Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea
To   : All
From : Postbus 7
Date : Fri Dec 26 2025 12:00:20

 * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * 
   from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm 

   Europe forecast - December 26, 2025
   Very windy Scandinavia
   Wet in southwest.

   Issued: 0530hrs Friday 26th December 2025
   Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

   High pressure near Iceland keeps central and northwest Europe the most
   settled, bright in the southeast.

   Friday
   Some coastal showers for the Iberia, more frequent at first for the
   Spanish east coast, and then over the Portuguese coast later in the
   day. Frequent showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, as well
   as Malta and southern Italy; brighter north Italy. Dry with a mix of
   cloud and sun for the Balkan States. Some patchy rain at first for
   Greece, while eastern Türkiye will see outbreaks of snow. Some showers
   for Cyprus.
   A mostly dry bright day for France, but some rain is expected in the
   far south. Dry, bright, and breezy for the British Isles, the Low
   Countries, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Cloudier for Czechia,
   Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland, but remaining dry here. A cloudy day for
   Romania perhaps with some patchy sleet over the eastern parts. Same for
   Bulgaria.
   Fine and bright in Denmark and southern parts of Sweden and Norway.
   Windy with bright conditions for Finland and the Baltic States. Windier
   in northern Scandinavia with wintry showers into northwest Norway.

   Saturday
   More rain in Iberia, locally heavy east and south, this rain extending
   across the Balearics and Sardinia. Drier and increasingly bright in
   Corsica and Italy. Similarly sunny and fine for the Balkan States and
   Greece, just some patchy rain in the Aegean Sea and the southeast cost.
   Fine in western Türkiye, snow in the mountains central and east.
   A bright, breezy across most of central and western Europe. Cloud
   increasingly drifts into northern parts of the Netherlands and Germany,
   a generally cloudier and windier day in Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine.
   Patchy snow in eastern Poland later in the day, risk of this snow
   becoming more widespread in Belarus.
   More fine weather in Denmark and breezy. Frequent snow showers and very
   strong winds across central and northern Norway, brighter in the south.
   Bright in Sweden too but powerful winds here too. Windy with snow in
   northern Finland, the snow more patchy in the south. Windy with patchy
   rain and snow in the Baltic States.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 26, 2025 at 4:25 am

Quite a lot of clouds, somewhat higher temperatures especially during the first days
inland there is still a chance of light frost at night with a chance of (local)
smoothness. There is also a chance of fog on Sunday and Monday. The odds increase around New Year's Eve
precipitation that can also have a winter character inland.

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Sunshine (%) 80 40 40 20 10 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 0 10 10 20 20 30 50
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0/2 1/5
Minimum temp. (gr. C) -6 -5 -1 -3/0 2 2 3
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 2 4 3 6 7 6 6
Wind direction NO NO NO W NW NW W
Wind force (bft) 3 2 2 3 3 3 4


Long term, Friday January 2, 2026 to Friday January 9, 2026:
Quite cloudy and slightly changeable with a small chance of winter
precipitation. Maximum temperatures are probably around the long-term average
with a 20-30% chance of temperatures below that. The chance of frost at night is approx.
30%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:26 UTC 261225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
high, 1038, over Scotland is slowly moving northwest. associated ridge towards 
Poland is slowly moving southwest.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames 
east 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5. good.

Humber 
east 5-6, decreasing 4-5. good.

German Bight 
variable 2-4. good, later in the coastal area possibly moderate.

Dogger 
east 4-5, decreasing northeast 3-4. good.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
east to northeast 4-5, increasing 5-6. good.

Thames 
east to northeast 4-5, later increasing 5-6. good.

Humber 
east to northeast 4-5. good.

German Bight 
variable 2-4, increasing north to northwest 5-6. good, first in the coastal area 
possibly moderate.

Dogger 
north to northeast 3-4, later increasing 4-5. good.


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 * Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/6)

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