Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Fri Oct 03 2025 12:00:38 * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - October 03, 2025 Unsettled in north Cool southeast. Issued: 0530hrs Friday 3rd October 2025 Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos Heavy rain, gales north Friday A dry but rather cloudy day for the Iberia with some bright or sunny spells over Portugal. A cloudy day for France with rain spreading from the northwest. Storm Amy will give heavy and persistent rain as well as gales for the British Isles. A cloudy day for the Low Countries with heavy rain spreading east later. Germany and Denmark will see a cloudy day with some rain in northwest later in the day. Increasingly cloudy for Norway with some rain in far west later in the evening. Sweden, Finland, the Baltic States and Poland will see a dry day with some bright spells. Cloudy for Belarus, with some rain for southern Ukraine. A dry day for Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary with some sunny spells. Thick cloud approaching in west later in the day. Romania and the Balkans will see heavy rain with some snow over high ground. A rather cloudy day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica with a few showers. Increasingly cloudy over Italy with some rain in south. Unsettled weather conditions for Greece with heavy rain and some snow over high ground in north. Some rain for western Turkiye, sunny further east. A few showers for Cyprus. Saturday An increasingly cloudy day for the Iberia perhaps with some light rain in north later. A band of rain spreads southeast over France, with some showers following in the north west. Rain clears from the British Isles with blustery showers following, windy. Heavy rain for the Low Countries, Germany, and Denmark. Some rain over western Poland later in the day. Rain and snow for Norway, but heavy rain for Sweden. A mostly dry day for Finland, with some rain in the evening. The Baltic States will see a rather cloudy bur dry day, with some rain arriving later. A mostly dry and bright day for Belarus and Ukraine. A dry start for Central Europe, but a band of rain will reach Switzerland by midday, gradually spreading east through the rest of the day. Heavy showers for Romania and the Balkans at first, soon becoming dry and sunny. A cloudy day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica with a few showers, but turning drier later. A mostly dry day for Italy with sunny spells, but cloudier in the north later. A showery start for Greece, but turning drier later. Some showers for western Turkey and Cyprus. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Dericated by the KNMI on Friday, October 3, 2025 at 5.10 am Saturday boisterous with a lot of rain and later showers. Then occasionally sun, but Sometimes also some rain. Vr Sat so ma di wo do do Sunshine (%) 10 30 30 10 30 30 30 Precipitation probability (%) 90 90 80 50 20 50 60 Precipitation sum (mm) 12 20/30 2/4 1/3 0 0/2 0/3 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 9 11 10 12 13 12 10 Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 14 16 15 17 19 18 17 Wind direction SO ZW W W ZW W W Wind force (BFT) 4 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 Long term, Friday, October 10, 2025 to Friday, October 17, 2025: 60-70% chance of a predominantly dry and calm weather type. There is also a 30-40% chance of Continuation of the (light) changeable weather type. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:31 UTC 031025. Gale warnings: Dogger south to southwest 9 Humber German Bight south 8 Thames south 7 Dover: no warning Synopsis: Low, 976, west of Ireland is deepening and is expected over the Viking at the end of the period, 946. Associated troughs will move from Friday afternoon eastwards across the North Sea. Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC: Dover south 5-6, later increasing south to southwest 6-7. periods of rain. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Thames south 5-6, soon increasing 6-7, later 7-8. periods of rain. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Humber south 6-7, increasing south 7-8. periods of rain. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. German Bight south, increasing 7-8, later 8-9. from the western part periods of rain. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Dogger south 6-7, occasionally 8, increasing 7-8, later south to southwest 8-9. periods of rain. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC: Dover south to southwest 6-7, soon increasing 7-8, later veering west to southwest. occasional rain. good, moderate in precipitation. Thames south to southwest 7-8, veering west to southwest. periods of rain, later risk shower. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Humber south to southwest 7-8, soon from the western part veering west to southwest. periods of rain, later risk shower. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. German Bight south 8-9, decreasing west to southwest 7-8. periods of rain, later showers. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Dogger south to southwest 8-9, soon decreasing west to southwest 7-8. especially first rain, later showers. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/6) .