloudy later. The Balkans will see a cloudy morning with some showers, though clearing for a mostly sunny. A similarly showery morning for Greece, clearing. Longer spells of rain for Türkiye, occasional showers for Cyprus. 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, feeling warm some cloud into the west later. A sunny day for Germany and Poland. A rather cloudy but mostly dry day for Switzerland and Austria. Sunny for Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary. Patchy cloud lingering in the southeast with a few showers around Romania and Bulgaria. Dry and bright conditions for much of Scandinavia, some clouds to the north with snow onto Norway's west coast. Feeling mild or warm in Denmark and Sweden. Some snow for northern Norway and northern Sweden as well as Finland and Estonia. A brisk westerly into central parts of Norway and Sweden. Mostly cloudy but dry over Latvia and Lithuania as well as Belarus and Ukraine. Sunday Another showery day in Iberia, many heavy in Spain. Cloudy with rain around the Mediterranean islands, rain into northern Italy too, at times heavy. Becoming cloudy through the Balkans and mostly dry, some rain into Croatia and Slovenia. Around the Black and Aegean Seas, stray light showers possible but mostly sunny. Showery around France, frequent and heavy southeast. Showers across the Low Countries and Germany, as well as the Alpine countries. Drier east but mostly cloudy, feeling warm east Germany, Poland, and southward towards Croatia. Staying brighter in Romania and Ukraine. Rain into Norway and Denmark through the day, quite persistent on Norway's west coast. Rain drifting into Sweden later and feeling pleasantly mild. Some breeze around the Baltics and Finland with a mix of cloud and sun, staying dry here. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Dericated by the KNMI on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2.13 am Somewhat changeable weather, especially on Tuesday periods with rain. The Maximum temperature is somewhat above the long -term average. Sat so ma di wo do vr Sunshine (%) 80 10 30 30 30 30 50 Precipitation probability (%) 10 80 20 60 60 30 30 Precipitation sum (mm) 0 2/5 0 1/5 0/4 0/3 0/1 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 3 11 6 7 8 7 5/8 Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 23 17 16 16 15 14 14/18 Wind direction so zw o zw w z Wind force (BFT) 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 Long term, Saturday April 19, 2025 to Saturday 26 April 2025: Mostly dry, the chance of temperatures above the long -term average takes Toe. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 06:17 UTC 120425. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: Ridge over the German Bight is moving northeastwards away soon. Low, 1005, over the Gulf of Biscay is moving via The Channel to the Forties and is filling. Associated troughs will move across the North Sea on Sunday. Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC: Dover east to southeast 3-4, veering mainly south 2-4, later increasing southwest 4, possibly 5. later risk shower. good, in precipitation possibly moderate. Thames east to southeast 3-4, later veering south to southeast 4, possibly 5. good. Humber southeast 3-4, gradually possibly 5. good. German Bight mainly south 1-3, increasing southeast 3-5. good, in the coastal area especially first locally moderate to poor and small risk fog. Dogger south to southeast 3-4, gradually increasing 4-5. good. Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC: Dover southwest 4, occasionally 5. especially first occasional rain or a shower. good, temporary decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Thames south to southeast 4-5, soon veering south to southwest, later veering west to southwest. occasional rain or a shower. good, temporary decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Humber southeast 4, occasionally 5, from the west decreasing mainly southwest 3-5, later veering west. occasional rain or a shower. good, temporary decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. German Bight southeast 4-5, temporary possibly 6, later veering south to southwest. especially later occasional rain or a shower. good, later decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Dogger southeast 4-5, in the East temporary possibly 6, from the west veering mainly west 3-5. occasional rain or a shower. good, temporary decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .