Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea
To   : All
From : Postbus 7
Date : Wed Dec 24 2025 12:00 pm

 * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * 
   from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm 

   Europe forecast - December 24, 2025
   Rain central & south
   Windy, cold north

   Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 24th December 2025
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Wet central and southern areas of Europe, windy in the north and colder
   for Father Christmas and the reindeer tonight

   Christmas Eve
   Showery rain in northern Spain, fair for most areas and in Portugal
   too. Heavy periods of rain reaching the Balearics. Corsica and Sardinia
   will be wet with heavy periods of rain too. More rain Italy and again
   that will be heavy. Greece will be wet and heavy. More rain in western
   Turkey but dry in central and eastern areas.
   String winds and cold in France, rain in eastern and southern France.
   The rest of the country will be dry with sunny spells. More sunny
   spells for the Low Countries. Germany and Poland will be mostly dry.
   Cloudy in Hungary whilst Austria and Switzerland will be wet with heavy
   periods of rain.
   Fair through Denmark and cold too. The Baltic States will be dry and
   fair. Windy with broken cloud in Finland. Dry in Sweden with sunny
   spells in the south. Windy in the north. Norway will be fair to the
   south. Windy and wet in the north with a risk of gales.

   Christmas Day
   Heavy rain in eastern areas of Spain. Further rain in the far
   northwest. Other areas brighter with sunny spells and mostly dry. Wet
   in the Balearics with heavy rain. Staying unsettled through Italy with
   more rain here, heavy in the south. Greece will be wet with heavy rain,
   and the rain staying heavy in western Turkey.
   Cloud and some rain in the far south of France. Mostly dry with lots of
   cloud in the rest of France. Breezy in the Low Countries with some
   bright spells here. Germany and Poland will be drier with broken cloud
   and sunshine. Cloudier skies for Hungary and Austria. Bright spells in
   Switzerland.
   Norway
   there will be some snow showers in the west and north and it is going
   to be breezy, gales in the north.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 4:49 am

Sunny, dry and maximum temperatures around freezing point on Christmas Day. Then
gradually more clouds and maximum temperatures that slowly rise and after
weekend around the long-term average. Sunday chance (possibly
persistent) fog. It freezes slightly at night. It stays dry.

Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Sunshine (%) 10 70 80 70 50 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 0 -4 -4 -3 -1 -2/1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 5 3 0 2 3 4 6
Wind direction NO NO NO NO NO NO NW
Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 3 3 3 2


Long term, Tuesday December 30, 2025 to Tuesday January 6, 2026:
Maximum temperatures around the long-term average and 40-50% chance of precipitation.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:13 UTC 241225.

Gale warnings:
Dover Thames Humber 
east to northeast 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
High, 1040, over the south of Norway is gradually moving to the northern part of the 
North Sea.

Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames 
east to northeast 6-7. good.

Humber 
east 5-6, in the south occasionally 7. good.

German Bight 
east to northeast 4-5, in the southern part 5-6. good.

Dogger 
east to northeast 4-5. good.


Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
east to northeast 6-7, possibly for a time 8. good.

Thames Humber German Bight Dogger 
no significant change.


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 * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146)

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