Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea
To   : All
From : Postbus 7
Date : Fri Aug 15 2025 12:00 pm

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

   Europe forecast - August 15, 2025
   Fine Mediterranean
   Cooler, mixed Scandinavia

   Issued: 0530hrs Friday 15th August 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Fine and hot Mediterranean, thundery Switzerland and Austria

   Friday
   A fine and hot day across 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.

   Saturday
   Mostly sunny and hot across Spain and Portugal today, scattered
   thundery showers may break out in the east later. Fine and dry for the
   Balearics with more sunshine and hot here too. Italy wil have some
   afternoon thunderstorms inland, some of them very heavy. Greece and
   Turkey stay dry with more sunshine to come here.
   France may have a few showers in the northwest otherwise it is going to
   be dry and bright with good spells of sunshine. Broken cloud for the
   Low Countries and northern Germany. Poland is largely fair with sunny
   spells, but a few showers in the south. Hungary will be dry with
   sunshine. Heavy, thundery showers affecting Austria and Switzerland.
   Denmark is going to be dry with plenty of sunshine. Fair for the south
   of Sweden too. Cloud and a few showers in the Baltic States but wet and
   windy in Finland and the northern half of Sweden. Norway is fair in
   southern areas but showers affecting the northern half of the country.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Friday, August 15, 2025 at 4.17 am

Free sunny and a high chance of summer temperatures, possible in the south
Tropical warm. From Wednesday an increasing precipitation opportunity and temperatures below
The long -term average.

Vr Sat so ma di wo do do
Sunshine (%) 50 50 50 80 50 50 30
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0/3
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 17 16 15 13 15 15 14
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 29 20/25 22/25 25/28 26/29 24/27 20/23
Wind direction NW N N NO O N N N N
Wind force (BFT) 2 3 2 2 2 2 3


Long term, Friday, August 22, 2025 to Friday 29 August 2025:
The chance of a slightly changeable weather type and temperatures below the long -term
Average is large. Later the uncertainty increases, but it remains
Probably slightly changeable (60% chance).

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:34 UTC 150825.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
high west of the British isles, 1030 moving to Scotland. weak trough is moving south 
over the central and south of the North Sea.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
mainly north 1-3, later increasing northeast 4-5. good, later decreasing moderate.

Thames 
mainly west 2-4, increasing north to northeast 4-5. good, later decreasing moderate.

Humber 
northwest 2-4, veering north to northeast, in the East increasing 4-5. good, 
temporary decreasing moderate.

German Bight 
west to northwest 3-4, soon increasing north to northwest 4-5. moderate to good, in 
the North first risk fog.

Dogger 
northwest 4-5, veering north, in the West decreasing 3-4. moderate to poor, first 
risk fog, soon increasing moderate to good.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
northeast 4-5. moderate, increasing good.

Thames 
north to northeast 4-5. good, in the South first moderate.

Humber 
north to northeast 3-4, in the East occasionally 5. good.

German Bight 
north to northwest 4-5, in the northeastern part increasing 6. good.

Dogger 
north 3-4, in the East occasionally 5. good.


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 * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146)

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