Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea
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From : Postbus 7
Date : Fri Apr 18 2025 12:00 pm

 * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * 
   from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm 

   Europe forecast - April 18, 2025
   Wet in Iberia
   Better central Mediterranean

   Issued: 0530hrs Friday 18th April 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Wet in France, Spain and Portugal, fine for the central and eastern
   Mediterranean

   Friday
   A wet day in central and northern Spain as well as Portugal. Fair in
   eastern Spain. The Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia will be dry with
   sunny spells. Showers will be forming in Italy, mainly in the east.
   Greece should be dry with sunny spells. Staying fair in Turkey with
   more sunshine here.
   Cloud and some rain in the far west of France whilst central and
   eastern areas are dry. The Low Countries will be bright and dry with
   sunny spells. Rain in much of Germany, this extending to Poland where
   it will be heavy. More rain and showers across Austria, Hungary and
   Switzerland.
   Denmark will be cloudy but mostly dry. Broken cloud and some brightness
   for the Baltic States. Finland will have cloud and outbreaks of rain.
   Light rain in eastern Sweden but drier in the west and north. Norway
   will be dry and bright in the south but wetter and cloudier in central
   and northern areas with snow showers here.

   Saturday
   Low pressure bringing rain and showers across Spain and Portugal.
   Showers in the Balearics. Fair across Corsica and Sardinia. Italy will
   be fine and dry with sunny spells. Greece and Turkey will be generally
   dry although cool in places here.
   Wet in central and western France but drier in eastern parts. The Low
   Countries and Germany tending to be warm and dry with good spells of
   sunshine. Cloud and some rain in eastern areas of Poland. Showers
   affecting Austria but Hungary and Switzerland should be dry with sunny
   spells.
   Denmark will be rather cloudy. Damp in the Baltic States, some rain
   here. More rain in southern Finland but drier in the north. Rain in
   southern Sweden and southern Norway. Dry and fine in northern areas of
   Sweden and Norway, some wintry showers affecting northern and western
   Norway.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Friday, April 18, 2025 at 5.17 am

Sunday sunny and warm, with later chance of a thunderstorm. Less hot from Monday
And a daily chance of a rain or thunderstorm. Yet there is also enough space
For the sun and the dry periods dominate. Mist can occur in the night.

Vr Sat so ma di wo do do
Sunshine (%) 40 50 50 30 30 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 30 10 30 50 40 40 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 0 0/3 1/5 0/3 0/2 0/2
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 7 0/5 5 8 8 8 8
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 13 15 18 17 16 16/19 15/18
Wind direction Var No No Z Z no n
Wind force (BFT) 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3


Long term, Friday, April 25, 2025 to Friday 2 May 2025:
Slightly changeable with daily precipitation opportunities of around 30%. Also occasionally sun.
The temperature forecast is quite insecure, the greatest chance of temperatures is
Around the long -term average.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 05:57 UTC 180425.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
ridge over the North Sea changing little.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Humber 
east to southeast 2-4, later increasing 4-5. good.

Thames 
east 2-4, increasing 4-5. good.

German Bight 
north to northwest 2-4. good.

Dogger 
variable 1-3, increasing mainly east 2-4. good.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
east 4-5, possibly occasionally 6. good.

Thames 
east 4-5. good.

Humber 
east 4-5, decreasing 3-4. good.

German Bight 
north to northwest 3-4, soon increasing 4-5. good.

Dogger 
east to northeast 3-4. good.


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