Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Sat Dec 20 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - December 20, 2025 Cold in north and east. Wet in southwest. Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 20th December 2025 Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos High pressure Central Europe Saturday A dry and bright start for Portugal, but plenty of showers arriving later. Cloudy with some light rain for Spain through the morning, with a longer spell of heavy rain arriving in the afternoon. Cloudy for France with some showers, more frequent in northwest. Breezy with outbreaks of rain for the British Isles. Some light rain for the Low Countries and western parts of Germany. Mostly dry but rather cloudy for Denmark, Sweden and Finland, but some sleet or snow for northern and western Norway. Outbreaks of rain for the Baltic States. Dry but cloudy for Belarus and Ukraine. Another dry day for Central Europe as high pressure dominates the area. Best of brightness of Austria and Czechia. Bright or sunny spells for Romania and the Balkans. Showers for the Balearics, but a longer spell of rain is expected later. A few showers for Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Outbreaks of rain for Greece, locally heavy in South. Mostly dry for Turkiye, best of the brightness in east. Some showers for Cyprus. Sunday Early heavy rain and then coastal showers for Portugal. Outbreaks of rain, perhaps heavy, with snow over high ground for Spain. Unsettled for France with outbreaks of rain, heavy in central and southern parts. Cloudy and breezy for the British Isles along with some rain. Dry but breezy and rather cloudy for the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark and Poland. High pressure over Scandinavia with dry bur rather cloudy conditions for Norway and Sweden. Finland will see cloudy skies with some patchy light snow in north. A dry and breezy day for the Baltic States. Belarus and Ukraine will see dry conditions. Settled conditions will continue over Central Europe with mostly cloudy conditions but some sunny spells perhaps over Switzerland and Austria. Similar conditions for Romania and the Balkans. A dry start for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica but heavy rain arrives later in the day. A mostly dry day for Italy, but increasingly cloudy with some rain in west later. Outbreaks of rain for Greece, mostly in south. Similar in Turkiye. Heavy showers or thunderstorms for Cyprus. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 19, 2025 at 5:10 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 falling temperatures. Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Sunshine (%) 40 10 40 50 20 20 20 Precipitation probability (%) 60 40 20 10 10 10 30 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 10 3 5 3 1 1 -2/1 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 11 7 9 7 5 4 1/5 Wind direction SW SE SE O NO NO NO Wind force (bft) 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 Long term, Friday December 26, 2025 to Friday January 2, 2026: Initially almost dry with a high chance (70%) of (fairly) cold winter weather and a small chance (30%) of fairly mild weather. At the end of the period 50% chance of a transition to more changeable and (temporarily) less cold conditions. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:28 UTC 201225. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: Ridge over the Netherlands and the North Sea is moving northeastwards away. Trough over France and Belgium is gradually moving northwestwards across the North Sea. Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC: Dover southeast 3, occasionally 4, gradually increasing east to southeast 4, possibly 5. soon occasionally light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation mainly moderate. Thames south to southeast 3-4, backing east to southeast, later possibly 5. first risk of an isolated shower, gradually in the eastern part light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor and in the coastal area first possibly fog. Humber south to southwest 3-4, backing southeast, later increasing east to southeast 4-5. risk of an isolated shower, later in the eastern part light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor and in the coastal area especially first possibly fog. German Bight southwest 3-4, temporary decreasing 2-3, backing southeast, later increasing east to southeast 4-5. good, in the south poor or fog, later increasing moderate. Dogger southwest mainly 4, backing southeast, later increasing 4-5. gradually risk of an isolated shower. good, in the western part especially first locally moderate to poor. Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC: Dover east to southeast 4, possibly 5, decreasing south to southeast 3-4. occasionally light rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor. Thames east to southeast 4, occasionally 5, decreasing southeast 3-4. occasionally light rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor. Humber east to southeast 4-5, later decreasing southeast 3-4. occasionally light rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor. German Bight east to southeast 4-5, temporary occasionally 6. occasionally light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation and in the south first mainly moderate. Dogger southeast 4-5, especially in the north gradually occasionally 6. occasionally light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation mainly moderate. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .