Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Sat Apr 19 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - April 19, 2025 Wet France & Spain Eastern Mediterranean sunshine Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 19th April 2024 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling Wet France and Spain, fair in the eastern Mediterranean Saturday Low pressure bringing rain and showers across Spain and Portugal. Showers in the Balearics. Fair across Corsica and Sardinia. Italy will be fine and dry with sunny spells. Greece and Turkey will be generally dry although cool in places here. Wet in central and western France but drier in eastern parts. The Low Countries and Germany tending to be warm and dry with good spells of sunshine. Cloud and some rain in eastern areas of Poland. Showers affecting Austria but Hungary and Switzerland should be dry with sunny spells. Denmark will be rather cloudy. Damp in the Baltic States, some rain here. More rain in southern Finland but drier in the north. Rain in southern Sweden and southern Norway. Dry and fine in northern areas of Sweden and Norway, some wintry showers affecting northern and western Norway. Sunday Rain in northern Spain, some showers for northwest Portugal. Further showers in eastern and southern Spain, some heavy. Scattered showers for the Balearics. Heavy showers in northern Italy. Greece will be dry and fair with plenty of sunshine. Staying fair in Turkey, more sunshine to come here. Heavy periods of rain in central and western France, strong winds too. Fair for the Low Countries, a few showers in western Germany. Germany will be fair with sunny spells. Hungary and Austria wil be dry with sunny spells. Wet for Switzerland. Denmark will be dry and fair. Some cloud and a few showers for the Baltic States. Rain in southern Finland, fair northern Finland. Rain in southern Sweden too but fair in the north. Norway should be mostly dry with sunny spells. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Dericated by the KNMI on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 5.14 am Less hot and daily chance of a rain or thunderstorm from Monday. Gradually there will be more room for the sun and the dry periods go again dominate. Mist can occur in the night and there is also a small chance of Prince on the ground. Sat so ma di wo do vr Sunshine (%) 50 50 30 30 30 30 40 Precipitation probability (%) 10 30 70 40 40 40 30 Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0/3 1/5 0/3 0/2 0/2 0/1 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 0/5 0/5 8 8 8 8 7 Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 15 18 17 16 16/19 15/18 15/19 Wind direction No No Z Z No N NO Wind force (BFT) 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 Long term, Saturday 26 April 2025 to Saturday 3 May 2025: Slightly changeable with large sunny and dry periods but also occasionally one shower. The temperature forecast is quite insecure, the greatest chance is on Temperatures around the long -term average. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:57 UTC 190425. Gale warnings: Dover northeast 7 other districts: no warning Synopsis: Ridge over the North Sea changing little Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC: Dover east 4-5, soon increasing northeast 5-6, in the South temporary occasionally 7. good. Thames east 3-4, soon backing northeast 4-5, increasing 5-6. good. Humber northeast 3-4. good. German Bight northwest 3-4, in the northern part 4-5. good, later in the northeastern part decreasing moderate to poor. Dogger north to northeast 3-4, in the northern part temporary occasionally 5. good. Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC: Dover northeast 5-6, later decreasing 4-5. later showery rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate. Thames northeast 5-6, later decreasing 4-5. good. Humber no significant change. German Bight north to northwest 3-4, in the northern part 4-5. good, locally moderate to poor, in the eastern part risk fog. Dogger north to northeast 3-4. good. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .