Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Thu Dec 18 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - December 18, 2025 Windy, often wet north Best sun southeast Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 18th December 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves Strong winds blow across northern Europe; often wet here, some rain drifting across west/southwestern countries as well. Thursday Fair for Portugal and Spain with good spells of sunshine, through heavy rain arrives into northwestern areas late in the day. Rain and cloud in eastern areas of Spain. Some scattered showers over the Balearics and Corsica though often dry and sunny. Scattered showers too in Italy, mostly north and west, but often dry. Mixed cloud and sun for the Balkan States. Greece and Turkey should be dry with decent spells of sunshine to come here. France will be mostly dry with broken cloud, just an odd shower to the south, windy in the west and increasingly wet northwest. Early rain in the Low Countries and northwest Germany tends to east, some sun breaking out. Poland and Hungary should be dry with good spells of sunshine. Austria and Switzerland are mostly dry, just an occasional showers in the south. A few showers too in Slovakia and Romania but many dry with sun spells. Widely windy across northern Europe. Extensive rain and snow in central and south Norway in the morning soon slips east into Denmark and Sweden, snow spreading widely in northern areas and into Finland. South and east Finland stay dry though cloudy, similar conditions in the Baltic States too. Friday A band of heavy rain sweeps across Portugal and west Spain, rain more scattered east Spain. Scattered showers for the Balearics, Sardinia, and Corsica. Showers in northwest Italy too, brighter south. A few showers for coastal Croatia, otherwise the Balkan States dry and bright. Greece and Türkiye also sunny most of the day. Rain sweeps across west and central France, scattered showers in the far southeast. This rain extends into the Low Countries and northern Germany, tending to ease as the day goes. Often bright/sunny in southern Germany and the Alpine countries. Some cloud and patchy rain in Slovakia and Hungary, more often sunny towards the Black Sea. Poland will be often sunny as well. A keen southwesterly wind blows across Denmark and southern parts of Norway and Sweden. Early rain in Denmark and Sweden passes into Finland. Some snow will linger across northern Scandinavia into nighttime. Rain/snow showers into southwest Norway. Drier in the Baltics with sunny spells, though some rain into Estonia later in the day. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 3:31 am Mild at first, occasional rain and a chance of fog at night and during the weekend morning. Persistently gray early next week, but mostly dry and gradual less soft. Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Sunshine (%) 30 40 10 20 30 20 10 Precipitation probability (%) 50 60 20 30 20 20 20 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 0/2 0 0/1 0 0 0 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 6 8 3 4 3 1 2 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 12 12 8 9 7 5 4 Wind direction S SW S SE O NO NO Wind force (bft) 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 Long term, Thursday December 25, 2025 to Thursday January 1, 2026: Initially almost dry with a high chance (80%) of (fairly) cold winter weather and a small chance (20%) of fairly mild weather. At the end of the period the chance of (winter) precipitation increases to 20-30%. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 08:36 UTC 181225. Gale warnings: Dover Thames Humber south 8 German Bight Dogger south to southwest 7 Synopsis: low south of Iceland 954 moving slowly eastwards. associated trough over the east of the North Sea moving slowly east. second trough will reach the North Sea in the afternoon and evening. Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC: Dover south 5-6, increasing 7, possibly 8. occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Thames Humber south to southwest 5-6, increasing 6-7, later possibly 8. occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. German Bight south to southwest 6-7, decreasing south 5-6, later increasing 7, possibly 8. occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Dogger southwest backing southeast 5-6, later increasing south to southwest 7, possibly 8. later rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC: Dover south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 5-6. first occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Thames south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 5-6. especially first occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Humber south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 5-6, later increasing 6-7. especially first occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. German Bight south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 6-7. occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. Dogger south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 6-7. first rain or drizzle, later risk of a shower. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .