Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Wed Dec 17 2025 12:01:30 * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - December 17, 2025 More rain in Spain Wet northern Italy Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 17th December 2025 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling Rain in Spain, Portugal and northern Italy Wednesday Fair for Portugal and the west of Spain with good spells of sunshine. Rain and cloud in eastern areas of Spain. Further rain in the Balearics with some showers in Corsica. Showers too in Italy, heavy in the north. Greece and Turkey should be dry with decent spells of sunshine to come here. France will be mostly dry with broken cloud, just an odd shower to the south. More fair weather to come through the Low Countries and Germany. Poland and Hungary should be dry with good spells of sunshine. Austria and Switzerland are mostly dry, just an occasional showers in the south. Coud and some patchy rain or drizzle in Denmark. The same front will be lying across the Baltic States giving cloud and periods of rain here. Broken cloud and mostly dry in Finland. Patchy rain and drizzle for the far south of Sweden, dry in the north. Showers in western parts of Norway, fair for most other areas. Thursday Fair for Portugal and the west of Spain with good spells of sunshine. Rain and cloud in eastern areas of Spain. Further rain in the Balearics with some showers in Corsica. Showers too in Italy, heavy in the north. Greece and Turkey should be dry with decent spells of sunshine to come here. France will be mostly dry with broken cloud, just an odd shower to the south. More fair weather to come through the Low Countries and Germany. Poland and Hungary should be dry with good spells of sunshine. Austria and Switzerland are mostly dry, just an occasional showers in the south. Coud and some patchy rain or drizzle in Denmark. The same front will be lying across the Baltic States giving cloud and periods of rain here. Broken cloud and mostly dry in Finland. Patchy rain and drizzle for the far south of Sweden, dry in the north. Showers in western parts of Norway, fair for most other areas. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 3:32 am Soft at first and occasionally rain. Mostly dry, gradually, from the weekend onwards less mild and a chance of fog during the night and morning. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Sunshine (%) 20 20 40 20 20 10 20 Precipitation probability (%) 40 40 50 20 20 20 20 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0/3 0/2 0 0/2 0 0 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 4 6 7 3 3 2 1 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 11 11 8 8 6 5 Wind direction SW S SW S SE O NE Wind force (bft) 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 Long term, Wednesday December 24, 2025 to Wednesday December 31, 2025: High chance (70%) of dry and (fairly) cold winter weather and a small chance (30%) of slightly changeable and fairly mild conditions. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 08:15 UTC 171225. Gale warnings: Dover Thames Humber Dogger south to southwest 7 German Bight: no warning Synopsis: Weak trough over the German Bight will move away soon. Atlantic low, 944, moving slowly northeastwards. Associated trough moving eastwards across the North Sea Thursday night and morning. Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC: Dover southwest 3-4, gradually increasing south to southwest 6-7. good. Thames west to southwest 2-3, gradually increasing south to southwest 6-7. in the western part especially later rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate. Humber southwest 3-4, in the coastal area first westerly 2-3, gradually increasing south to southwest 6-7. in the western part especially later rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate. German Bight southwest 2-4, first locally northwesterly, increasing south to southwest 5-6. first in the eastern part occasionally drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor and especially in the coastal area risk of fog. Dogger south to southwest 5-6, soon increasing 6-7. especially later rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate. Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC: Dover south to southwest 6-7, later decreasing 4-5. soon rain. good, in precipitation occasionally moderate. Thames Humber south to southwest 6-7, later decreasing 4-5. rain. good, in precipitation occasionally moderate. German Bight south to southwest 5-6, soon increasing 6-7, later decreasing 5-6. in the night and morning rain. good, in precipitation occasionally moderate. Dogger south to southwest 6-7, later decreasing 4-5. in the evening and night rain. good, in precipitation occasionally moderate. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .