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

   Europe forecast - January 09, 2025
   Cold with some snow north.
   More settled south.

   Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 8th January 2025
   Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

   Heavy snow in north.

   Thursday
   Some rain for northern Portugal at first, sunny elsewhere. Some showers
   for northern Spain, drier brighter elsewhere. Rain and hill snow for
   France at first, drier later. Coastal snow showers for northern parts
   of the British Isles, drier elsewhere, cold. Very cold with some heavy
   snow for the Low Countries, turning showery later. Mostly dry but cold
   for Denmark. A few coastal snow showers for Norway and Sweden otherwise
   mostly dry and very cold. Some snow for southern Finland, elsewhere
   mostly dry and very cold. Some snow showers for the Baltic States.
   Heavy snow and windy for Germany moving later over Poland.
   Cloudy over Switzerland and Austria with rain and snow spreading east
   through the day. Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary will start dry but
   cloudy with rain and hill snow later. Rather cloudy but dry for
   Romania, but some light rain for western Balkans.
   A cloudy start to the day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica with
   some patchy rain, turning drier later. Some light rain for western
   Italy and western Greece, elsewhere dry. Mostly dry for Trkiye and
   Cyprus, but rather cloudy.

   Friday
   A cloudy day for the Iberia with some light rain for Portugal and heavy
   rain for northern Spain. Rain and snow spreading over north France,
   drier far south. Some rain for southwestern parts of the British Isles,
   drier brighter elsewhere. Some snow showers for the Low Counties and
   northern Germany. Cloudy with outbreaks of snow for Poland. Light snow
   showers for Denmark, Norway will see mostly dry conditions but heavy
   snow in north. Sweden will see some snow in southeast, elsewhere dry.
   Heavy snow for the Baltic States and southern Finland along with strong
   winds.
   Heavy snow for Switzerland and western Austria. Mostly dry over
   Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Outbreaks of snow for Romania, some
   patchy light snow for the Balkans.
   A dry day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica but increasingly
   cloudy later. Rather cloudy for Italy but mostly dry. Same for Greece.
   Sunny over most parts of Turkiye, and over Cyprus.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 1:39 am

A few more wintry showers on Friday. After this a transition to calm and dry
winter weather. It will then freeze slightly at night, possibly moderately.

Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Sunshine (%) 40 20 30 20 20 10 30
Precipitation probability (%) 30 60 50 30 20 20 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/7 0/7 0/1 0 0 0 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 1 0 -2/1 -2 -2 -5/-1 0/5
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 5 3/7 3/6 1/4 2/5 2/7 7/11
Wind direction SW W W O SW SW W
Wind force (bft) 3 4 2 2 2 3 3


Long term, Wednesday January 15, 2025 to Wednesday January 22, 2025:
High (90%) chance of calm and almost dry winter weather with quite a lot of clouds. The
However, the temperature forecast is quite uncertain. Later in the period
the chance of a more changeable weather increases to 40%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 09:08 UTC 090125.

Gale warnings:
Dogger 
northwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
weak ridge over the North Sea will move east. troughs will move southeastwards 
across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
north 4-5, backing west to northwest. occasional showers possibly with hail and 
thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Thames 
north to northwest 4-5, backing west to northwest 5-6. occasional showers possibly 
with hail and thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Humber 
northwest 4-5, increasing west to northwest 5-6. gradually showers, risk hail and 
thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

German Bight 
northwest 3-4, increasing west to northwest 4-5. gradually showers, risk hail and 
thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Dogger 
northwest 5-6, increasing 6-7. showers, risk hail and thunderstorm. good, moderate 
in precipitation, possibly poor.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
west to northwest 4-5, decreasing 3-4, later variable 1-3. good.

Thames 
west to northwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. occasional showers possibly with hail and 
thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Humber 
northwest 5-6, decreasing west to northwest 4-5. showers, risk hail and thunderstorm.
 good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

German Bight 
west to northwest 5-6, later veering north to northwest 4-5. showers, risk hail and 
thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

Dogger 
northwest 5-6, decreasing north to northwest 4-5. showers, risk hail and 
thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.


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