* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * 
   from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europ... 

   Europe forecast - July 04, 2025
   Hot Mediterranean
   Thundery Switzerland

   Issued: 0530hrs Friday 4th July 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Hot Mediterranean, some thunderstorms for Spain, thundery Switzerland
   too

   Friday
   A hot sunny day for Iberia, heavy showers with spots of thunder for
   north Spain afternoon. Sunny for the Balearics, a few afternoon showers
   for Sardinia and Corsica. Scattered showers for northern Italy, heavier
   towards the south, though good sun breaks. Largely dry for the Balkans,
   a few showers into Croatia, possibly heavy in Slovenia. Hot and sunny
   for Greece and T├╝rkiye.
   Sunny and warm in France, some showers south and east. Cloud builds in
   from the north later and spreads across the Low Countries and north
   Germany after a sunny morning. Sunnier south Germany, Czechia, and
   Poland. Showers over the Alps spread east through Slovakia, east
   Poland, into west Ukraine. Sunny and hot in Romania and Bulgaria.
   A brisk wind across the British Isles with heavy showery rain north. A
   cool westerly breeze across southern Scandinavia and Estonia. Showery
   across Denmark, as well as Norway and Sweden, some sunny breaks between
   showers. Cloud in the Baltic States and rain in Finland slowly clears,
   giving way to mild sun.

   Saturday
   Some thunderstorms in northern and eastern areas of Spain on Saturday.
   Fair for the south and west with lots of hot sunshine. Staying hot
   across the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia as well as Italy. More hot
   and sunny weather in Greece and Turkey.
   Some thundery showers in southwest France with some showery rain in the
   far north. A few showers for the Low Countries and northern Germany.
   Fine and sunny in most of Germany and Poland. Hungary should be fair
   and sunny, although some heavy showers in western Austria.
   Thunderstorms, some torrential for Switzerland.
   Cloud and patchy rain in Denmark. Further cloud and rain for the Baltic
   States. Finland will have some showers in the south, but northern areas
   tending to be brighter and drier. Rain in southern Sweden and Norway, a
   few showers in the north.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Friday, July 4, 2025 at 3:32 am

First mostly dry with more and more clouds. From Sunday one
changeable weather type with rain (showers) and temperatures from time to time
below the long -term average. From Wednesday dry, rising
Temperatures and more sun.

Vr Sat so ma di wo do do
Sunshine (%) 50 20 10 10 30 40 40
Precipitation probability (%) 10 30 90 90 40 20 10
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 1 11/19 6/13 1/3 0 0
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 10 16 15 14 13 12 13
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 23 22 19 17 17 23 26
Wind direction W ZW NW NW W W
Wind force (BFT) 3 4 4 4 4 3 2


Long term, Friday July 11, 2025 to Friday July 18, 2025:
Mostly dry summer weather with large sunny periods.  The maximum temperatures
rise to possibly more than 30 degrees on Sundays and Monday. Then the
Uncertainty in the temperature quite large.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:13 UTC 040725.

Gale warnings:
German Bight Dogger 
west to southwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
Ridge across the Netherlands and the southern part of the North Sea will move 
southeastwards whilst declining. Low, 1000, south of Iceland will move
eastwards. 
Associated troughs will move across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
west 2-4, backing southwest, increasing mainly 4, possibly 5. good.

Thames 
west 2-4, soon backing south to southwest, from the west increasing 4-5. good.

Humber 
west to southwest 3-4, increasing south to southwest 4-5, in the northern part
5-6, 
later veering west to southwest. later in the northern part rain. good, in 
precipitation sometimes moderate.

German Bight 
west to southwest 4-5, later from the west increasing 5-6, sometimes 7. in the 
northern part sometimes rain. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

Dogger 
west 4-5, soon backing southwest, from the west increasing 5-6, sometimes 7. 
especially later rain. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
southwest 4-5. good.

Thames 
southwest 4-5. especially later risk of rain. good, in precipitation possibly 
moderate.

Humber 
west to southwest 5-6, first in the southern part 3-5. sometimes rain. good, in 
precipitation sometimes moderate.

German Bight 
west to southwest 5-6, especially first in the southern part 3-5 and in the
northern 
part sometimes 7. periods of rain. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

Dogger 
west to southwest 6-7, decreasing 5-6. periods of rain. good, in precipitation 
sometimes moderate.


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 * Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/6)