Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Thu Apr 24 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - April 24, 2025 Thundery central rain Fair in west Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 23rd April 2024 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling Rain and thunderstorms in central Europe and extending to Greece and Turkey Thursday Fair with plenty of sunshine in Spain and Portugal. Fine in the Balearics with more sunshine. Some showers in Corsica and Sardinia. Heavy and persistent showers and rain over Italy. Heavy thundery showers too for much of Greece. Further thunderstorms in western areas of Turkey but dry in the east. Sunshine and more scattered showers in France. Heavy showers developing in the Low Countries, western and southern Germany, Drier in northern Germany. Fine for northern Poland but rain and showers in the south. Hungary will be thundery as will be Austria. Further showers for Switzerland although these are lighter. Denmark is dry and bright with sunny spells. The Baltic States will be breezy with bright spells. Finland is going to be dry with sunshine too. A few showers in central Sweden but dry in most areas. Scattered wintry showers in northern Norway, fair in the south. Friday Periods of rain in central and northern Spain. A few showers in Portugal. The Balearics are going to be dry with sunny spells. Heavy showers in central and northern Italy, drier in the far south. Greece will have further thunderstorms with more thunderstorms in southern areas of Turkey. Fair in France with sunny spells. The Low Countries and most of Germany wil be dry with good spells of sunshine. Fine too in northern Poland. Cloud and rain in the south. Heavy periods of rain in Hungary ans Austria. A few showers ine astern Switzerland but fair in the west. Denmark will be dry with sunny spells. Fair in the Baltic States with sunshine. Finland is going to be staying dry too with further periods of sunshine. Sweden and Norway will be fair and dry with some more sunshine, a few showers in the north. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Dericated by the KNMI on Thursday 24 April 2025 at 03.05 am Mostly dry with more and more sun. In the night there is a local fog to arise. The maximum temperatures are initially around 20 ° C, but there comes Something every day and on Wednesday it gets hot in several places. Do vr Za so ma di wo Sunshine (%) 10 40 70 70 70 70 Precipitation probability (%) 80 10 10 10 10 10 10 Precipitation sum (mm) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 10 7 5 7 7 8 10 Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 12 16 19 20 21 23 23/26 Wind direction no oh so nw so Wind force (BFT) 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 Long term, Thursday 1 May 2025 to Thursday 8 May 2025: Calm weather with large sunny periods. The chances of precipitation are initially Small but rise to 30-40%at the end of the EPS period. The Temperature forecast is uncertain. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 06:57 UTC 240425. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: Trough over the Netherlands is slowly moving southeastwards. High over the Norwegian Sea, 1029, with a ridge across the west of the North Sea is changing little. Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC: Dover north to northeast 4-5, gradually decreasing 3-4. good. Thames north 4-5, especially first possibly 6, later decreasing northeast 3-4. in the coastal area occasional rain. good, moderate in precipitation. Humber north to northeast 3-4, in the southeastern part especially first 4-5. good. German Bight north to northeast 3-4, in the South especially first occasionally 5. good, in the eastern part especially first locally moderate. Dogger north to northeast 2-4. first small risk a shower. good, in precipitation possibly moderate. Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC: Dover Thames northeast 3-4. good. Humber northeast 3-4, decreasing 2-3. good. German Bight north 3-4, in the North backing mainly northwest. good. Dogger mainly northeast 2-4. good. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .