Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Mon Dec 22 2025 12:00:48 * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - December 22, 2025 Unsettled central Mediterranean Turning cold northeast Issued: 0530hrs Monday 22nd December 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves Low pressure over the Mediterranean keeps weather unsettled here; high pressure over Scandinavia conversely keeps weather relatively settled here, with much of the central continent breezy, cool, and cloudy. Monday Increasingly rainy for northern Portugal and northern Spain. A few showers in central Spain too. A blustery westerly wind with heavy showers in the Balearics with heavy rain for Corsica and Sardinia as well as northwest Italy. Further showers in southern Italy, fine and bright in central areas. Fine in the Balkan States with a mix of cloud and sun. Greece will be mostly dry with isolated showers near coasts, whilst rain affects Türkiye. France will have rain west and south (some snow here) but fair in northern France. The Low Countries, Germany, and Switzerland will be cold and dry with sunny spells. Dry too in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary, but largely cloudy. Dry and cold in most of eastern Europe too with a mix of cloud and sun. A largely dry day in Scandinavia with bright/sunny spells in central areas. A few local patches of snow in southern Finland in the morning. Very localized patches of rain and snow in Estonia and Latvia as well, likely dry in Lithuania. A cold southwesterly wind blows across northern Germany into Denmark. Tuesday Often raining across Iberia, some bright spells breaking out later. Showery across the central Mediterranean, the rain frequent and heavy in central and west Italy. Showery rain will similarly drift into the Balkan States from the Adriatic Sea. Dry in Greece at first with sunny spells, then heavy rain arrives in the west. Dry in west Türkiye, rainy in central areas. More showery rain in the south of France, fine to the north with bright spells. More dry weather for the Low Countries and Germany but cloudy with a cold easterly wind. Mostly dry and cloudy in Poland and Czechia too but with isolated pockets of sleet/snow. Dry with bright spells in Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. A cool easterly blows across Denmark and southern Sweden, some patchy rain and snow in eastern areas. Largely dry and cloudy again for Scandinavia, some morning snow in northern Finland. Cold in the Baltic States, bright or sunny in Latvia and Lithuania. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 22, 2025 at 3:33 am Dry and an alternation of sun and clouds. From Wednesday it will be a lot colder. During Christmas it will probably be dry and sunny with a cold east wind. Next weekend will probably be less cold and still dry. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Sunshine (%) 40 20 40 80 70 60 30 Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 3 1 -1 -3 -3 -3 -2/1 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 6 4 2 0 1 1/4 3/6 Wind direction O O NO NO NO NO N Wind force (bft) 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 Long term, Monday December 29, 2025 to Monday January 5, 2026: Probably less cold, but still temperatures slightly below long-term averages are. The chance of (winter) precipitation gradually increases to about 40%. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 08:32 UTC 221225. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: High, 1025, over Scandinavia is building. Low, 995, near Brittany remains fairly stationary. Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC: Dover south to southeast 3-4, soon decreasing 2-3, later increasing east to southeast 3-4. good. Thames east to southeast 3-4, later increasing 4-5. good. Humber east to southeast 4-5, in the eastern part first possibly 6. good, locally moderate. German Bight east to southeast 5-6. moderate to good. Dogger east to southeast 5-6. good, locally moderate. Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC: Dover east to southeast 3-4, later backing east to northeast 5-6. good. Thames east to southeast 4-5, later backing east to northeast 5-6. good. Humber east to southeast 4-5, later in the eastern part increasing 5-6. good, first locally moderate. German Bight east to southeast 5-6. moderate to good, soon increasing good. Dogger east to southeast 5-6, in the western part 4-5. good, first locally moderate. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/6) .