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

   Europe forecast - July 18, 2025
   Unsettled for most.
   Dry Mediterranean.

   Issued: 0530hrs Friday 18th July 2025
   Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

   Locally hot in south

   Friday
   A sunny day for Portugal with a few afternoon showers. Similar over
   Spain with a few showers over the north. A few heavy showers for
   northwestern parts of France, elsewhere dry and sunny. Some heavy
   showers for the British Isles, sunnier over the southeast. A mostly dry
   and bright day for the Low Countries and west Germany, while further
   east and over Poland expect scattered showers. Some showers for
   Denmark, while sunny conditions are expected over Norway, Sweden,
   Finland, Estonia and Latvia. Over Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine expect
   heavy and possibly thundery showers.
   Dry and sunny for Switzerland. Some showers for eastern Austria,
   Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary, with a few heavy ones too. Some heavy
   showers for Romania and the northern Balkans, while drier and brighter
   conditions are expected over the south.
   A sunny day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, while a few
   afternoon showers are possible for Italy, Greece and Turkiye. Sunny and
   warm for Cyprus.

   Saturday
   A sunny and mostly dry day over Iberia with a few afternoon showers in
   far west and far north. Heavy and possibly thundery showers over
   France, the British Isles and the Low Countries. Some heavy showers
   over far western Germany, but drier sunnier further east. Unsettled
   over Poland with heavy showers while Denmark will see only a few light
   showers. Norway, Sweden and Finland will see another mostly dry and
   sunny day, but a few afternoon showers are possible over the north.
   Heavy and perhaps thundery showers for the Baltic States, Belarus and
   Ukraine.
   Some heavy showers for Switzerland and western Austria later in the
   morning, becoming drier later. Further east over Austria, Czechia,
   Slovakia and Hungary a rather dry and bright day. A scattering of
   afternoon showers for Romania, but further south over the Balkans
   expect a dry and sunny day.
   A hot and sunny day for the Mediterranean, with only a few afternoon
   showers over north Greece, and Turkiye.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05.03 am

Sunday chance of a few sturdy rain or thunderstorms and transition to a less
Warm weather type with regular rain or showers.

Vr Sat so ma di wo do do
Sunshine (%) 30 40 30 30 30 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 10 40 80 90 80 90 90
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0/3 2/10 4/12 2/6 2/9 2/7
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 13 17 18 16 15 15 14
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 26 29 27 23 22 22 22
Wind direction ZW Z Z ZW W W
Windkracht (BFT) 2 3 3 3 4 3 2


Long term, Friday, July 25, 2025 to Friday 1 August 2025:
Probably (approx. 70% chance) a continuation of the changeable summer weather.
The
Maximum temperatures are under the long -term average.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 06:57 UTC 180725.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
Ridge over the North Sea is moving east and is declining. Low is developing over
the 
south of France and is moving northwards, 1006. Weak trough is crossing the west
of 
the North Sea.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
variable 1-3. moderate to poor, risk fog, increasing good.

Thames 
south to southwest 2-4, backing south to southeast, later east to southeast.
good, 
in the West especially first locally moderate to poor, risk fog.

Humber 
southeast 3-4. in the West first risk shower, small risk thunder. good, in the
West 
locally moderate to poor, risk fog.

German Bight 
variable 1-3, later in the southwestern part increasing east to southeast 3-4.
good, 
in the northeastern part moderate to poor and risk fog.

Dogger 
southeast 3-4. in the West risk shower, small risk thunder. good, in
precipitation 
and in the West gradually locally moderate to poor, risk fog.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
variable 1-3, increasing north to northeast 2-4, temporary possibly 5.
occasionally 
showery rain, risk thunderstorm. good, moderate in precipitation.

Thames 
east to southeast 3-4. good, moderate in precipitation.

Humber 
southeast 3-4. later in the West risk shower, possibly with thunderstorm. good, 
especially in the northeastern part moderate to poor and risk fog.

German Bight 
southeast 2-4, in the eastern part first variable 1-3. good, in the West first 
possibly moderate to poor and risk fog.

Dogger 
southeast 3-4, later possibly 5. later in the West risk shower, possibly with 
thunderstorm. good, in precipitation and in the West locally moderate to poor
with 
risk fog.


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