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

   Europe forecast - December 31, 2024
   Stormy for North rain and snow
   Fog and frost central

   Issued: 0730hrs Monday 30th December 2024
   Duty forecaster: John

   Tuesday 31st December
   Cloudy with prolonged rain and snow across Scotland to Norway
   Norwaywith coastal gales mostly snow spreading into Sweden with a mix
   of rain and snow for Denmark and along Baltic locations through Estonia
   to Belarus and Latvia, temperatures near 0C across Scotland to well
   below 0C Norway and Sweden generally near 0C Denmark. Increasingly
   cloudy northern, manly coastal France, into Belgium and Netherland with
   combination of low cloud and coastal fog along with mix of rain and
   drizzle temperature generally 5C. Remainder of France through
   Switzerland Switzerland, Austria, across Germany to Poland some
   sunshine where cloud breask though generally freezing fog persisting.
   For Spain Spain through to Italy including islands sunshine and showers
   often heavy and prolonged especially southeast coastal Spain
   temperature generally 15 to 20C. Elsewhere generally dry with sunshine
   temperature belwo 0C Bosnia to Romania towards Albania with scattered
   snow showers 0C generally though well belwo with height, to 15C Turkey
   to Greece.

   Wednesday 01 January 2025
   Continuing stormy across Ireland through Scotland, England and Wales
   across to Norway and Sweden with prolonged often heavy rain for BI and
   snow conttinuing through Scandanavia below 0C across Scotland and well
   below Norway and Sweden, near 0C denmark Denmark. Continuing outbreaks
   of snow with sub-zero across Baltic. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and
   drizzle along coastal stretches through France to Belgium, Netherlands
   into Germany and coatal Poland Poland For mch of remainder of central
   regions, Switzerland to Austria cloudy with low cloud mist and fog
   persisting. Spain towards Italy changeable with a mix of sunshine and
   frequent often thundery showers 15C. Scattered showers with sunshine
   for Greece.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 12:54 am

Variably cloudy with showers at first, sometimes wintry. Light inland at night
frost. Uncertain after Saturday: about 50% chance of rain with temperatures around 8 øC
and about a 50% chance of cold weather with (wet) snow.

Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Sunshine (%) 10 10 40 40 30 20 10
Precipitation probability (%) 40 90 60 70 30 60 90
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 1/11 2/5 2/8 0/4 2/10 3/7
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 3 6 2/5 -1 -1 -1 -1/6
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 7 8 6 5 2/5 1/8 4/11
Wind direction SW SW NW W W S SW
Wind force (bft) 5 5 4 3 3 3 4


Long term, Tuesday January 7, 2025 to Tuesday January 14, 2025:
First a high (80%) chance of (fairly) cold, changeable weather with possible wintry weather
precipitation. After the weekend of January 10, the chance of cold weather decreases
about 50%. The daily chance of precipitation decreases to approximately 40%

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:03 UTC 311224.

Gale warnings:
all districts southwest 8


Synopsis:
low, 983, west of Scotland moving over the North Sea eastwards. associated trough 
over the northwest of the North Sea moving southeastwards to the Humber and The 
German Bight on Tuesday evening and Wednesday.

Forecast valid Tuesday 09:00 till Tuesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
southwest 5-6, soon increasing 6-7, later 7-8. occasionally light rain or drizzle. 
moderate to good.

Thames 
southwest 6-7, later increasing 7-8. occasionally light rain or drizzle. moderate to 
good.

Humber Dogger 
southwest 6-7, increasing 7-8. periods of rain. good, moderate in precipitation.

German Bight 
southwest 6-7, increasing 7-8. rain later. moderate to good, in the coastal area 
possibly poor.


Forecast valid Tuesday 21:00 till Wednesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
southwest 7-8, later possibly 9. risk light rain or drizzle. moderate to good.

Thames 
southwest 7-8, increasing 8-9. in the North rain. moderate to good.

Humber 
southwest 7-8, in the East increasing 8-9, in the West decreasing west to southwest 
6-7. periods of rain. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.

German Bight 
southwest 7-8, in the South increasing 8-9, in the North decreasing west to 
southwest 6-7. periods of rain. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.

Dogger 
southwest 7-8, decreasing west to southwest 6-7. periods of rain. good, moderate in 
precipitation.


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