Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea
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From : Postbus 7
Date : Fri Dec 12 2025 12:00 pm

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

   Europe forecast - December 12, 2025
   Wet Spain & Portugal
   Drier central Europe

   Issued: 0530hrs Friday 12th December 2025
   Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

   Heavy rain Portugal and western Spain, drier in central Europe

   Friday
   Widespread heavy rain in Portugal east into central Spain, drier east
   but patchy rain near coasts. The Mediterranean islands remain dry but
   with some patchy cloud around, these conditions extending east across
   Italy and into the northern Balkan States. The southern Balkans,
   Greece, and west Türkiye remain mostly sunny, some rain in north
   Türkiye.
   Brighter in France with local patchy rain in the west. A few odd
   patches of morning rain in the Low Countries and west Germany, but
   otherwise dry and increasingly bright here. The rest of the continent
   will be dry as well with increasing bright spells in central and
   western areas. Poland and Hungary stay cloudier. Some rain remains in
   Ukraine with strong winds.
   A dry but cloudy day in Denmark and southern parts of Sweden and
   Norway; snow in central areas. Morning patchy rain in the Baltic States
   will clear for bright spells, though Lithuania may remain cloudy. A
   bright and often sunny day in Finland with little or no precipitation.

   Saturday
   Cloud and some showers over eastern and southern areas of Spain, breezy
   here too. Dry and sunny in the north. Outbreaks of rain in the
   Balearics. Some sunshine for Corsica and Sardinia and well as Italy
   after morning mist and fog clears. Scattered showers in southern Greece
   but fair for Turkey with lots of sunshine here.
   A fair day for France, the Low Countries and Germany. Some morning mist
   and fog patches but these clearing to leave the day fair with good
   spells of sunshine. Cloudier in central and northern Poland, some
   outbreaks of rain gere. Hungary and Austria should be dry with sunny
   spells.
   Breezy but fair for Denmark. Cloud and rain in the Baltic States and
   Finland, breezy here as well. Some sleet and snow in northern Sweden,
   drier to the south. Gales and rain arriving in southwest Norway later.
   Rain and sleet in the north and breezy too.

 * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * 

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 2:32 am

Periods of sunshine and dry almost everywhere. Occasional rain after Wednesday. Quite soft
with afternoon temperatures around 10°C. At night the temperature remains well above
freezing point.

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Sunshine (%) 20 40 20 50 50 30 20
Precipitation probability (%) 30 20 10 10 20 30 50
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/4
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 7 5 5 6 5 6
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 11 9 10 11 10 10
Wind direction S SW Z Z Z SW Z
Wind force (bft) 3 3 4 4 3 2 4


Long term, Friday December 19, 2025 to Friday December 26, 2025:
First changeable and soft. From the weekend to approximately 40% increasing chance
at temperatures below the long-term average. The chance of precipitation is then approximately
30%.

 * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * 

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:29 UTC 121225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
Ridge over German Bight will move east. Low, 953, southwest of Iceland will move to 
Iceland, 974. Associated trough over Dogger will move to Denmark.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover 
south to southwest 4-5.

Thames 
south to southwest 4-5. occasionally light rain. good, in precipitation possibly 
moderate.

Humber 
south 3-4, occasionally 5, veering west. occasionally light rain. good, in 
precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight 
south to southwest 4-5. occasionally light rain. good, in precipitation and in the 
southern part locally moderate.

Dogger 
south 4-5, in the west first 6, veering west 3-4, occasionally 5. occasionally light 
rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover 
southwest 4-5, soon decreasing northwest 2-3, occasionally 4.

Thames 
southwest 4-5, soon decreasing west to northwest 3-4. first light rain. good, in 
precipitation moderate.

Humber 
west to northwest 3-4, backing west to southwest. first light rain. good, in 
precipitation moderate.

German Bight 
southwest 4-5, veering west. occasionally light rain. good, in precipitation 
moderate.

Dogger 
west 3-4, occasionally 5, soon increasing west to southwest 4-5, occasionally 6. 
first light rain. good, in precipitation moderate.


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