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On the west coast may be very strong winds, with speeds up to 110 kilometers per hour. As was measured in Hoek van Holland at the end of the morning in a gust of 109 kilometers per hour.
Utrecht and Noord-Brabant is the warning scaled up to code orange for extreme weather . In the rest of the country code yellow force. That is a warning for severe weather.
The weather alarm is given to the great impact that can have the storm on public life. Because it is summer there are many outdoor activities, said Harry Geurts of the KNMI. Even trees are in full leaf so that they catch a lot of wind and can blow over.
Additionally, there is a risk of flying roof tiles and cladding panels can overturn scaffolding and cranes. The warning also applies to trucks and cars with trailers or caravans. Also, boaters should be especially careful.
Gradient
The stormy wind comes at the end of the morning blowing the first time in the southwestern coastal area and move in the afternoon across the country to northeast. There will also be mainly in the eastern half of the country for some thunderstorms. Locally be associated with hail.
Only in the evening the weather is calmer. According to the KNMI takes until midnight before have disappeared in heavy winds in the eastern Wadden Sea area.
Summer Storm
Hook of Holland is today at 10:50 for first measured force 9. Thus we can speak of “summer” storm strength.
Later today, the storm will spread along the coast and it is possible to a real “summer storm”, says weeronline.nl . A summer storm occurs when hourly average wind speed is 9.
It would be going to the 25th official summer storm since 1901. The biggest opportunity then make the coastal area in North Holland and the Wadden
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Events
The expected storm rolls for various events spanner in the works. The organization of Wonder Feel, a new classical music festival in the open air in ‘s Graveland, decided to delete the program on Saturday.
Earlier it was announced that the parade of the Summer Carnival in Rotterdam is canceled. The organization finds the expected stormy winds too great a risk for the dance party. The music festival Amsterdam Live on Stage has therefore now canceled the event.
The Parade in Utrecht has announced that the theater still will go on, though the weather hour by hour watched. But the tents are sturdy and storm-proof and moreover stand between buildings that strong winds will stop, said a spokeswoman
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Traffic
Who wants Saturday on the road with trailer, caravan or truck may drive the best only in the evening. Which advises the Traffic Information Service (VID).
Also Rijkswaterstaat pressed motorists with a caravan or trailer on the heart until at least 16:00 to drive to the coast. The service also highlights the additional risk for empty or lightly loaded trucks, where high winds better grip on than on heavily loaded trucks.
KLM precaution nearly thirty flights were scrapped at the airport.
Current Conditions
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