Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Mon Oct 20 2025 12:00:48 * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - October 20, 2025 Heavy rain France Windy and showery Issued: 0530hrs Monday 20th October 2025 Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson Mild in eastern Europe Monday Patchy showery rain moving across Spain from the west, tending to fade to give some sun, best in the south of Spain and Portugal. A rather cloudy but dry for the Balearics. Scattered showers for Sardinia and Corsica, some on the heavy side. Heavy showers for north Italy, drier further south. Some heavy rain for central and southern Greece. A mostly dry and sunny day for Turkiye. Cyprus will see a rather sunny day. Plenty of showers for France, merging into areas of heavy rain. Heavy showers for the Low Countries, while periods of rain push into Denmark. A band of rain spreads east over Germany, but with mostly dry conditions expected for Poland. Some rain for far eastern parts of Ukraine, but dry sunny further west. A band of rain arrives over Switzerland and Austria through the day. Cloudy but mostly dry over Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary, while sunny conditions are expected over Romania. Mostly cloudy but dry for the Balkans. A mostly dry but cloudy day for Norway and Sweden but some rain expected in south later. Finland will see some wintry showers in north. The Baltic States as well as Belarus will see a dry and bright day. Tuesday Unsettled across south and western Europe with areas of heavy rain and showers. Persistent rain in north Portugal and northwest Spain. Wet across central and southwestern France, showery toward the north of France. Drier across southern Spain, the Balearics and the far south of France. Showers for Corsica and Sardinia. Some heavy bursts of rain develop for central Italy into Slovenia and Croatia. Scattered showers for Greece and southwest Turkiye, some heavy. Showery conditions and fresh winds for the Low Countries, northern Germany and Denmark. Drier for eastern Germany, Czechia and Poland, fairly mild over eastern Europe with southerly winds. Some rain into the western Alps, drier for east of Austria into Hungary. Strong southerly winds and rain into southern Norway, showers into southern Sweden. Patchy rain extends into northern Scandinavia, but much of Finland and the Baltic states will be largely dry and mild southerly air wafts northwards here. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 4:48 am Changeable weather, rain from time to time and sometimes a lot of wind. Especially on There is a chance of (very) heavy wind gusts on Thursday and Friday. The temperatures are first around the long-term average, lower temperatures from Friday. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Sunshine (%) 30 30 40 20 20 30 20 Precipitation probability (%) 80 80 40 80 90 80 90 Precipitation sum (mm) 1/5 1/6 0/2 5/15 2/9 2/6 4/8 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 11 11 10 10/13 9/13 8 5 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 16 16 16 13/17 13 12 11 Wind direction S SW SW SW SW SW W W Wind force (bft) 4 4 3 5 5 3 3 Long term, Monday October 27, 2025 to Monday November 3, 2025: Gradually less changeable, the chance of precipitation drops to about 50%. The temperature rises again to values around or slightly above long-term average. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:16 UTC 201025. Gale warnings: Dover southwest 8 German Bight south to southeast 7 Thames south 7 other districts: no warning Synopsis: Low, 982, southwest of Wales moves via Texel towards the German Bight. Associated troughs will move northeastwards across the North Sea. Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC: Dover south 5-6, increasing 6-7, later veering southwest, in the southern part possibly 8. showers, especially later risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Thames south 5-6, later occasionally 7. showers, especially later risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Humber south 4-5, soon increasing 5-6. showers, especially later risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. German Bight south to southeast 5-6, first in the northern part possibly 7. especially first rain or drizzle, later in the western part showers with risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Dogger south 4-5, first in the northeastern part 5-6, later backing southeast and in the western part decreasing 2-3. showers, later risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor, first in the western part risk of fog. Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC: Dover west to southwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6. showers with risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Thames south 5-6, first occasionally 7, soon veering west. showers with risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Humber south 5-6, especially first in the western part 3-4, soon from the west veering west. showers with risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. German Bight south to southeast 5-6, later in the southern part veering southwest, possibly 7. showers with risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Dogger southeast 4-5, soon from the west decreasing variable 1-3, later increasing west 3-5. showers with risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/6) .