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

   Europe forecast - July 20, 2025
   Heavy rain central Europe
   Hot and dry south and Scandinavia

   Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 20th July 2025
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   Two low pressure cores bring heavy or thundery rain to northeast and
   western parts of Europe. Settled and hot in the south and Scandinavia.

   Sunday
   A band of showers spreads south over Portugal and northern Spain,
   tending to fade for a mostly sunny afternoon. A few showers will linger
   in north Spain. Another hot and sunny day for the Mediterranean, with
   only a few afternoon showers over north Italy. A few scattered showers
   will form over Corsica and central Italy. Scattered showers over
   southeast Europe as well will be highly localised with plenty of hot
   sunshine between. Similar for T├╝rkiye and Cyprus.
   Scattered heavy and thundery showers for France with a strong westerly
   breeze onto western coasts, increasing as the day goes. A band of
   thundery rain will slip east across Germany and the Low Countries,
   reaching south into Switzerland. Some showers for Austria though
   lighter and more scattered. Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia will see
   substantial sun with only a few scattered showers, similar for Romania
   and Bulgaria. Some early showers for Poland, turning drier soon in the
   west with good sun appearing. Widespread heavy showers in Belarus and
   west Ukraine.
   Cloudy with afternoon rain in Denmark. Norway, Sweden and Finland will
   see just a few showers around central and northern areas; otherwise hot
   sunshine. Frequent heavy and perhaps thundery showers over the Baltic
   States, easing later in the day.

   Monday
   Warm and sunny for Iberia, only light showers in the far north of
   Spain. Similarly sunny and hot on the Mediterranean Islands and Italy;
   showery in norther Italy with risk of thunderstorms northeast. Sunny
   and hot for the Balkan Countries, Greece, and T├╝rkiye, only some odd
   scattered showers on southern Turkish high ground.
   Windy and showery in France, particularly onto the west coast, risk of
   thundery rain east and north. Similarly unsettled across the Low
   Countries south through Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, tending to
   fade into scattered showers into evening. Heavy thundery rain across
   east Germany into Czechia will just touch west Poland, dry and east
   east Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary, as well as countries along the
   Black Sea. Scattered showers and sunshine in Belarus and Ukraine, the
   heavies showers in the east.
   Heavy rain for Denmark, quite persistent in the east. Some rain with
   stretch into southern parts of Norway and Sweden with more cloud here
   than previous days. Mostly sunny and hot to the north, some scattered
   showers in far north Scandinavia. Fine for Finland, some more cloud in
   the south than prior days. Showery for the Baltics, greatest risk of
   heavy showers in northeastern areas; lighter and fading in Lithuania.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Sunday, July 20, 2025 at 4.24 am

Excessive with regular (thunderstorm) showers and possibly a lot of rain.
Occasionally there is
Also room for the sun. The temperatures come out around 22 ┬░ C and are
therefore
something under the annual average.

So ma di wo do vr Za
Sunshine (%) 30 40 20 20 20 30 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 90 90 90 80 50 50
Precipitation sum (mm) 3 12 3/7 2/7 3/12 1/3 1/2
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 17 15 15 15 15 15 15
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 27 24 22 22 22 23 23
Wind direction Z Z W ZW NW W W
Windkracht (BFT) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3


Long term, Sunday 27 July 2025 to Sunday 3 August 2025:
A reasonable chance (approx. 60% chance) on 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 07:32 UTC 200725.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
trough over the German Bight moving northeastwards away. low, 992 hPa, south of 
Ireland moving slowly east. associated trough will move from the afternoon 
northeastwards across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
mainly south 3-4. showers, risk thundery. good, moderate to poor in
precipitation.

Thames Humber 
south to southeast 3-4. showers, risk thundery. good, moderate to poor in 
precipitation.

German Bight 
southeast 3-4. showers, risk thundery. good, in precipitation and also locally 
moderate to poor.

Dogger 
south 3-4, backing southeast. showers, risk thundery. good, in precipitation and

also locally moderate to poor.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
mainly south 3-4, increasing 4-5. showers, risk thundery. good, moderate to poor
in 
precipitation.

Thames 
mainly south 3-4, increasing 4-5. risk occasional thundery showers. good,
moderate 
to poor in precipitation.

Humber 
mainly south 3-4. risk occasional thundery showers. good, moderate to poor in 
precipitation.

German Bight Dogger 
southeast 3-4, veering south. showers, risk thundery. good, moderate to poor in 
precipitation.


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