The Royal Dutch Weather Institute (KNMI) has issued a code yellow warning due to turbulent weather coming our way. It applies to the whole of the Netherlands on the evening of January 11, and to the coastal provinces the next morning.

Conditions are expected to be so bad that experts advise people to work from home as much as possible, writes AD. 🌧️

Lightning does strike the same place twice

First, rain showers will start in the West of the country around 6 PM. From there, they will migrate across the country and reach the German border by 9 PM.

From 8 PM onwards, we can expect heavy thunderstorms, hail, rain, and wind gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour. 😳

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By midnight, most of the turbulence will have passed the Netherlands — but to the Western half of the country, it’s set to return the next morning.

In all provinces but Brabant, Limburg, Gelderland, Overijssel and Drenthe, code yellow still applies on the morning of January 12 due to strong winds.

Take cover

Although there will be no more thunderstorms on the morning of January 12, the code yellow warning is valid until 10 AM. 

Due to winds of up to 90 kilometres per hour, experts advise people to work from home as much as they can on Thursday. 💨

“If you do have to hit the road, keep in mind that driving conditions during a heavy downpour are different,” they warn.

How will you take shelter from the storm? Tell us in the comments!

The coming days we will experience some stereotypical Dutch weather, with 50 to 70 millimetres of rain. 

After a few beautiful sunny days with scary warm weather, in the southern region of the Netherlands, there will be up to 100 millilitres of rain over the next 10 days. 

You can live in any part of the country, but the Dutchies will always have something to talk about. 👀☔️

It’s raining men!

Next week the Netherlands will be even more underwater than usual (is that even possible?). 

The monthly amount of weather has already fallen in most of the northern and central regions, and Mother Nature is far from finished 

We will have up to 150 millimetres of rain until the end of next week, which is more than what we are used to at this time of the year. 

Vanmorgen eerst nog zon, vanuit het zuidwesten toenemende bewolking, gevolgd door regen. Ook de rest van de week wisselvallig en zacht. https://t.co/zj9Y4wC9kQ pic.twitter.com/osbgVzoeNW

— Buienradar (@BuienRadarNL) January 10, 2023

In comparison, in the Netherlands, the average amount of rain is around 90 millimetres per month, according to NU.nl.

Rainy Europe

And it’s not just the country of rain experiencing a smaller monsoon — most of Europe will as well. 

On the north side of the Alps, between 100 and almost 200 millimetres of precipitation is calculated, but none of the big cities will survive it without rain.

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Our German, Belgian, and French brothers and sisters will also experience some extremely heavy rain in January. 

The good news is that it looks like after four years, we will start the springtime season in spring with a normaal amount of moisture in nature. 🌱

No superstorm

Do you remember the heavy wind from the past few years?  

According to the weather forecast, this year we won’t have some 350 kilometres per hour wind experience, but with the Dutch weather, you never know! 

Are you ready to have a few cosy days in the rain? Tell us in the comments!