Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Wed Oct 08 2025 12:00:12 * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - October 08, 2025 Settling southeast with sun Windy Scandinavia, rain spells Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 8th October 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves A settling trend for many, though locally unsettled in the southwest, more unsettled in the far north. Wednesday Heavy showers developing across northern and central Spain, drifting east. Drier for southern areas of Spain and Portugal too where there will be sunny spells. Scattered showers may develop in the Balearics later in the day. Dry and sunny for Corsica and Sardinia. Fair for Italy with some morning light showers in the south; otherwise sunny well into the day, cloud building in the north later. Some scattered showers in the Balkans, these clearing for frequent sunshine. Scattered showers again in Greece but similarly clearing for sunny spells. Heavy showers and unsettled for Türkiye. Mixed cloud and sun for France but likely dry. The Low Countries will also have some cloud and sunny spells, patchy rain arriving midday as well as in central and northern areas of Germany. A broader area of rain in western Poland slowly slips east through the day. The south of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria will be brighter. Hungary and Slovakia similarly bright and dry. Rain for east Romania and most of Bulgaria, at times quite heavy. Patchy morning rain and cloud in Denmark with sunny spells increasing afternoon. Frequent showers drift onto Norway's west coast, increasingly wet in the north later. Cloud and some patchy morning rain for Sweden, this passing east for good sunny spells. This rain slips east into Finland, soon widely rainy across the country. A bright morning for the Baltic States, but this band of rain beginning to effect western areas later in the day. Thursday Showery with a risk of thunderstorms in southeast Spain. Showers more scattered elsewhere in Spain, dry and sunny for Portugal. Showers for the Balearics, also with a risk of thunderstorms. Similarly showers with heavy bursts for Sardinia and Corsica. Fine for Italy, a few showers in the mountainous north. Some showers too in Slovenia and Croatia, the rest of the Balkans fine and dry with plenty of sunshine, this extending south into Greece. Some morning showers in Türkiye, these moving east for an improving, fine day. Some local light rain in central France, otherwise dry with sunny spells. This chance of rain extends across the Alps and southern Germany, Czechia, and into Poland. Further north near the coasts, drier but mostly cloudy. Some scattered rain in Slovakia and Hungary, drier further east in Romania and Bulgaria with sun spells increasing through the day. A day of patchy rain in Denmark, southern Sweden, and the Baltic States but with dry and sunny spells mixed in. Finland mostly dry with sunny spells as well, just some morning rain in the east. Frequently raining on Norway's west coasts with heavy bursts and a strong westerly wind, best of dry and sunny spells in the southeast. A band of rain will pass east across central and north Sweden, but sunny spells will follow in the later afternoon. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 2:01 am Quite cloudy and sometimes there is (drizzle) rain. It will probably stay on Friday dry with regular sun. More sun from Monday, dry and slightly lower Temperatures. Especially the nights become fresher. WO DO VR SA ZO Ma di Sunshine (%) 10 20 40 30 20 40 60 Precipitation probability (%) 40 20 10 40 50 10 10 10 Precipitation sum (mm) 1 0 0 0/1 1 0 0 Minimum temp. (Gr. C) 13 10 11 12 10 8/11 5/8 Afternoon temp. (Gr. C) 17 16 18 17 15 14 14 Wind direction W W W NW NW N NO Wind force (bft) 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 Long term, Wednesday 15 October 2025 to Wednesday 22 October 2025: Big chance (80%) on a predominantly dry and calm weather type. The chance of Temperatures below the long -term average is quite large (around 60%). The nights Can be quite fresh with the chance of the first night frost. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:26 UTC 081025. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: High, 1030, west of Ireland is slowly moving eastwards. Trough over Humber moving southeastwards, then an ridge. Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC: Dover west to northwest 2-3, occasionally 4, later veering north. especially later occasionally drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Thames west 3-4, soon veering northwest. occasionally drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Humber northwest 3-4. first occasionally drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. German Bight west to northwest 3-4. first in the South occasionally drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Dogger west to northwest 4-5. good. Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC: Dover north 2-3, occasionally 4, backing northwest. good. Thames northwest 3-4. good. Humber northwest 3-4, backing west, later increasing 4-5. good. German Bight west to northwest 3-4, increasing west 4-5. later occasionally drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. Dogger west 4-5, in the northern part occasionally 6. later occasionally drizzle. good, moderate in precipitation, possibly poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/6) .