• forecast Europe and North Sea

    From Floris van Unen@2:280/2050 to All on Thu Nov 21 15:14:00 2024
    * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
    from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm

    Europe forecast - November 21, 2024
    Improving Mediterranean
    Wet & windy north

    Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 21st November 2024
    Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

    Wet and windy north, improving Mediterranean

    Friday
    Rain and showers across most of central and eastern Spain and Portugal.
    Drier in the south with some bright spells. Further cloud, rain and
    showers in the Balearics. Heavy periods of rain and a risk of snow too
    in Italy. Rain in western Greece but fair in the east. Fair for the
    west of Turkey but cloud and rain in the east.
    Breezy northern France with some wintry showers. Drier in southern
    areas although some sleet and snow in the Alps. Rain, sleet and some
    wet snow and wind for the Low Countries. Sunny spells and a few showers
    in Germany. Fine in northern Poland but some rain and snow in thee
    south.
    Cloud and some rain or sleet in Denmark. Further sleet for Denmark.
    Breezy in Finland with snow showers, some heavy. Fair for Sweden and
    dry as well as cold. Heavy snow showers in the west of Norway.

    Saturday
    Fair and mild for Spain and Portugal. Scattered showers in the
    Balearics although these fading. Fine across Italy with plenty of
    sunshine. Fair too in Greece although some showers in the east. Heavy
    rain in western parts of Turkey.
    Breezy across France with a risk of gales in the north. Rain too in
    northern areas. Gales for the Low Countries with rain at times. Fair
    for most of Germany with sunny spells, increasingly windy in the west.
    Poland will be bright and mainly dry although some showers in the
    north. Austria, Hungary and Switzerland should all be dry and bright.
    Fair in Denmark, some sunny spells. Showers for the Baltic States, a
    few wintry. Sunny spells and wintry showers in Finland. Sweden should
    be dry and bright with sunny spells. Wintry showers in the west of
    Norway, most in the north.

    * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

    Expectation (medium) long term

    Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 5:22 am

    Still quite cold on Saturday with a few wintry showers, rain in the evening. Sunday during the day very mild and mainly dry. Rain on Monday. Quiet from Tuesday
    and less mild autumn weather with sharply decreasing chances of precipitation.

    Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
    Sunshine (%) 30 30 20 20 20 20 20
    Precipitation probability (%) 80 90 90 70 90 50 40
    Precipitation sum (mm) 0 9 6/11 0/2 4/10 0/3 0/3
    Minimum temp. (gr. C) 0 0 0 4 11 7 3/7
    Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 4 5 6/9 17 13/16 11 8/11
    Wind direction SW W Z Z SW SW W
    Wind force (bft) 3 5 4 5 4 4 3


    Long term, Thursday November 28, 2024 to Thursday December 5, 2024:
    There is a good chance (80%) of calm weather with temperatures slightly below long-term
    average. The daily chance of precipitation is around 30%.

    * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

    North Sea shipping forecast

    Issued by KNMI at 10:33 UTC 211124.

    Gale warnings:
    German Bight
    northwest 7

    other districts:
    no warning


    Synopsis:
    low, 990, west of Denmark will move eastwards. an second low, 989, near Scotland
    will move to The German Bight.

    Forecast valid Thursday 15:00 till Friday 03:00 UTC:
    Dover
    mainly south 2-4, later increasing northwest 5-6. risk shower. good, moderate in
    precipitation.

    Thames
    west to northwest 4-5, later increasing 5-6. risk shower, especially first with
    gusts and risk thunderstorm and hail. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor.

    Humber Dogger
    west to northwest 5-6. squally showers, risk thunderstorm and hail. good, moderate
    to poor in precipitation.

    German Bight
    northwest 5-6, occasionally 7, later decreasing mainly west 3-4. squally showers,
    risk thunderstorm and hail. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.


    Forecast valid Friday 03:00 till Friday 15:00 UTC:
    Dover
    west to northwest 5-6, increasing west 6-7. risk shower. good, moderate in precipitation.

    Thames
    west to northwest 5-6, increasing west 6-7. squally showers, risk thunderstorm and
    hail. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

    Humber
    northwest 5-6, increasing west 6-7. squally showers, risk thunderstorm and hail.
    good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

    German Bight
    mainly west 3-4, gradually cyclonic 4-6. squally showers, risk thunderstorm and hail.
    good, moderate to poor in precipitation.

    Dogger
    west to northwest 5-6, gradually cyclonic 5-7, later north to northeast. squally
    showers, risk thunderstorm and hail. good, moderate to poor in precipitation.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to Floris van Unen on Thu Nov 21 09:32:00 2024
    Floris van Unen wrote to All <=-

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

    Floris,
    Thanks for posting this. Good to see some European input! ;)

    Mike


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  • From Floris van Unen@2:280/2050 to All on Sat Nov 23 09:58:06 2024
    * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
    from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm

    Europe forecast - November 23, 2024
    Stormy in northwest.
    Colder in east.

    Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 23rd November 2024
    Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

    Storm Bert in northwest.

    Saturday
    A dry day for Portugal but increasingly cloudy and windy. Fairly cloudy
    over Spain as well, with some sunshine in southeast. Cloudy windy with
    some patchy drizzle in north for France. Storm Bert brings heavy rain,
    snow and widespread gales for the British Isles. Windy with some rain
    for the Low Countries as wells Germany. Cloudy with some snow showers
    at first for Poland. A few snow shower for Denmark at first, turning
    milder with rain and wind later. A mostly dry day for Norway and
    Sweden, with a few snow showers in north, but some snow arrives over
    southern Norway later. A few snow showers for Finland and the Baltic
    States. Mostly dry for Belarus and Ukraine.
    Some snow showers to start with over Switzerland and Austria, turning
    milder later with cloud and strengthening winds. Elsewhere a cloud and
    increasingly windy day. Some snow for Romania and the Balkans, turning
    drier later.
    Bright with a few showers for the Balearics. Bright for Sardinia,
    Corsica, and Italy. Some heavy rain for parts of Greece, turning colder
    through the day. Similar in Turkiye with heavy snow over high ground.
    Heavy showers for Cyprus.

    Sunday
    Some heavy rain over northern Portugal later in the day, otherwise a
    dry but cloudy day. Some rain for northwest Spain in the evening,
    elsewhere dry and cloudy with bright spells in east. Some patchy rain
    for north France, more heavy in northwest in the evening. Windy with
    gales and heavy showers for the British Isles, turning mild. Windy with
    outbreaks of rain for the Low Countries, Germany and Denmark, turning
    into snow over Norway and Sweden. Poland will see some rain/sleet in
    the north at first. Finland bright and dry, same for the Baltic States.
    Belarus and Ukraine mostly dry and bright.
    A rather cloudy but mostly dry for Central Europe, perhaps some drizzle
    over high ground in Switzerland and Austria. Dry and sunny for Romania
    and the Balkans.
    A dry and sunny day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. North
    Italy will see from thick cloud and perhaps some light rain, further
    south dry and sunny. Sunny for Greece and feeling cold. Some heavy snow
    for northern and eastern Turkiye. Some heavy showers for Cyprus.

    * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

    Expectation (medium) long term

    Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 4:21 am

    Very windy on Monday. Variable until Wednesday, but also occasionally sunny, then mostly
    dry with a little more sun. Mild Monday, then gradually falling temperatures with a chance of light frost, especially inland, during the night to Friday.

    Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
    Sunshine (%) 30 40 20 30 30 40 40
    Precipitation probability (%) 80 30 90 40 60 20 10
    Precipitation sum (mm) 5/10 0/1 4/8 0/2 0/5 0/1 0
    Minimum temp. (gr. C) 0 4 10 7 6 4 2
    Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 4 15 12 11 10 9 8
    Wind direction Z S SW SW W W SE
    Wind force (bft) 5 5 5 4 3 2 2


    Long term, Saturday November 30, 2024 to Saturday December 7, 2024:
    Fairly calm weather with occasional sun and a fairly high (70%) chance of rain temperatures above the long-term average. Inland 20-30% chance of light
    frost at night. The daily chance of precipitation is around 40%.

    * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

    North Sea shipping forecast

    Issued by KNMI at 08:34 UTC 231124.

    Gale warnings:
    all districts south 8


    Synopsis:
    low, 944, northwest of Scotland changing little, associated trough over the North
    Sea will move to Denmark.

    Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
    Dover Thames Humber
    south to southwest 5-6, soon increasing 7-8. periods of rain. good, moderate in
    precipitation.

    German Bight
    south to southwest 5-6, increasing 7-8. soon periods of rain. good, moderate in
    precipitation.

    Dogger
    south 6-7, soon increasing 7-8, later decreasing south to southwest 6-7. periods of
    rain. good, moderate in precipitation.


    Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
    Dover Thames Humber
    south to southwest 7-8. risk rain or drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation.

    German Bight
    south to southwest 6-7, first and later occasionally 8. risk rain or drizzle. good,
    moderate in precipitation.

    Dogger
    south to southwest 6-7, later increasing 7-8. risk rain or drizzle. good, moderate
    in precipitation.


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