Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Thu Aug 14 2025 12:01 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - August 14, 2025 Hot south & west Colder, wetter Scandinavia Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 14th August 2024 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling Hoe southern and western Europe, colder Scandinavia with rain Thursday Dry and hot for Iberia and the Balearic islands, only scattered showers in northern Spain. A sunny morning in Sardinia, Corsica, and Italy gives way to showery outbreaks in the afternoon. A few showers will form in the southern Balkan States as well as a few southern Greek Islands. Otherwise fine and sunny in southeast Europe. Showery in eastern France, sunny in central and west areas. These showers extending into west Germany, possibly a few scattered in the Low Countries as well, but often sunny away from showers. Eastern Germany and eastward remains fine and sunny. A few showery outbreaks in southern parts of Switzerland and Austria. Warm to hot in Denmark and east Sweden, quite warm in Finland as well. Showery from central Norway and Sweden southwards to Denmark with a risk of thunderstorms. Northern areas more settled with good sun spells, extensively sunny in Finland and warm here. Fine for the Baltic States. Friday A finen and hot day nacross Iberia with both Spain and Portugal seeing sunshine. More sunshine in the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia. Scattered thunderstorms breaking out in Italy. Greece and Turkey seeing more sunshine and staying dry. Fine for France and staying sunny. Dry with plenty of sunshine for the Low Countries. Fine in the west of Germany but thunderstorms in the east. Fair in Poland, sunny here. Hot through Hungary with plenty of sunshine. Heavy thunderstorms breaking out in Austria and Switzerland. Denmark is fair and dry. Thundery rain in the Baltic States. Further rain, some heavy and thundery in Finland and this rain affecting central and norther Sweden. Norway is fair in the south but heavy rain in central and northern areas. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Dericated by the KNMI on Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 5.32 am In the weekend quite a lot of clouds and significantly less warm, it remains Most dry. At the beginning of next week the warm, sunny and dry summer weather will turn back. Do vr Za so ma di wo Sunshine (%) 50 50 50 50 80 80 50 Precipitation probability (%) 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 19 17 16 15 13 15 15 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 29/32 29 22/25 22/25 25/28 26/29 24/27 Wind direction ZW NW N N NO O N Wind force (BFT) 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 Long term, Thursday, August 21, 2025 to Thursday 28 August 2025: In the second half of next week it will be cooler again, with more clouds And a daily chance of showers or some rain. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:12 UTC 140825. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: trough over the North Sea moving northeastwards. high building over the British isles. Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC: Dover west to southwest 3-4, later decreasing 2-3. good, first locally moderate. Thames Humber south to southwest 3-4. good, first locally moderate. German Bight variable 1-3, gradually southwest 3-4. first in the northern part occasional showers with small risk thunder. good, moderate in precipitation. Dogger south 3-4, first possibly 5. first locally rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate. Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC: Dover west 2-3, gradually variable. good. Thames south to southwest 3-4, veering west to northwest, later variable. good. Humber south to southwest, soon veering west, later northwest. good. German Bight southwest 3-4, soon veering west, later northwest. good, later in the northern part moderate, possibly poor. Dogger southwest 3-4, soon veering west, veering northwest, later north. good, later in the northern part moderate, possibly poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .