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

   Europe forecast - May 01, 2025
   Iberia stays wet
   Showery Turkey

   Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 1st May 2024
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   More rain in Portugal, heavy showers for Turkey

   Thursday
   Cloud and some showery rain in central and eastern Spain. A scattering
   of showers in Portugal. Fair for the central Mediterranean area with
   plenty of sunshine and dry weather. Greece should be dry and sunny.
   Heavy showers in Turkey, some thundery.
   Cloud and some patchy rain in the far west of France but fair for most
   areas with sunshine. More sunshine and warm weather in the Low
   Countries and Germany. Poland will be dry and sunny. Hungary and
   Austria will also be dry with more sunshine as will be Switzerland.
   Lots of sunshine in Denmark and the Baltic States and staying warm
   here. Cloud and some showers in Finland. Fair for southern Sweden with
   sunshine, some cloud and a few showers in the north. Wet for Norway
   with wind and cloud. Some showers in northern Norway.

   Friday
   Rain across Spain and Portugal through Friday. The rain could be heavy
   at times. Rain and showers for the Balearics too. Corsica and Sardinia
   will have fine conditions with sunny spells. The sunshine continues in
   Italy. Greece will have a few showers whilst some heavier, thundery
   showers affect Turkey.
   Rain and cloud in southwestern France but fair for most of the country
   with sunshine. Broken cloud in the Low Countries and northern Germany.
   Fair for most of southern Germany and Poland with long spells of
   sunshine here. Hungary and Austria will be fine too with more sunshine.
   Staying fine in Switzerland with sunshine here as well.Breezy and dry
   for the Baltic States. Windy in Finland with some rain in the west.
   Staying wet in Sweden with cloud and rain. Further rain affecting
   Norway, some of it heavy.
   Broken cloud and a few spots of rain in Denmark.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Dericated by the KNMI on Thursday 1 May 2025 at 5.17 am

Saturday transition to a significantly cooler weather type. In the southeast
Saturday
Possibly a single rain or thunderstorm. Quite a lot of clouds from Sunday, but
Mostly dry.

Do vr Za so ma di wo
Sunshine (%) 80 60 50 20 20 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 10 20 20 30 20 30 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0
Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 11 13 8 7 6 5 6
Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 27 24 19 14 14 14/17 14/17
Wind direction SW W NW N N N N N N N N N N N N
Wind force (BFT) 2 3 3 3 2 2 2


Long term, Thursday 8 May 2025 to Thursday 15 May 2025:
Big chance (70-80%) on a predominantly dry weather type with regular sun. First
it is probably still on the cool side, later in the period the chance of one
takes
Warmer weather type.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 06:37 UTC 010525.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
High, 1020, over the north of Germany is moving eastwards.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames 
mainly east 1-3. good.

Humber 
mainly south 1-3, increasing 3-4. good.

German Bight 
mainly south 2-4. good.

Dogger 
south to southwest 3-4, later decreasing variable 1-3. in the afternoon risk
shower. 
good, in precipitation possibly moderate.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
variable 1-3, later increasing southwest 3-4. good.

Thames 
mainly south 1-2, increasing 2-4, later veering north and possibly occasionally
5. 
good.

Humber 
south to southwest 3-4, in the western part occasionally 5, later veering north.

good, later locally moderate to poor.

German Bight 
south to southwest 2-4, veering north. later risk shower. good, soon locally 
moderate to poor.

Dogger 
variable 1-3, increasing north 3-4. good, first locally moderate to poor.


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