Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Tue Apr 22 2025 12:01 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - April 22, 2025 Heavy showers south/east Wider rain west Wednesday Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves Warm temperatures east and very wet across the continent with heavy showers and wider rain into the west on Wednesday. Tuesday A patchwork of cloud and sun for Portugal and western Spain. Increasingly showery for eastern Spain, heavy bursts by afternoon. Some showers forming for the Balearics, also Corsica and central/northern Italy. Drier with sun and scattered showers southern Italy and Sicily. Showers forming increasingly into slow-moving downpours for the Balkan countries southward to mainland Greece, also western parts of Bulgaria and Romania. Drier and sunnier near the Black Sea. Scattered showers for Türkiye. Sunny spells for western France. Areas of showery rain breaking out fairly widely for central France and Germany. Scattered showers for the Low Countries. Local showers for the Alps, greater risk for Austria and Slovenia. Risk of heavy periods of rain toward east and northern Poland. Drier in Belarus and Ukraine, feeling warm here. Showery rain around for Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. A good deal of dry weather for Scandinavia, local afternoon showers mainly for Norway. Drier but mostly cloudy for Finland. Slow moving showery rain slips east across the Baltic States with a brief heavy spell. Wednesday A fine, sunny day for Iberia. Sunny for the Balearics and Sardinia and Corsica, some showers around in the afternoon. Showers across Italy starting midday, heavy outbursts will be common. Showers will be quite persistent in the mountainous north. Heavy showers return across the Baltic States and western areas of Bulgaria and Romania, fading in the evening. Scattered showers in Greece and Türkiye. Widespread rain in central and north France. Strong onshore winds and feeling quite cool here. Rain with heavy spells in the Low Countries and Germany as well, feeling cool. Frequent showery rain across the Alps, Slovakia, and Hungary. Drier with only scattered showers in Czechia and Poland, plenty of sun spells. A band of showers across west Ukraine and Belarus and feeling warm. Outbreaks of showers in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Largely dry with sun spells in the Baltic States, some rain into Estonia later. Brief spells of showery rain across Finland. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Dericated by the KNMI on Tuesday April 22, 2025 at 3:20 am On Thursday quite a lot of clouds and chance of showers. Then gets the most dry With more and more sun. Mist can occur in the night. The maximum temperatures are still under the long -term average on Thursday, but then go every day Furthermore, rise to values above it. Di wo do vr Za so ma Sunshine (%) 20 20 20 60 70 70 70 Precipitation probability (%) 40 80 70 10 20 20 20 Precipitation sum (mm) 1 4 3/8 0 0 0 0 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 8 8 8 6 6 8 7 Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 16 16 13/16 19 20 20 20/23 Wind direction ZW so no so nw Wind force (BFT) 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Long term, Tuesday April 29, 2025 to Tuesday 6 May 2025: Calm weather with large sunny periods. The chances of precipitation are initially Small, but gradually rise to 30-40%. The temperature forecast is free uncertain, the greatest chance of temperatures around or something under the long -term average. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:29 UTC 220425. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: low, 996, just west of Ireland will move to The Channel. Forecast valid Tuesday 09:00 till Tuesday 21:00 UTC: Dover mainly southwest 2-4, temporary possibly 5. good. Thames mainly southwest 2-4, temporary possibly 5. mainly moderate, locally fog, gradually increasing good. Humber mainly southwest 2-4, gradually backing mainly south. mainly moderate, locally fog. German Bight mainly southwest 2-4. first occasionally rain or drizzle. good, decreasing mainly moderate, risk fog. Dogger mainly southwest 2-4, gradually backing mainly south. moderate to good, small risk fog. Forecast valid Tuesday 21:00 till Wednesday 09:00 UTC: Dover southwest 3-4, backing southeast, increasing 5-6. gradually periods of rain. good, moderate to poor in precipitation. Thames southwest 3-4, backing southeast 4 occasionally 5. in the morning in the South occasional rain. good, moderate in precipitation. Humber Dogger mainly south 2-4, backing east to southeast. mainly moderate, risk fog. German Bight southwest 3-4, backing east. mainly moderate, risk fog. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .