* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
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Europe forecast - December 29, 2025
Very cold Scandinavia
Windy for many

Issued: 0530hrs Monday 29th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Best of bright and dry weather in west/northwest Europe where high
pressure is dominant. Showery in the Mediterranean, increasingly so in
the east, with spells of snow for Scandinavia.

Monday
A few showers in eastern and southern Spain. Fine for most of Spain and
Portugal with plenty of sunshine west. Scattered showers in the
Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia, though often sunny too. Italy will be
fair after morning fog clears, then plenty of sunshine. The Balkan
States, Greece, and TUrkiye will be dry with lots of sunshine too.
Cool and dry with plenty of sunshine in France, blustery in the north.
The Low Countries Germany, and Czechia will be cold and cloudy from the
brisk northerly breeze. Some snow showers affecting east Poland.
Austria and Hungary will be dry with lots of sunshine too. Switzerland
is going to be dry and fair as well as cold. Snow in Belarus and
Ukraine, some early in Romania though becoming sunny with time.
Windy and cold through the Baltic States with a mix of sunshine and
wintry showers. Windy too in Finland, cold with scattered snow showers.
Further snow showers for north and west Sweden with some sunny spells.
Heavy, frequent snow showers affecting much of northern and western
Norway, often bright in the far south and in Denmark.

Tuesday
Some rain in northern Spain, otherwise fine with sunny spells in
Iberia. Scattered showers for the central Mediterranean islands and
Italy, the showers more frequent and heavy south. Bright spells in the
Balkan States. Increasingly showery in southern Greece, later heavy and
pushing into western TUrkiye.
More mixed cloud and sun for France and the Low Countries, some patchy
rain possible near the coast. Mostly fine and cold in Germany in
Switzerland, just some patchy snow in southeast Germany and west
Austria. Patchy snow too in Czechia and Slovakia, more often snowy
eastern Poland; windy here. A few snow showers in Serbia and Romania
too but often bright away from the showers.
More bright and windy weather for Denmark and southern Sweden. Frequent
heavy snow continues to affect north and west Norway, this slipping
into central Sweden later in the day. Some snow in southern Finland,
other parts dry with bright spells. Snow will be fairly frequent across
the Baltic States.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 29, 2025 at 5:08 am

Gradually slightly decreasing temperatures at the beginning of the new year temporarily more wind and cloudy and changeable from New Year's Day. The fallout
has a winter character from time to time.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Sunshine (%) 10 40 10 10 20 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 20 10 30 70 80 70 70
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0 0/1 2/6 2/8 1/6 0/5
Minimum temp. (gr. C) -3 0 1 2 2 0 -1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 5 4 6 5 5 2/5 1/4
Wind direction W N NW SW W SW SW
Wind force (bft) 3 3 3 4 4 3 3


Long term, Monday January 5, 2026 to Monday January 12, 2026:
Persistently changeable with a chance of winter precipitation. Maximum temperatures are
well below the long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:31 UTC 291225.

Gale warnings:
German Bight
north 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
High, 1040, south of Iceland has a ridge over the British Isles. Weak trough will
move southwards across the North Sea on Monday.

Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
northeast 4-5, first possibly 6, decreasing 2-4. later occasional showers. good, in
precipitation possibly moderate.

Thames
north to northeast 3-4, increasing 4-5. occasional showers. good, in precipitation
possibly moderate.

Humber
north 4-5, increasing 5-6. occasional showers. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight
north 6-7, in the southwestern part first 4-5. occasional showers. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

Dogger
north 4-5, increasing 5-6. first occasional showers. good, in precipitation possibly
moderate.


Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
northeast 2-4, increasing 4-5. risk of an isolated shower. good, in precipitation
possibly moderate.

Thames
north to northeast 4-5. risk of an isolated shower. good, in precipitation possibly
moderate.

Humber Dogger
north 5-6. risk of an isolated shower. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight
north 6-7, later decreasing 5-6. risk of an isolated shower. good, in precipitation
possibly moderate.


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

* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
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Europe forecast - December 27, 2025
Gales northeast
Wet southwest

Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 27th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Mostly fine weather over the central continent though breezy for most.

Saturday
Heavy rain in southern Spain and Portugal, brighter and drier north.
Rain in northeast Spain as well, 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 southwest cost. Fine in
western TUrkiye, snow in the mountains central and east.
A bright, breezy day 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. Dry with sunny spells in Romania
and Bulgaria.
Widely windy across northeastern Europe with gales in Scandinavia, risk
severe gales on western coasts. Fine and bright in southern Norway,
Denmark, and much of Sweden. Frequent snow showers drift into Norway's
west coast, many passing into northwestern Sweden as well. Often
snowing in the north in Finland, drier south for a time, but outbreaks
of snow forming here too. Some snow in the Baltics, mostly Estonia and
Latvia.

Sunday
More rain in southern and eastern Iberia, as well as over the
Balearics. Only scattered rain over Sardinia. Fine for Corsica and
Italy. Fine too in the Balkan States, some more cloud and wind than the
day prior. Greece will be mostly sunny, as well as west and south
TUrkiye, though some rain and snow arriving in norther TUrkiye as the
day goes.
France stays mostly bright, similarly bright across Switzerland and
Austria, though quite windy across the mountains. Mixed cloud and sun
for the Low Countries and Germany. Also bright but windier in Czechia
and Hungary, more cloud with strong wind in Poland and Slovakia. Very
windy with snow in Belarus and Ukraine, this reaching into Romania too.
Drier with bright spells in Bulgaria.
More wind in the northeast, strongest in the Baltic States as well as
northwest Norway. More snow showers into northwest Norway and Sweden,
dry and bright with sunny bursts in the south. More dry sunshine for
Denmark as well. Finland sees mixed cloud and sun with outbreaks of
snow, some rain and snow in the Baltic States as well.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 4:20 am

First chance of fog and frost at night. Then rising temperatures, more wind
and cloudy and changeable from New Year's Day. The precipitation can sometimes be wintery
have character.

Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sunshine (%) 30 30 20 30 10 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 20 50 60 60
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 1/2 1/4 2/9
Minimum temp. (gr. C) -3 -1 -4 0 1 1 1/4
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 4 2 5 6 7 6 6
Wind direction NE O W NW NW W W
Wind force (bft) 2 2 3 3 4 4 3


Long term, Saturday January 3, 2026 to Saturday January 10, 2026:
Persistently changeable with a small chance of winter precipitation.
Maximum temperatures are probably around or just around the long-term average below that with a 20-30% chance of frost in the nights.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:12 UTC 271225.

Gale warnings:
German Bight
north 7

Dover
northeast 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
high 1047 northwest of Scotland changing little. associated ridge towards Germany is
slowly moving southwest.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
northeast 5-6, for a time 7. good.

Thames
northeast 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5. good, first in the coastal area possibly moderate.

Humber
northeast 4-5. good.

German Bight
north 4-5, soon in the northern part increasing 6-7, later in the eastern part decreasing northeast 3-4. good.

Dogger
north 4-5, increasing 5-6. good.


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

Thames
east to northeast 4-5, decreasing 3-4. good.

Humber
northeast 4-5, decreasing 3-4. good.

German Bight
northeast 3-4, first in the northwestern part north 5-6, decreasing variable 1-3.
good.

Dogger
north to northeast 5-6, decreasing 3-4. good.


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

* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
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Europe forecast - December 28, 2025
Very cold Scandinavia
Showery Iberia

Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 28th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Cold Scandinavia and the far east of Europe with snow showers, furher
showers in Iberia

Sunday
More rain in southern and eastern Iberia, as well as over the
Balearics. Only scattered rain over Sardinia. Fine for Corsica and
Italy. Fine too in the Balkan States, some more cloud and wind than the
day prior. Greece will be mostly sunny, as well as west and south
TUrkiye, though some rain and snow arriving in norther TUrkiye as the
day goes.
France stays mostly bright, similarly bright across Switzerland and
Austria, though quite windy across the mountains. Mixed cloud and sun
for the Low Countries and Germany. Also bright but windier in Czechia
and Hungary, more cloud with strong wind in Poland and Slovakia. Very
windy with snow in Belarus and Ukraine, this reaching into Romania too.
Drier with bright spells in Bulgaria.
More wind in the northeast, strongest in the Baltic States as well as
northwest Norway. More snow showers into northwest Norway and Sweden,
dry and bright with sunny bursts in the south. More dry sunshine for
Denmark as well. Finland sees mixed cloud and sun with outbreaks of
snow, some rain and snow in the Baltic States as well.

Monday
A few showers in eastern and southern Spain. Fine for most of Spain and
Portugal with plenty of sunshine. Showersin the Balearics, Corsica and
Sardinia. Italy will be fair after morning fog clears, then plenty of
sunshine. Greece and Turkey will be dry with lots of sunshine too.
Cool and dry with plenty of sunshine in France. The Low Countries and
Germany will be cold and fine. Some snow showers affecting Poland.
Austria and Hungary will be dry with lots of sunshine too. Switzerland
is going to be dry and fair as well as cold.
Windy and cold through the Baltic States with a mix of sunshine and
wintry showers. Windy too in Finland, cold with scattered snow showers.
Further snow showers for Sweden with some sunny spells. Heavy, frequent
snow showers affecting much of northern and western Norway.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 4:20 am

First chance of fog and frost at night. Then rising temperatures, more wind
and cloudy and changeable from New Year's Day. The precipitation can sometimes be wintery
have character.

Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sunshine (%) 30 30 20 30 10 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 20 50 60 60
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 1/2 1/4 2/9
Minimum temp. (gr. C) -3 -1 -4 0 1 1 1/4
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 4 2 5 6 7 6 6
Wind direction NE O W NW NW W W
Wind force (bft) 2 2 3 3 4 4 3


Long term, Saturday January 3, 2026 to Saturday January 10, 2026:
Persistently changeable with a small chance of winter precipitation.
Maximum temperatures are probably around or just around the long-term average below that with a 20-30% chance of frost in the nights.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:18 UTC 281225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
High, 1040, northwest of Scotland is changing little. Associated ridge is building
over the German Bight, and is slowly moving southwestwards across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
northeast 4-5, later decreasing 3-4. good.

Thames
northeast 3-4. good, in the coastal area decreasing moderate.

Humber
northeast 3-4. good.

German Bight
variable 1-3, soon from the north increasing northwest 3-4, later in the northern
part 5-6. good, in the coastal area moderate, locally poor or fog.

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


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
east to northeast 3-4, increasing 4-5. good.

Thames
northeast 3-4. good, especially first in the coastal area moderate, locally poor or
fog.

Humber
northeast 3-4, backing north. good.

German Bight
northwest 4-5, from the north increasing 5-6, later in the northeastern part 6-7.
later risk of an light shower. good, first in the coastal area moderate, locally
poor or fog.

Dogger
north to northwest 4-5. later risk of an light shower. good.


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

* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
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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 TUrkiye 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 TUrkiye, 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)

* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
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Europe forecast - December 25, 2025
Cold in north and east.
Wet in southwest.

Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 25th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

High pressure Northwest Europe

Thursday
A mostly dry and bright day for Portugal. Spain will see plenty of
shower over the east coast, and some over the north coast, but mostly
dry elsewhere. Some early sleet or snow for the northwestern parts of
France, and some showers for the south coast. A mostly dry but breezy
day for the British Isles, the Low Countries and Germany. Dry but with
light winds for Denmark and Poland. A mostly dry and bright day for
Norway, but cloudier and more breezy for Sweden and Finland. Bright
with strong winds for the Baltic Staes, while some snow is expected for
the eastern parts of Belarus and Ukraine.
A rather cloudy but mostly dry day for the countries of Central Europe.
Perhaps some early light snow for Austria and Switzerland. Bright with
sunny spells for Romania. Cloudier but mostly dry for the Balkans.
Plenty of showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, some on the
heavy side. Showers for Italy more frequent over the coastal areas,
with some snow over high ground in the north. Some heavy rain to start
with, over Greece, turning drier later. Some rain for western Turkiye,
drier further east. Bright with sunny spells for Cyprus.

Friday
Some coastal showers for the Iberia, more frequent at first for the
Spanish coast, and then over the Portuguese coast later in the day. A
mostly dry bright day for France, but some rain is expected in far
southwest. Dry, rather cloudy and breezy for the British Isles, the Low
Countries, Germany, and Poland while lighter winds are expected for
Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Breezy with bright conditions for Finland
and the Baltic States. Some patchy snow for Ukraine and eastern
Belarus.
Another dry day for Switzerland and Austria perhaps with some bright
skies. Cloudier for Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. A cloudy day for
Romania perhaps with some patchy sleet over the eastern parts. Same for
Bulgaria, but rest of the Balkans will remain dry.
Frequent showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, as well as
Malta and southern Italy. Some patchy rain at first for Greece, while
eastern Turkiye will see outbreaks of snow. Some showers for Cyprus.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 2:47 am

Dry, partly cloudy. Maximum temperatures rise slowly and decline
weekend around the long-term average. Sunday chance of (possibly persistent) fog. There will be light frost at night, with a chance of local frost on Sunday and Monday
smoothness. A small chance of rain, possibly wet snow, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Sunshine (%) 90 80 40 40 20 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 0 0 10 10 20 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/2
Minimum temp. (gr. C) -4 -6 -2 -1 -3/0 2 2
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) -1 2 6 3 6 7 6
Wind direction NO NO NO NO W NW NW
Wind force (bft) 4 3 2 2 3 3 3


Long term, Thursday January 1, 2026 to Thursday January 8, 2026:
Maximum temperatures below the long-term average and variable. Possibly too winter precipitation.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:15 UTC 251225.

Gale warnings:
Dover Thames Humber
east to northeast 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
high, 1041, over the northern part of the North Sea is slowly moving to Scotland.
associated ridge building over the German Bight.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
east to northeast 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6, later 4-5. good.

Thames
east to northeast 6-7, decreasing 5-6. good.

Humber
east to northeast 5-6, in the southern part occasionally 7. good.

German Bight
east to northeast 4-5, in the southern part first 5-6. good.

Dogger
east to northeast 4-5. good.


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

Thames Humber
east 5-6. good.

German Bight
east 4-5, in the northern part variable 2-4. good.

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


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

* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
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Europe forecast - December 24, 2025
Rain central & south
Windy, cold north

Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 24th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wet central and southern areas of Europe, windy in the north and colder
for Father Christmas and the reindeer tonight

Christmas Eve
Showery rain in northern Spain, fair for most areas and in Portugal
too. Heavy periods of rain reaching the Balearics. Corsica and Sardinia
will be wet with heavy periods of rain too. More rain Italy and again
that will be heavy. Greece will be wet and heavy. More rain in western
Turkey but dry in central and eastern areas.
String winds and cold in France, rain in eastern and southern France.
The rest of the country will be dry with sunny spells. More sunny
spells for the Low Countries. Germany and Poland will be mostly dry.
Cloudy in Hungary whilst Austria and Switzerland will be wet with heavy
periods of rain.
Fair through Denmark and cold too. The Baltic States will be dry and
fair. Windy with broken cloud in Finland. Dry in Sweden with sunny
spells in the south. Windy in the north. Norway will be fair to the
south. Windy and wet in the north with a risk of gales.

Christmas Day
Heavy rain in eastern areas of Spain. Further rain in the far
northwest. Other areas brighter with sunny spells and mostly dry. Wet
in the Balearics with heavy rain. Staying unsettled through Italy with
more rain here, heavy in the south. Greece will be wet with heavy rain,
and the rain staying heavy in western Turkey.
Cloud and some rain in the far south of France. Mostly dry with lots of
cloud in the rest of France. Breezy in the Low Countries with some
bright spells here. Germany and Poland will be drier with broken cloud
and sunshine. Cloudier skies for Hungary and Austria. Bright spells in
Switzerland.
Norway
there will be some snow showers in the west and north and it is going
to be breezy, gales in the north.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 4:49 am

Sunny, dry and maximum temperatures around freezing point on Christmas Day. Then
gradually more clouds and maximum temperatures that slowly rise and after weekend around the long-term average. Sunday chance (possibly
persistent) fog. It freezes slightly at night. It stays dry.

Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Sunshine (%) 10 70 80 70 50 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 0 -4 -4 -3 -1 -2/1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 5 3 0 2 3 4 6
Wind direction NO NO NO NO NO NO NW
Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 3 3 3 2


Long term, Tuesday December 30, 2025 to Tuesday January 6, 2026:
Maximum temperatures around the long-term average and 40-50% chance of precipitation.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:13 UTC 241225.

Gale warnings:
Dover Thames Humber
east to northeast 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
High, 1040, over the south of Norway is gradually moving to the northern part of the
North Sea.

Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames
east to northeast 6-7. good.

Humber
east 5-6, in the south occasionally 7. good.

German Bight
east to northeast 4-5, in the southern part 5-6. good.

Dogger
east to northeast 4-5. good.


Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
east to northeast 6-7, possibly for a time 8. good.

Thames Humber German Bight Dogger
no significant change.


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

* * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *
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Europe forecast - December 23, 2025
Wet southern Europe
Cold, windy north

Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 23rd December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wet southern Europe, cold but drier north and windy in places

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 TUrkiye, 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.

Wednesday
Showery rain in northern Spain, fair for most areas and in Portugal
too. Heavy periods of rain reaching the Balearics. Corsica and Sardinia
will be wet with heavy periods of rain too. More rain Italy and again
that will be heavy. Greece will be wet and heavy. More rain in western
Turkey but dry in central and eastern areas.
String winds and cold in France, rain in eastern and southern France.
The rest of the country will be dry with sunny spells. More sunny
spells for the Low Countries. Germany and Poland will be mostly dry.
Cloudy in Hungary whilst Austria and Switzerland will be wet with heavy
periods of rain.
Fair through Denmark and cold too. The Baltic States will be dry and
fair. Windy with broken cloud in Finland. Dry in Sweden with sunny
spells in the south. Windy in the north. Norway will be fair to the
south. Windy and wet in the north with a risk of gales.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 4:49 am

Sunny, dry and maximum temperatures around freezing point on Christmas Day. Then
gradually more clouds and maximum temperatures that slowly rise and after weekend around the long-term average. Sunday chance (possibly
persistent) fog. It freezes slightly at night. It stays dry.

Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Sunshine (%) 10 70 80 70 50 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 0 -4 -4 -3 -1 -2/1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 5 3 0 2 3 4 6
Wind direction NO NO NO NO NO NO NW
Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 3 3 3 2


Long term, Tuesday December 30, 2025 to Tuesday January 6, 2026:
Maximum temperatures around the long-term average and 40-50% chance of precipitation.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:19 UTC 231225.

Gale warnings:
German Bight
east to southeast 7

Humber
east 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
High, 1036, over Scandinavia moving to the northern part of the North Sea.

Forecast valid Tuesday 09:00 till Tuesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
east to northeast 5-6. good.

Thames
east 5-6. good.

Humber
east 5-6, later in the eastern part possibly 7. good.

German Bight
east to southeast 5-6, temporary increasing 6-7. good.

Dogger
east to southeast 5-6. good.


Forecast valid Tuesday 21:00 till Wednesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
east to northeast 5-6, later 6-7. good.

Thames
east 5-6, later increasing 6-7. good.

Humber
east 5-6, in the eastern part possibly 7. good.

German Bight
east 5-6, in the northern part decreasing east to northeast 4-5. good.

Dogger
east to southeast 5-6, decreasing east 4-5. good.


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

* * * 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 TUrkiye.
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 TUrkiye, 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.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 21, 2025
Wet south and west
Colder east and north

Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 21st December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Wet Mediterranean and much of western Europe, colder east and north

Sunday
Early heavy rain and then coastal showers for Portugal. Outbreaks of
rain, perhaps heavy, with snow over high ground for Spain. Unsettled
for France with outbreaks of rain, heavy in central and southern parts.
Cloudy and breezy for the British Isles along with some rain. Dry but
breezy and rather cloudy for the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark and
Poland. High pressure over Scandinavia with dry bur rather cloudy
conditions for Norway and Sweden. Finland will see cloudy skies with
some patchy light snow in north. A dry and breezy day for the Baltic
States. Belarus and Ukraine will see dry conditions.
Settled conditions will continue over Central Europe with mostly cloudy
conditions but some sunny spells perhaps over Switzerland and Austria.
Similar conditions for Romania and the Balkans.
A dry start for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica but heavy rain
arrives later in the day. A mostly dry day for Italy, but increasingly
cloudy with some rain in west later. Outbreaks of rain for Greece,
mostly in south. Similar in Turkiye. Heavy showers or thunderstorms for
Cyprus.

Monday
Rain for northern Portugal and northern Spain. A few showers in eastern
and southern Spain too. Heavy showers in the Balearics with heavy rain
for Corsica and Sardinia as well as northern Italy. Further showers in
southern Italy. Greece will be mostly dry with isolated showers, whilst
rain affects Turkey.
France will have rain west and south but fair in northern France. the
Low Countries and Germany as well as Poland will be cold and dry with
sunny spells. Dry too in Hungary and Austria with rain in Switzerland.
Denmark will be dry and bright with sunny spells. More sunshine to come
through the Low Countries. Finland will be cold and dry. Staying cold
and dry in Sweden. A few snow showers in northern Norway but dry and
cold for most.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 2:52 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.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunshine (%) 30 30 20 40 80 70 60
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 6 3 1 -1 -3 -3 -3
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 6 6 2 1 2 1/4
Wind direction O O O NO NO NO NO
Wind force (bft) 3 3 3 4 4 3 2


Long term, Sunday December 28, 2025 to Sunday January 4, 2026:
Probably slightly less cold, but still temperatures slightly below
long-term averages. The chance of (winter) precipitation gradually increases
to about 50%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:03 UTC 211225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
High over the Norwegian Sea, 1023, is building and is moving to Scandinavia.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
southeast 3-4, soon backing east, increasing 4-5. occasionally light rain or drizzle.
moderate to good, especially in precipitation possibly poor, gradually increasing
good.

Thames Humber
southeast 3-4, increasing east 4-5, later possibly 6. in the western part temporary
light rain or drizzle. moderate to good, especially in precipitation possibly poor,
gradually increasing good.

German Bight
east to southeast, occasionally 6. good, in the coastal area possibly moderate.

Dogger
east to southeast 4-5, in the north first 5-6. especially first occasionally light
rain or drizzle. moderate to good, especially in precipitation possibly poor, gradually increasing good.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
mainly east 4, occasionally 5, gradually veering southeast 3-4. especially first
occasionally light rain or drizzle. good.

Thames
east to southeast 4-5, first possibly 6. good.

Humber
east 4-5, especially in the northeastern part 5-6, veering southeast. good, in the
west first possibly moderate.

German Bight
east to southeast 5-6. good, in the coastal area first possibly moderate.

Dogger
east to southeast 4-5, soon increasing 5-6. good, in the west first possibly moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 20, 2025
Cold in north and east.
Wet in southwest.

Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 20th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

High pressure Central Europe

Saturday
A dry and bright start for Portugal, but plenty of showers arriving
later. Cloudy with some light rain for Spain through the morning, with
a longer spell of heavy rain arriving in the afternoon. Cloudy for
France with some showers, more frequent in northwest. Breezy with
outbreaks of rain for the British Isles. Some light rain for the Low
Countries and western parts of Germany. Mostly dry but rather cloudy
for Denmark, Sweden and Finland, but some sleet or snow for northern
and western Norway. Outbreaks of rain for the Baltic States. Dry but
cloudy for Belarus and Ukraine.
Another dry day for Central Europe as high pressure dominates the area.
Best of brightness of Austria and Czechia. Bright or sunny spells for
Romania and the Balkans.
Showers for the Balearics, but a longer spell of rain is expected
later. A few showers for Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Outbreaks of rain
for Greece, locally heavy in South. Mostly dry for Turkiye, best of the
brightness in east. Some showers for Cyprus.

Sunday
Early heavy rain and then coastal showers for Portugal. Outbreaks of
rain, perhaps heavy, with snow over high ground for Spain. Unsettled
for France with outbreaks of rain, heavy in central and southern parts.
Cloudy and breezy for the British Isles along with some rain. Dry but
breezy and rather cloudy for the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark and
Poland. High pressure over Scandinavia with dry bur rather cloudy
conditions for Norway and Sweden. Finland will see cloudy skies with
some patchy light snow in north. A dry and breezy day for the Baltic
States. Belarus and Ukraine will see dry conditions.
Settled conditions will continue over Central Europe with mostly cloudy
conditions but some sunny spells perhaps over Switzerland and Austria.
Similar conditions for Romania and the Balkans.
A dry start for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica but heavy rain
arrives later in the day. A mostly dry day for Italy, but increasingly
cloudy with some rain in west later. Outbreaks of rain for Greece,
mostly in south. Similar in Turkiye. Heavy showers or thunderstorms for
Cyprus.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 19, 2025 at 5:10 am

Mild at first, occasional rain and a chance of fog at night and during the weekend
morning. Persistently gray early next week, but mostly dry and gradual
falling temperatures.

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Sunshine (%) 40 10 40 50 20 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 60 40 20 10 10 10 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 0/1 0 0 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 10 3 5 3 1 1 -2/1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 11 7 9 7 5 4 1/5
Wind direction SW SE SE O NO NO NO
Wind force (bft) 3 2 2 3 3 4 3


Long term, Friday December 26, 2025 to Friday January 2, 2026:
Initially almost dry with a high chance (70%) of (fairly) cold winter weather and a
small chance (30%) of fairly mild weather. At the end of the period 50%
chance of a transition to more changeable and (temporarily) less cold conditions.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:28 UTC 201225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
Ridge over the Netherlands and the North Sea is moving northeastwards away. Trough
over France and Belgium is gradually moving northwestwards across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
southeast 3, occasionally 4, gradually increasing east to southeast 4, possibly 5.
soon occasionally light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation mainly moderate.

Thames
south to southeast 3-4, backing east to southeast, later possibly 5. first risk of
an isolated shower, gradually in the eastern part light rain or drizzle. good, in
precipitation moderate, possibly poor and in the coastal area first possibly fog.

Humber
south to southwest 3-4, backing southeast, later increasing east to southeast 4-5.
risk of an isolated shower, later in the eastern part light rain or drizzle. good,
in precipitation moderate, possibly poor and in the coastal area especially first
possibly fog.

German Bight
southwest 3-4, temporary decreasing 2-3, backing southeast, later increasing east to
southeast 4-5. good, in the south poor or fog, later increasing moderate.

Dogger
southwest mainly 4, backing southeast, later increasing 4-5. gradually risk of an
isolated shower. good, in the western part especially first locally moderate to poor.


Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
east to southeast 4, possibly 5, decreasing south to southeast 3-4. occasionally
light rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.

Thames
east to southeast 4, occasionally 5, decreasing southeast 3-4. occasionally light
rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.

Humber
east to southeast 4-5, later decreasing southeast 3-4. occasionally light rain or
drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.

German Bight
east to southeast 4-5, temporary occasionally 6. occasionally light rain or drizzle.
good, in precipitation and in the south first mainly moderate.

Dogger
southeast 4-5, especially in the north gradually occasionally 6. occasionally light
rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation mainly moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 19, 2025
Cold in north and east.
Wet in northwest.

Issued: 0530hrs Friday 19th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

High pressure Central Europe

Friday
A wet start for Portugal with some heavy rain, but becoming drier
later. A band of rain spreads over Spain through the day, with the best
of the conditions over the east coast. Outbreaks of rain for France
moving slowly to the southeast. Windy over the British Isles with
showers mostly over western exposure. Outbreaks of mostly light rain
for the Low Countries and Denmark. A dry bright start for Germany, but
some rain arrives in west later. Outbreaks of rain for southern parts
of Norway, Sweden and Finland, but turning to snow further north.
Breezy and cloudy but mostly dry for the Baltic States and Poland.
Lighter winds and cloudy skies for Belarus and Ukraine.
A dry day for Switzerland and Austria perhaps with some bright spells.
Cloudier for Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Bright with sunny spells
for Romania and the Balkans.
Cloudy with some showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. A few
showers for Italy, but a longer spell of rain arrives over the southern
parts. A dry day with sunshine for Greece, Turkiye and Cyprus.

Saturday
A dry and bright start for Portugal, but plenty of showers arriving
later. Cloudy with some light rain for Spain through the morning, with
a longer spell of heavy rain arriving in the afternoon. Cloudy for
France with some showers, more frequent in northwest. Breezy with
outbreaks of rain for the British Isles. Some light rain for the Low
Countries and western parts of Germany. Mostly dry but rather cloudy
for Denmark, Sweden and Finland, but some sleet or snow for northern
and western Norway. Outbreaks of rain for the Baltic States. Dry but
cloudy for Belarus and Ukraine.
Another dry day for Central Europe as high pressure dominates the area.
Best of brightness of Austria and Czechia. Bright or sunny spells for
Romania and the Balkans.
Showers for the Balearics, but a longer spell of rain is expected
later. A few showers for Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Outbreaks of rain
for Greece, locally heavy in South. Mostly dry for Turkiye, best of the
brightness in east. Some showers for Cyprus.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 19, 2025 at 5:10 am

Mild at first, occasional rain and a chance of fog at night and during the weekend
morning. Persistently gray early next week, but mostly dry and gradual
falling temperatures.

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Sunshine (%) 40 10 40 50 20 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 60 40 20 10 10 10 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 0/1 0 0 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 10 3 5 3 1 1 -2/1
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 11 7 9 7 5 4 1/5
Wind direction SW SE SE O NO NO NO
Wind force (bft) 3 2 2 3 3 4 3


Long term, Friday December 26, 2025 to Friday January 2, 2026:
Initially almost dry with a high chance (70%) of (fairly) cold winter weather and a
small chance (30%) of fairly mild weather. At the end of the period 50%
chance of a transition to more changeable and (temporarily) less cold conditions.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:38 UTC 191225.

Gale warnings:
Humber Dogger
southwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
low 980 north of Scotland moving northeast whilst filling. ridge building over the
British Isles expected over the North Sea by end of period.

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

Thames
west to southwest 5-6, later decreasing 4-5. good.

Humber
southwest 6-7, decreasing 5-6. good.

German Bight
southwest 5-6. first in the southeastern part occasionally rain or drizzle. good.

Dogger
southwest 6-7. good.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest backing south to southeast 3-4. risk of a shower. good, in precipitation
sometimes moderate.

Thames
southwest backing south 3-4. later risk of a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

Humber
west to southwest 4-5, later backing south to southwest 3-4. good, later in the
eastern part risk of fog.

German Bight
west to southwest 5-6, decreasing southwest 4. good, later in the southern part risk
of fog.

Dogger
southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. good.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 18, 2025
Windy, often wet north
Best sun southeast

Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 18th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Strong winds blow across northern Europe; often wet here, some rain
drifting across west/southwestern countries as well.

Thursday
Fair for Portugal and Spain with good spells of sunshine, through heavy
rain arrives into northwestern areas late in the day. Rain and cloud in
eastern areas of Spain. Some scattered showers over the Balearics and
Corsica though often dry and sunny. Scattered showers too in Italy,
mostly north and west, but often dry. Mixed cloud and sun for the
Balkan States. 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, windy in the west and increasingly wet northwest. Early rain in
the Low Countries and northwest Germany tends to east, some sun
breaking out. Poland and Hungary should be dry with good spells of
sunshine. Austria and Switzerland are mostly dry, just an occasional
showers in the south. A few showers too in Slovakia and Romania but
many dry with sun spells.
Widely windy across northern Europe. Extensive rain and snow in central
and south Norway in the morning soon slips east into Denmark and
Sweden, snow spreading widely in northern areas and into Finland. South
and east Finland stay dry though cloudy, similar conditions in the
Baltic States too.

Friday
A band of heavy rain sweeps across Portugal and west Spain, rain more
scattered east Spain. Scattered showers for the Balearics, Sardinia,
and Corsica. Showers in northwest Italy too, brighter south. A few
showers for coastal Croatia, otherwise the Balkan States dry and
bright. Greece and TUrkiye also sunny most of the day.
Rain sweeps across west and central France, scattered showers in the
far southeast. This rain extends into the Low Countries and northern
Germany, tending to ease as the day goes. Often bright/sunny in
southern Germany and the Alpine countries. Some cloud and patchy rain
in Slovakia and Hungary, more often sunny towards the Black Sea. Poland
will be often sunny as well.
A keen southwesterly wind blows across Denmark and southern parts of
Norway and Sweden. Early rain in Denmark and Sweden passes into
Finland. Some snow will linger across northern Scandinavia into
nighttime. Rain/snow showers into southwest Norway. Drier in the
Baltics with sunny spells, though some rain into Estonia later in the
day.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 3:31 am

Mild at first, occasional rain and a chance of fog at night and during the weekend
morning. Persistently gray early next week, but mostly dry and gradual
less soft.

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Sunshine (%) 30 40 10 20 30 20 10
Precipitation probability (%) 50 60 20 30 20 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 0/2 0 0/1 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 6 8 3 4 3 1 2
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 12 12 8 9 7 5 4
Wind direction S SW S SE O NO NO
Wind force (bft) 4 3 2 2 3 3 4


Long term, Thursday December 25, 2025 to Thursday January 1, 2026:
Initially almost dry with a high chance (80%) of (fairly) cold winter weather and a
small chance (20%) of fairly mild weather. At the end of the period
the chance of (winter) precipitation increases to 20-30%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:36 UTC 181225.

Gale warnings:
Dover Thames Humber
south 8

German Bight Dogger
south to southwest 7



Synopsis:
low south of Iceland 954 moving slowly eastwards. associated trough over the east of
the North Sea moving slowly east. second trough will reach the North Sea in the
afternoon and evening.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south 5-6, increasing 7, possibly 8. occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good,
in precipitation sometimes poor.

Thames Humber
south to southwest 5-6, increasing 6-7, later possibly 8. occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor.

German Bight
south to southwest 6-7, decreasing south 5-6, later increasing 7, possibly 8. occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor.

Dogger
southwest backing southeast 5-6, later increasing south to southwest 7, possibly 8.
later rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 5-6. first occasionally rain or drizzle.
moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor.

Thames
south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 5-6. especially first occasionally rain
or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor.

Humber
south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 5-6, later increasing 6-7. especially
first occasionally rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes
poor.

German Bight
south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 6-7. occasionally rain or drizzle.
moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor.

Dogger
south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 6-7. first rain or drizzle, later risk
of a shower. moderate to good, in precipitation sometimes poor.


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

* * * 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.


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

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

Europe forecast - November 25, 2025
Unsettled Mediterranean
Central/east snow

Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 25th November 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

A particularly unsettled regime in the central Mediterranean and
extending into the Alps and some eastern parts; snow could be quite
heavy over and northeast of the Alps.

Tuesday
A dry and bright day for Portugal. Spain will see cloudy skies and
showers in far north, but brighter in the south. Windy with patchy rain
for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica but plenty of showers
following. Cloudy with some heavy rain for central and southern Italy,
this rain extending into the Balkan States, particularly Croatia and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Patchier rain to the south towards Greece with
strong winds here too. A mostly fine day for TUrkiye and Cyprus though
odd showers here and there.
A showery day for France, more frequent in southeast with local snow;
showers too for the Low Countries with a notable North Sea breeze.
Germany and Poland will see some wintry showers in south and east
areas; largely dry north but cloudy. Some heavy snow for Switzerland,
Austria, Czechia. Heavy rain for Hungary and Slovakia. Dry with sun
spells for Romania and Bulgaria. Rain and snow for Belarus, but a
mostly dry day for Ukraine.
A cold day across Scandinavia. Denmark and southern Sweden will see
patchy rain and snow. Much of central Sweden and Norway will be dry
with sunny spells, though the northern Norwegian coast will see
frequent snow showers. Dry in Finland and often sunny in the south. Dry
too in the Baltics with sun here and there; some snow may form in
southeast Lithuania.

Wednesday
Fine in Iberia with only scattered showers in northern Spain. Strong
winds over the central Mediterranean islands with a risk of gales in
the east Balearics and regular showers here. Often raining in Italy and
the Balkan coast with persistent, heavy rain into western Greece.
Patchy rain and sunshine over the Aegean Sea and into TUrkiye.
Most of France will be dry but cloudy, some patchy snow in the
mountainous southeast. This snow extends across Switzerland and Austria
though tending to east. Substantially dry in the Low Countries and
Germany with some sunny spells. Cold in Czechia and Slovakia with heavy
snow, this band of snow extending into much of Poland. Some rain in
west Bulgaria but dry to the east and in Romania and Ukraine.
Dry with sunshine for much of southern Scandinavia. Sweden and Finland
likely dry all day though cloudy to the north. Spells of rain and snow
will affect west Norway but southern inland areas will be mostly dry.
Colder in the Baltic States with snow in east Lithuania. Generally
drier Latvia and Estonia with some sun in the north.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 4:42 am

Occasional rain from Thursday and significantly milder. Temporarily during the weekend
a little less mild again, but sometimes some sun. Possibly a bit more after the weekend
wind.

Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Sunshine (%) 20 50 10 20 30 20 10
Precipitation probability (%) 60 10 80 80 70 50 70
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0 2/5 2/6 1/4 0/4 0/7
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 0 0 2 5/8 5/8 2/5 2/7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 7 7 8 11 10 8 9
Wind direction N W SW SW SW SW SW S
Wind force (bft) 4 3 4 4 3 3 4


Long term, Tuesday December 2, 2025 to Tuesday December 9, 2025:
Fairly high chance of slightly changeable weather with occasional rain, but sometimes
also some sun. The temperatures are around or above the long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:13 UTC 251125.

Gale warnings:
Thames
north to northeast 7

Dover
north to northwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
Complex low, 1003, over Germany is slowly moving southeast. Associated trough moving
slowly across the North Sea. Ridge will reach the southern part of the North Sea
Wednesday morning.

Forecast valid Tuesday 09:00 till Tuesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
north to northwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.

Thames
north to northeast 5-6, first occasionally 7. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.

Humber
north to northeast 5-6, in the western part 4-5. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
north to northeast 5-6, later decreasing northeast 4-5. occasional showers. good, in
precipitation moderate.

Dogger
north to northeast 3-4, in the eastern part 5-6. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.


Forecast valid Tuesday 21:00 till Wednesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
north to northeast 5-6, decreasing 3-4. occasional showers. good, in precipitation
moderate.

Thames
north to northeast 5-6, decreasing north to northwest 3-4. occasional showers. good,
in precipitation moderate.

Humber
north to northeast 3-4, in the eastern part first 5, later decreasing variable 1-3.
occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
northeast 4-5, soon decreasing 3-4, later variable 1-3. occasional showers. good, in
precipitation moderate.

Dogger
north to northeast 3-4, in the eastern part first 5, soon decreasing variable 1-3,
later increasing southwest 3-4. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - November 26, 2025
Windy north
Wet Mediterranean and southeast

Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 26th November 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

The central and west continent will see the most settled weather with
bright spells. Unsettled to the north and southeast with wind and
rain/snow.

Wednesday
Fine in Iberia with only scattered showers in northern Spain. Strong
winds over the central Mediterranean islands with showers; a risk of
gales in the east Balearics. Often raining in Italy, though drier and
sunnier in the north. Showers along the Balkan coast with persistent,
heavy rain into western Greece. Patchy rain and sunshine over the
Aegean Sea and into west TUrkiye.
Most of France will be dry but cloudy, some patchy snow in the
mountainous southeast. This snow extends across Switzerland and Austria
though tending to ease through the day. Substantially dry in the Low
Countries and Germany with some sunny spells north. Cold in Czechia and
Slovakia with heavy snow, this band of snow extending into much of
Poland. Some showery rain in Hungary and Romania but many will be dry.
Rain in west Bulgaria, drier east.
Dry with sunny spells for much of southern Scandinavia. Sweden and
Finland likely dry all day with sunny spells though quite breezy in the
north. Spells of rain and snow will affect west Norway but southern
inland areas will be mostly dry. Colder in the Baltic States with snow
spreading from the east in Lithuania. Generally drier Latvia and
Estonia until later when snow reaches east Latvia.

Thursday
Staying fine and sunny in Iberia. Morning showers and wind in the
central Mediterranean, though easing over the Balearics. Unsettled in
central and south Italy with frequent showers, these merging into
broader areas of rain across most of mainland Greece. Some showers too
on the Balkan coast with snow in the mountains. Only scattered showers
with bright spells in the Aegean and coastal TUrkiye.
Some rain in north and central France with a strengthening
southwesterly wind, this wind stretching across the Low Countries,
northern Germany, and into Poland; largely dry in these areas with sun
breaking out, though some morning snow in Poland. A dry and
increasingly bright day over the Alps and eastward from Czechia to
Hungary. Rain and snow increasingly common in Bulgaria, Romania, and
central Ukraine.
A windy day across Scandinavia. Spells of rain and snow will pass from
southwest to northeast across many areas, these particularly persistent
and heavy in southwest Norway. Staying cold in the Baltic States with
morning snow, this easing into a mostly dry and windy day with sun
bursts.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 5:20 am

Often cloudy with occasional rain and temperatures slightly above long-term average.

Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Sunshine (%) 30 10 10 30 20 30 10
Precipitation probability (%) 10 50 80 70 60 60 60
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 1 1/4 1/4 0/4 0/5 1/5
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 1 6 6 4 2 3/6
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 6 8 11 10 8 6/10 9/12
Wind direction VAR Z ZW ZW Z Z Z
Wind force (bft) 2 4 4 4 4 4 4


Long term, Wednesday December 3, 2025 to Wednesday December 10, 2025:
Fairly high chance of slightly changeable weather with occasional rain, but sometimes
also some sun. Temperatures are slightly above the long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:25 UTC 261125.

Gale warnings:
Dogger
southwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
Ridge over England will move to Germany. Low, 989, over the Atlantic will move northeast. Associated trough will move eastwards across the North Sea Thursday night
and morning.

Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
north to northwest 3-4, backing southwest. good, in precipitation moderate.

Thames
mainly north 3-4, soon variable 1-3, later increasing southwest 4-5. especially in
the eastern part occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.

Humber
variable 1-3, increasing southwest 4-5, later 5-6. an isolated shower, later in the
western part light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
variable 1-3, increasing southwest 3-4, later 4-5. occasional showers. good, in
precipitation moderate.

Dogger
southwest 2-4, increasing 5-6, later 6-7. an isolated shower, later from the west
light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate.


Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 3-4, soon increasing 5-6, temporary occasionally 7. soon occasionally
light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Thames
southwest 4-5, soon increasing 5-6, temporary occasionally 7. soon occasionally
light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Humber
southwest 5-6, temporary increasing 6-7. occasionally light rain or drizzle. good,
in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight
southwest 4-5, soon increasing 6-7. first an isolated shower, from the west occasionally light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Dogger
southwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6. occasionally light rain or drizzle. good, in
precipitation moderate, possibly poor.


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

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

Europe forecast - November 27, 2025
Windy north, locally wet
Rain southeast

Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 27th November 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

The central and west continent will see the most settled weather with
bright spells. Unsettled to the north and southeast with wind and
rain/snow.

Thursday
Fine and sunny in Iberia, just a few scattered showers in north Spain.
Morning showers and wind in the central Mediterranean, though easing
over the Balearics for plenty of sunshine. Unsettled in central and
south Italy with frequent showers, these merging into broader areas of
rain, at times heavy, across most of mainland Greece. Some showers too
on the Balkan coast with snow in the mountains. Only scattered showers
with bright spells in the Aegean and coastal TUrkiye.
Some rain in north and central France with a strengthening
southwesterly wind north; this wind stretches across the Low Countries,
northern Germany, and into Poland; largely dry in these areas with sun
breaking out, though some morning snow in Poland. A dry and
increasingly bright day over the Alps and eastward from Austria and
Czechia to Hungary. An increasingly wet day in Bulgaria, Romania, and
central Ukraine.
A windy day across Scandinavia. A swathe of rain will pass southwest to
northeast across Denmark and Sweden, falling as snow further north.
Snow arrives too in Finland after a dry morning, though the southeast
stays dry. Morning snow too in the Baltic States, becoming dry with
bright spells here. Rain and snow will frequent the south and north
Norwegian coasts with spells reaching inland.

Friday
Sunny in Iberia, just some light rain in northwest Spain late in the
day. Some light showers in the Balearics, Sardinia, and Corsica,
turning dry and bright. Turning fine also for much of Italy though
southern areas remain showery. Patchy rain with upland snow in the
Baltics but dry for many. Frequent showers in Greece and west TUrkiye.
Milder in west France with rain in central and northern areas. Rain too
in the Low Countries and western Germany. Largely dry with good morning
sunshine across the Alps. Similarly bright early but cold from Austria
into Czechia, Slovakia, and Poland; it will turn cloudy here later.
Staying fine in Hungary. Some rain in Romania and Bulgaria.
A southwesterly wind across Scandinavia, gale force along the southwest
Norwegian coast. Rain in Finland with snow to the north, this snow
stretching into northern Sweden and Norway. Most of Sweden is dry, just
some light rain in the far south. Dry but cloudy for Denmark. Some rain
in western parts of Latvia and Estonia, drier elsewhere in the Baltic
States. Further rain and snow in southwest Norway, largely dry well
inland in the south.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 5:27 am

Changeable and on the mild side for the time of year.

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Sunshine (%) 10 10 30 20 30 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 90 70 70 60 60 60 70
Precipitation sum (mm) 1 1/4 1/4 0/4 0/5 1/5 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 1 7 6 4 2 3/6 6
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 11 10 8 8 9/12 10
Wind direction Z ZW ZW Z Z Z Z
Wind force (bft) 4 3 3 4 4 4 3


Long term, Thursday December 4, 2025 to Thursday December 11, 2025:
Fairly high chance of slightly changeable weather with occasional rain, but sometimes
also some sun. Temperatures are slightly above the long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:07 UTC 271125.

Gale warnings:
all districts southwest 7


Synopsis:
low over the Atlantic moving northeastwards and deepening, 963. associated trough
over the North Sea will move eastwards across the Netherlands. associated second
trough will move Friday morning eastwards across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 5-6, first possibly 7. first rain or drizzle, after risk of an isolated
light shower. good, in precipitation moderate.

Thames
southwest 5-6, in the eastern part occasionally 7. first rain or drizzle, after risk
of an isolated light shower. good, in precipitation moderate.

Humber
southwest 5-6, in the eastern part 6-7. first rain or drizzle, after risk of an
isolated light shower. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
southwest 5-6, in the eastern part 6-7, later increasing 6-7. rain or drizzle, later
risk of an isolated shower. moderate to poor, small risk fog.

Dogger
southwest 5-6, later increasing 6-7. first rain or drizzle, after risk of an isolated light shower. good, in precipitation moderate.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 5-6, decreasing west to southwest 4-5. risk of an light shower. good, in
precipitation moderate.

Thames
southwest 5-6, first possibly 7, in the morning decreasing west to southwest 4-5.
risk of an light shower. good, in precipitation moderate.

Humber
southwest 5-6, first possibly 7. risk of an light shower. good, in precipitation
moderate.

German Bight
southwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6, in the northwestern part 6-7. risk of an light
shower. moderate to poor, small risk fog, gradually increasing good.

Dogger
southwest 6-7. risk of an light shower. good, in precipitation moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - November 28, 2025
Cold in north.
Dry southwest.

Issued: 0530hrs Friday 28th November 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Unsettled Mediterranean

Friday
A dry and bright day for the Iberia with plenty of sunny spells, but
cloudier in north later. A band of rain pushing south through the day,
with some coastal showers following. A windy day with plenty of showers
for the British Isles, and heavy rain in south. Some light rain for the
Low Countries. Outbreaks of light rain for Germany, heavier in south.
Windy with showers for Denmark. Norway will see wintry showers in west
and windy conditions. Breezy with mostly dry conditions for Sweden, but
some light snow in north. Outbreaks of rain, sleet, and snow in north,
for Finland. A rather cloudy day for the Baltic States but mostly dry.
A dry day for Belarus and Ukraine.
A cold day for Central Europe but mostly dry perhaps bright too. Some
light rain reaches western Switzerland later in the day. Romania will
see outbreaks of rain, more widespread rain over the Balkans with snow
over high ground.
Mostly dry with sunny spells for the Balearics. A few early showers for
Sardinia and Corsica, soon becoming dry and sunny. Showery for central
and southern Italy, but drier in north. Heavy showers and thunderstorms
for Greece and feeling cooler than of late. Showers for western Turkiye
but dry and bright further east. A rather cloudy day for Cyprus.

Saturday
Rain spreading over the northern parts of Portugal and Spain, drier in
south. Some heavy rain arrives from the northwest over France. Heavy
rain for southern and eastern parts of the British Isles, spreading
over the Low Countries later in the day along with strong winds. Some
rain at first over southern Germany and western Poland, drier later.
Windy with some light rain for Denmark. Wintry showers for western and
northern Norway, but drier over Sweden. Some light rain and sleet for
Finland. Outbreaks of light rain for the Baltic States, while dry
weather will prevail over Belarus and Ukraine.
Some light rain for Switzerland, western Austria and western Czechia in
the morning clearing later. Hungary and Slovakia will stay dry. Heavy
rain for Romania, while the Balkans will see drier conditions.
Dry with sunny spells for the Balearics, while a few showers expected
over Sardinia and Corsica. Mostly dry and bright with sunny spells for
Italy. Showery for Greece, but gradually drier. Heavy rain for western
Turkiye, but drier brighter over the eastern parts. Heavy rain for
Cyprus.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, November 28, 2025 at 5:43 am

Changeable, mainly cloudy and mild. Possibly a lot of wind on the coast on Sunday.
The chance of precipitation is small from Wednesday.

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Sunshine (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 70 40 70 80 70 30 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0/1 1/4 2/7 1/3 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 8 7 6 2 6 6 5
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 11 9 9 10 10 9
Wind direction Z Z ZW Z Z Z Z
Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 5 4 4 3


Long term, Friday December 5, 2025 to Friday December 12, 2025:
70% chance of changeable weather with temperatures around or above long term average. 30% chance of calm, mostly dry weather with temperatures below long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:57 UTC 281125.

Gale warnings:
Dogger
southwest 8

Humber German Bight
southwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
low 964 over the Faroes will move northeast. trough over the Netherlands moving
slowly east. a second trough will reach the North Sea on Friday evening and activates at night.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 5-6, first possibly 7, later decreasing 3-4. good.

Thames
southwest 5-6, first occasionally 7, later decreasing 4-5. good.

Humber
southwest 5-6, first occasionally 7. later an isolated shower. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight
southwest 6-7, decreasing 5-6, later in the northwestern part 7. good, in the southeastern part moderate to poor, risk of fog.

Dogger
southwest 6-7, later in the northern part possibly 8. later an isolated shower. good,
in precipitation possibly moderate.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 3-4, soon increasing 5-6. risk of a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

Thames
southwest 4-5, soon increasing 5-6, in the evening possibly 7. in the west showery
rain. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

Humber
southwest 5-6, in the northern part occasionally 7, in the evening increasing 6-7.
showery rain. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

German Bight
southwest 5-6, increasing 6-7. later showery rain. good, in precipitation sometimes
moderate, first in the southeastern part possibly poor.

Dogger
southwest 6-7, occasionally 8. later an isolated shower. good, in precipitation
sometimes moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - November 29, 2025
Cold in north.
Dry northeast.

Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 29th November 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Unsettled Mediterranean

Saturday
Rain spreading over the northern parts of Portugal and Spain, drier in
south. Some heavy rain arrives from the northwest over France. Heavy
rain for southern and eastern parts of the British Isles, spreading
over the Low Countries later in the day along with strong winds. Some
rain at first over southern Germany and western Poland, drier later.
Windy with some light rain for Denmark. Wintry showers for western and
northern Norway, but drier over Sweden. Some light rain and sleet for
Finland. Outbreaks of light rain for the Baltic States, while dry
weather will prevail over Belarus and Ukraine.
Some light rain for Switzerland, western Austria and western Czechia in
the morning clearing later. Hungary and Slovakia will stay dry. Heavy
rain for Romania, while the Balkans will see drier conditions.
Dry with sunny spells for the Balearics, while a few showers expected
over Sardinia and Corsica. Mostly dry and bright with sunny spells for
Italy. Showery for Greece, but gradually drier. Heavy rain for western
Turkiye, but drier brighter over the eastern parts. Heavy rain for
Cyprus.

Sunday
A mostly dry and bright day for Portugal with sunny spells. Outbreaks
of rain over Spain, gradually clearing to the east. A band of rain
moves southeast over France with drier conditions following. Heavy rain
over the eastern parts of the British Isles, with more rain arriving in
west later. Windy with some light rain for the Low Countries. Breezy
with some patchy light rain for Germany. A mostly dry but rather cloudy
day for Poland. Windy but mostly dry for Denmark. Heavy snow developing
over southern parts of Norway and central parts of Sweden. Breezy but
mostly dry for Finland and the Baltic States. Rather cloudy but mostly
dry for Belarus, while southern parts of Ukraine will see some rain.
Rather cloudy with outbreaks of sleet or snow for Switzerland, while
some light rain is possible for western Austria and western Czechia.
Hungary and Slovakia will remain mostly dry perhaps with some sunny
spells. Rain and snow on the mountains for Romania, while the Balkans
will see a mostly dry day with sunny spells especially over the west.
Showers developing over the Balearics, some on the heavy side. A few
showers for Sardinia and Corsica as well as northern Italy, with
southern Italy seeing a dry and sunny day. Some showers for Greece,
Cyprus and Turkiye.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 4:40 am

An alternation of cloudy and sunny periods. Especially on Monday or Tuesday still a lot of wind and occasional rain. In the following days it becomes drier and the temperature decreases
wind down.

Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sunshine (%) 10 40 20 10 10 10 30
Precipitation probability (%) 40 60 80 70 10 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 1/4 1/3 1/3 1/3 0 0 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 7 6 2 6 6 5 0/4
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 9 8 9 9 9 9 7
Wind direction Z SW Z Z Z Z Z
Wind force (bft) 4 4 5 4 4 3 2


Long term, Saturday December 6, 2025 to Saturday December 13, 2025:
Probably a slightly changeable weather picture with daily precipitation chances around
the 40%. Temperatures are around or slightly below the long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:44 UTC 291125.

Gale warnings:
Dogger
north 8

Thames Humber German Bight
south 7

Dover
south to southwest 7



Synopsis:
low, 998, over the south of England is deepening and is moving towards Denmark via
Dogger and Fisher.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 5-6, increasing 6-7, later veering west 4-5. periods of rain.
good, in precipitation moderate.

Thames
south 5-6, increasing 6-7, later veering west 4-5. periods of rain. good, in precipitation moderate.

Humber
south 5-6, increasing 6-7, later veering west 5-6. periods of rain. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
south to southwest 5-6, in the west increasing 6-7. periods of rain. good, in the
south moderate to poor and first risk of fog.

Dogger
mainly south 2-4, in the west increasing mainly north 7-8, later possibly 9, in the
east veering southwest 6-7. periods of rain. good, in precipitation moderate to poor.


Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
west 4-5, veering northwest. good, in precipitation moderate.

Thames
west 4-5. risk of a shower. good, in precipitation moderate.

Humber
west to southwest 5-6, in the north possibly 7, everywhere veering west to northwest
5-6. showery rain. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
southwest 6-7, in the north increasing 7-8 possibly 9, in the south decreasing 5-6.
showery rain. good, in precipitation moderate.

Dogger
cyclonic 8-9, gradually everywhere northwest 7-8 and in the west decreasing 6-7.
showery rain. good, in precipitation moderate to poor.


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

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

Europe forecast - November 30, 2025
Strong wind north
Continental rain easing

Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 30th November 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Generally settling over the continent with increasing sunshine for
many.

Sunday
A mostly dry and bright day for Portugal with sunny spells. Outbreaks
of rain over Spain, gradually clearing to the east. Showers developing
over the Balearics, some on the heavy side. A few showers for Sardinia
and Corsica as well as northern Italy, with southern Italy seeing a dry
and sunny day. A similarly fine, sunny day in the northern Balkan
States, some cloud with light showers in the south. Some showers for
Greece, Cyprus and TUrkiye, primarily isolating to TUrkiye later in the
day.
A band of rain moves southeast over France with drier, brighter
conditions following. Windy with some light rain for the Low Countries.
Breezy with some patchy light rain for southern Germany, this rain
extending into Switzerland, falling as sleet/snow. Some light rain is
possible for western Austria and western Czechia. A mostly dry but
rather cloudy day for Poland. Hungary and Slovakia will remain mostly
dry perhaps with some sunny spells. Rain and snow on the mountains for
Romania.
Windy with scattered showers in Denmark. Heavy snow developing over
southern parts of Norway and central parts of Sweden; windy too in the
south of Sweden with morning rain, this soon clearing. Breezy but
mostly dry for Finland and the Baltic States, some rain and snow
reaching southern Finland later in the day. Rather cloudy but mostly
dry for Belarus, while southern parts of Ukraine will see rain.

Monday
Dry in Iberia with some scattered cloud, some rain in northwest Spain
late in the day. Some showers of the Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica, and
Italy's west coast. Largely dry inland Italy but cloudy in the north.
This cloud extends into the northern Balkan States but also dry here.
Sunshine for the southern Balkans, Greece, and TUrkiye.
Increasingly sunny in most of France, but strong winds forming in the
north with rain later in the northwest. These winds extend across the
Low Countries and into northern Germany where there will be some patchy
rain. Most of Germany will be dry with sunny spells, these conditions
extending over the Alps and into most of southeast Europe. Some rain in
eastern Poland, dry elsewhere but cloudy. Rain too in western Ukraine.
A windy day in Denmark and southern Sweden, increasingly windy in
southern Norway. Dry here to start, but a broad area of rain and snow
arrives from the southwest afternoon and becomes widespread across
Denmark and south Norway. Northern Norway and Sweden will have early
snow, this clearing for sunny spells. Finland starts with snow and rain
as well, this also clearing gradually to the north. Some early rain in
the eastern Baltic States will clear east, a few sunny spells breaking
out once clear.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 9:23 am

The first few days will be very cloudy and sometimes some rain. Especially on Thursdays and Fridays
occasionally sunny and mostly dry. At the weekend there is in the east and southeast
chance of light frost during the night.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunshine (%) 40 20 10 10 30 30 10
Precipitation probability (%) 50 60 50 30 10 20 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 1/3 1/3 1/3 0/2 0 0 0/3
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 6 2 6 6 5 0/4 1/4
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 7 10 9 8 7 8
Wind direction SW Z Z Z Z Z SE
Wind force (bft) 4 5 4 4 3 2 3


Long term, Sunday December 7, 2025 to Sunday December 14, 2025:
Probably a slightly changeable weather picture with daily precipitation chances around
the 40%. The chance of temperatures above the long-term average is around 60%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:41 UTC 301125.

Gale warnings:
Dogger
northwest 8

German Bight
west to southwest 8

Humber
west 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
low, 985, over Fisher will move to the Baltic Sea. associated troughs will move
eastwards across the North Sea, followed by a weak ridge.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
west to northwest 4-5. backing west to southwest. good.

Thames
west to northwest 5-6, decreasing west to southwest 4-5. risk of a shower. good, in
precipitation moderate.

Humber
west 6-7, decreasing 4-5. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight
west to southwest 7-8, decreasing west 6-7, in the south 5-6. occasional showers.
good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Dogger
northwest 6-7, occasionally 8, gradually decreasing west 5-6. especially first occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 4-5, increasing 6-7, later possibly occasionally 8. gradually rain or
drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate to poor.

Thames Humber
west 4-5, soon backing southwest, increasing south to southwest 6-7, later 7-8.
gradually rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate to poor.

German Bight
west 5-6, in the north first 6-7, backing southwest, later increasing 6-7. risk of a
shower. good, in precipitation moderate.

Dogger
west 5-6, soon backing southwest, increasing south to southwest 6-7, later 7-8.
gradually rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate to poor.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 01, 2025
Windy north
Heavy showers Italy

Issued: 0530hrs Monday 1st December 2025
Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson

Rain moves across northern Europe into Scandinavia

Monday
Dry in Iberia with some scattered cloud, some rain in northwest Spain
late in the day. Showers along some southern Costas, also the
Balearics, Sardinia, Corsica. Heavier thundery showers for Italy's west
coast. Drier southern Italy. Cloudy into the northern Balkan States but
dry here. Sunshine for the southern Balkans, Greece, and TUrkiye.
Sunny in central and southern France, but strong winds in the north
with some rain, later heavy in northwest. Strong winds extend across
the Low Countries and into northern Germany where some patchy rain
develops. Most of Germany will be dry with sunny spells, fine
conditions extending over the Alps and into most of southeast Europe. A
front over Poland with early patchy rain fades, rather cloudy. Some
rain in western Ukraine.
A windy day in Denmark and southern Sweden, increasingly windy in
southern Norway. Dry here to start, but a broad area of rain and snow
arrives from the southwest afternoon and becomes widespread across
Denmark and south Norway. Northern Norway and Sweden will have early
snow, this clearing for sunny spells. Finland starts with snow and rain
as well, this also clearing gradually to the northeast. Some early rain
in the Baltic States will clear eastward.

Tuesday
A cold front moves southeastward over Spain and Portugal, bringing a
spell of rain, followed by showers in the northwest of Iberia. Small
amounts of rain reaching eastern Spain. A few showers around the
Balearics, drier for Corsica and Sardinia. Slow-moving bursts of rain
for southern Italy and the Adriatic coastline to western Greece. Much
of Greece, TUrkiye and the eastern Mediterranean will be dry and sunny.
Spells of rain through France, the Low Countries into western Germany,
some heavier showers moments. Brisk southwesterly winds. Mild through
central and eastern Europe. Generally dry for Alps, south and eastern
Germany and into eastern countries from Poland to the Black Sea.
Windy for Scandinavia, heavy rain into southern Norway, snow into the
mountains. Also rain in Sweden, pushing north with some snow in
northern areas. Rain on and off for Denmark. Dry with southerly breezes
into Finland and the Baltic states, fairly mild around the southern
Baltic.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 1, 2025 at 4:03 am

Partly cloudy with occasional light rain. From Saturday the
changeability increases, causing precipitation chances to increase to approximately 80%.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Sunshine (%) 30 10 10 30 30 10 20
Precipitation probability (%) 60 50 30 10 20 40 70
Precipitation sum (mm) 1/3 1/3 0/2 0 0 0/3 0/3
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 4 6 5 0/4 1/4 5/8
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 7 8 9 8 7 8 10
Wind direction Z Z Z Z Z SE SW
Wind force (bft) 5 4 4 3 2 3 3


Long term, Monday December 8, 2025 to Monday December 15, 2025:
Changeable weather, with a 50% chance of precipitation every day. Over the course of the
period, precipitation chances gradually decrease to 30-40%. The temperatures are down
probably (well) above the long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:24 UTC 011225.

Gale warnings:
all districts south to southwest 8


Synopsis:
low, 963, southwest of Iceland is slowly moving southeast. associated troughs across
the North Sea remain fairly stationary.

Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames Humber Dogger
south to southwest 7-8. periods of rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
south to southwest 6-7, soon increasing 7-8. first risk of an light shower, soon
periods of rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate.


Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 7-8, decreasing 6-7, later southwest 4-5. occasionally rain or
drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate.

Thames Humber German Bight
south to southwest 7-8, decreasing 6-7, later southwest 5-6. occasionally rain or
drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate.

Dogger
south to southwest 7-8, decreasing southwest 5-6. occasionally rain or drizzle. good,
in precipitation moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 02, 2025
Mediterranean rain
Wet western France

Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Heavy rain parts of the Mediterranean with more rain in western France
too

Tuesday
A cold front moves southeastward over Spain and Portugal, bringing a
spell of rain, followed by showers in the northwest of Iberia. Small
amounts of rain reaching eastern Spain. A few showers around the
Balearics, drier for Corsica and Sardinia. Slow-moving bursts of rain
for southern Italy and the Adriatic coastline to western Greece.
Spells of rain through France, the Low Countries into western Germany,
some heavier showers moments. Brisk southwesterly winds. Mild through
central and eastern Europe. Generally dry for Alps, south and eastern
Germany and into eastern countries from Poland to the Black Sea.
Windy for Scandinavia, heavy rain into southern Norway, snow into the
mountains. Also rain in Sweden, pushing north with some snow in
northern areas. Rain on and off for Denmark. Dry with southerly breezes
into Finland and the Baltic states, fairly mild around the southern
Baltic.

Wednesday
Rain and wind in northwest Spain today. A few showers and soe cloud in
Portugal. Most of the rest of Iberia is going to be dry and bright.
Heavy periods of rain affecting the Balearics and this extends across
Corsica and Sardinia. Heavy rain too in the far south of Italy and
Sicily with rain to in the far northwest of Italy. Other areas dry with
some sunshine. Further heavy rain in western and southern Greece.
Turkey is dry with sunshine.
Rain in the far west of France in the afternoon but fair for most of
France. The Low Countries will have wind and some outbreaks of rain.
Germany and Poland should be dry with sunny spells. Further sunny
spells to come in Austria and Hungary. Switzerland will be dry and
bright with sunshine here.
Cloud and some outbreaks of rain for Denmark. The Baltic States will be
bright and dry. A few showers to come in Finland. Broken cloud and some
sunny spells in Sweden but a few spots of rain here too. More rain for
Norway and becoming windier here.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 4:50 am

Lots of cloud with occasional light rain. From Saturday the
changeability increases, causing precipitation chances to increase to approximately 80%.

Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Sunshine (%) 20 10 30 30 10 10 10
Precipitation probability (%) 50 30 10 20 40 70 60
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 0 0 0 0/3 0/3 1/5
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 5 5 0/4 1/4 5/8 7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 8 8 7 7/10 10 13
Wind direction Z S SE SE Z SW SW
Wind force (bft) 4 3 3 2 3 3 3


Long term, Tuesday December 9, 2025 to Tuesday December 16, 2025:
Changeable weather, with a 50% chance of precipitation every day. The temperatures are down
(well) above the long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:30 UTC 021225.

Gale warnings:
German Bight
south to southwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
low, 975, west of Scotland is slowly moving towards Scotland. associated weak troughs will slowly move east across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Tuesday 09:00 till Tuesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover Thames Humber
south to southwest 4-5, in the east first 5-6. an isolated shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

German Bight
south to southwest 6-7, decreasing 4-5. occasionally rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

Dogger
south to southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. in the east risk of a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.


Forecast valid Tuesday 21:00 till Wednesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover Thames Humber Dogger
south to southwest 4-5. an isolated shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

German Bight
south to southwest 4-5. occasionally light rain or a shower. good, in precipitation
sometimes moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 03, 2025
Cold in north.
Dry northeast.

Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Unsettled Mediterranean

Wednesday
A mostly dry bright start for Portugal, some rain in north later. Early
outbreaks of rain for Spain, becoming drier later. Some rain for
southeast France, elsewhere bright with showers. Breezy but bright with
showers for the British Isles. A few showers for the Low Countries and
western parts of Germany. Drier further east and over Poland, Belarus
and Ukraine. Scattered showers for Denmark as well as southern Norway
and southern Sweden. Mostly dry but cloudy for Finland and the Baltic
States.
Cloudy but mostly dry for Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and
Czechia, feeling cold. Some patchy light rain for Romania and the
Balkans.
Bright with a few showers for the Balearics. Heavy rain for Sardinia
and Corsica. Italy will see a mostly dry and bright day, but some rain
is possible for southeast. Heavy rain develops over western Greece
through the day, drier further east. A dry day with sunny spells for
Turkiye. Cloudy bur dry for Cyprus.

Thursday
Some rain for northern parts of Portugal, drier brighter further south.
Outbreaks of rain for Spain, snow over the high ground. A band of rain
pushes east over France and the British Isles. Breezy with a few
showers for the Low Countries. A cloudy but mostly dry day for Germany,
Poland and Belarus while Ukraine will see some light rain. Cloudy with
outbreaks of rain for Denmark, southern Norway and southern Sweden.
Mostly dry further north and over Finland and the Baltic States.
Another dry but cloudy day for Switzerland, similar to Austria but some
rain arrives over the far east later in the day. Czechia will see a dry
start, but rain arrives in the evening. Hungary and Slovakia will see
cloudy skies with outbreaks of rain. Mostly dry for Romania, while some
rain is expected for western parts of the Balkans.
Mostly dry bright morning over the Balearics, but rain arrives later.
Showers for Sardinia and Corsica as well as eastern parts of Italy.
Heavy rain spreads north over Greece, and later in the day over the far
western parts of Turkiye, while further east it will be a dry and sunny
day. Dry and bright for Cyprus.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 5:43 am

Occasionally sunny on Friday and dry almost everywhere. Transition to one from Saturday
(very) mild weather with regular rain or occasional showers.

Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Sunshine (%) 20 30 30 10 10 10 20
Precipitation probability (%) 20 10 20 40 70 60 70
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0/3 0/3 1/5 0/4
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 5 0/4 1/4 5/8 7 7/10
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 8 7 7/10 10 13 14
Wind direction S SE SE S SW SW S
Wind force (bft) 3 3 2 3 3 3 3


Long term, Wednesday December 10, 2025 to Wednesday December 17, 2025:
There is a good chance (70-80%) of continuation of the mild weather with occasional rain.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 20:01 UTC 021225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
low, 986, west of Scotland is slowly moving northeast and filling. associated trough
is slowly moving east across the North Sea. an Atlantic low is deepening, 976, and
will move to Scotland.

Forecast valid Tuesday 21:00 till Wednesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 3-4, occasionally 5. an isolated shower. good, in precipitation
possibly moderate.

Thames Humber
mainly south 3-4, occasionally 5. an isolated shower. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight
mainly south 3-4, in the western part 4-5. an isolated shower. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

Dogger
mainly south 4-5, later in the northern part possibly 6. an isolated shower. good,
in precipitation possibly moderate.


Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 3-4, later increasing 4-5. first an isolated shower. good, in
precipitation possibly moderate.

Thames Humber
south to southwest 3-4, occasionally 5, later increasing 4-5. an isolated shower.
good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight
mainly south 3-4, in the western part 4-5, increasing 4-5. an isolated shower. good,
in precipitation possibly moderate.

Dogger
mainly south 4-5, from the west increasing 5-6. first an isolated shower. good, in
precipitation possibly moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 04, 2025
Mostly cloudy
Wettest west and southeast

Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 4th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

An unsettled picture for most but with milder daytime temperatures than
recently. Most settled central continent around and north of the
central Alps.

Thursday
Some rain for northern parts of Portugal, drier brighter further south.
Outbreaks of rain for Spain, most consistent north with snow over the
high ground. Mostly dry bright morning over the Balearics with some
wind, but rain arrives later. Showers for Sardinia and Corsica as well
as eastern parts of Italy, particularly early. Some rain is expected
for western parts of the Balkans. Heavy rain spreads north over Greece,
and later in the day over the far western parts of TUrkiye, while
further east it will be a dry and bright day. Dry and bright for
Cyprus.
A band of rain pushes east over France and the British Isles, blustery
here with showers following. Breezy with a few showers for the Low
Countries. Some early rain in northern Germany but otherwise a cloudy
and mostly dry day, similar in Poland and Belarus; Ukraine will see
some light rain. Another dry but cloudy day for Switzerland, similar to
Austria but some rain arrives over the far east later in the day.
Czechia will see a dry start, but rain arrives in the evening. Hungary
and Slovakia will see cloudy skies with outbreaks of rain. Mostly dry
for Romania and Bulgaria, some local patchy rain later.
Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for Denmark, southern Norway and southern
Sweden. Odd patches of wintry precipitation further north and over
Finland and the Baltic States; likely widely cloudy all day and
slightly milder temperatures in southern areas.

Friday
Frequent showery rain in Iberia, driest in northeast Spain. Showers in
the Balearics and Sardinia and Corsica, but these gradually easing
though the day. Showers with sun spells in central and southern Italy,
dry and bright north. Mostly dry in the northern Balkans, wet to the
south and rain becoming more widespread later. Heavy rain over the
Aegean Sea all day gradually spreads over mainland Greece and into
TUrkiye, this band of rain passing into eastern areas.
Patchy rain and snow in France, then winds strengthen in the northwest
and bringing afternoon heavy rain. Windy too in the Low Countries but
dry. Early snow in Switzerland and east Germany clears for dry but
cloud conditions. Early rain too in Czechia and west Poland, this also
clearing for dry but dull conditions. Patchy rain lingers from Hungary
into Romania and Bulgaria.
Occasional patchy rain across southern Scandinavia, an increasing
chance in Denmark and southern Sweden later in the day. Some snow in
northern Finland, largely dry northern Sweden and Norway but cloudy.
Dry and cloudy too in the Baltics but breezy, some light patchy rain
here and there late in the day.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 4:24 am

Changeable and very mild until Tuesday. Less from Tuesday
changeable and occasionally sunny.

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Sunshine (%) 20 10 10 10 10 10 30
Precipitation probability (%) 30 20 90 90 80 70 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0 4/8 2/6 2/6 1/6 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 4 5 7 8 10 9
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 6 10 12 13 14 13
Wind direction SE S Z SW SW SW SW
Wind force (bft) 4 2 4 4 4 4 3


Long term, Thursday December 11, 2025 to Thursday December 18, 2025: Continuation of the mild weather. Daily precipitation chances are around 30-40%. The uncertainty will increase somewhat from the weekend onwards, but it remains
probably soft.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:55 UTC 041225.

Gale warnings:
Dogger
southeast 7

Dover Thames Humber
south to southeast 7

German Bight:
no warning


Synopsis:
Low, 979, remains fairly stationary northwest of Ireland and is filling. Secondary
low, 981, over England will slowly move northwards and is filling. Associated trough
is moving northeastwards across the western part of the North Sea.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southeast 6-7, soon veering southwest 5-6, decreasing 3-4. rain, then showers. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Thames
south to southeast 5-6, in the western part possibly 7, later veering south to southwest 3-4. later from the south light rain. good, in precipitation sometimes
moderate.

Humber
south to southeast 5-6, in the western part possibly 7, later veering south to southwest 4-5. especially first occasional showers. good, in precipitation sometimes
moderate.

German Bight
south to southeast 4-5, in the eastern part 3-4, in the western part sometimes 6.
especially in the west and north occasional showers. good, in the coastal area locally moderate, possibly sometimes poor.

Dogger
southeast 5-6, later in the western part possibly 7. occasional showers. good, in
precipitation sometimes moderate.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 3-4, soon decreasing variable 1-3. especially first occasional showers.
good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Thames
south to southwest 3-4, decreasing mainly southwest 1-3. light rain then a shower.
good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

Humber
south to southwest 4-5, first in the northern part 5-6, decreasing 3-4. light rain
then a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

German Bight
south to southeast 4-5, from the south decreasing 3-4. gradually in the southwestern
part light rain or a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate.

Dogger
southeast 5-6, first in the western part possibly 7, from the south veering south to
southwest 4-5. gradually light rain or a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes
moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 05, 2025
Cold in north and east.
Showery northwest.

Issued: 0530hrs Friday 5th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Unsettled Mediterranean

Friday
A cloudy day for Portugal with outbreaks of rain, more persistent over
the north. Cloudy skies for Spain with some patchy light rain, drier
bright towards the east coast. Some showers at first for France, but a
strong winds and a band of rain arrive in northwest later. Heavy rain
and strong winds spread east over the British Isles. Cloudy and
increasingly breezy for the Low Countries. A mostly dry but cloudy day
for Germany, but for some rain or sleet in east. Poland will see some
rain over the west. Belarus and Ukraine will see a cloudy bur dry day.
Some rain for Denmark, moving north over southern Norway and southern
Sweden. Some light snow for Finland mostly in north. Mostly dry but
cloudy for the Baltic States.
Outbreaks of sleet or snow over Switzerland and Austria at first, drier
later. Some rain for Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Mostly dry for
Romania, while the Balkans will see heavy rain.
Bright with a few showers for the Balearics, more frequent for Sardinia
and Corsica. Bright with a scattering of showers for Italy. Heavy rain
for Greece with a risk of localized flooding. Some heavy rain for
western parts of Turkiye, drier brighter over the east. Heavy showers
with a risk of thunder for Cyprus.

Saturday
Showers for northern Portugal, brighter south. Scattered light showers
for Spain. A showery and breezy day for France, the British Isles and
the Low Countries. Some showers for Germany too. Poland, Belarus and
Ukraine will see dry conditions with some bright spells. Denmark will
see cloudy and breezy conditions. Some sleet or snow moving north over
Norway, while outbreaks of rain or sleet are expected for Sweden and
Finland. Outbreaks of rain for the Baltic States.
A dry and bright start for Switzerland but some showers arriving later.
A mostly dry day for Austria and Czechia, while rain will develop over
Slovakia and Hungary. Some rain for Romania and the Balkans.
A dry and bright day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, along
with some sunny spells. A bright day for Italy with plenty of sunny
spells, and only a few coastal showers. Heavy rain for northern parts
of Greece, showers for coastal areas. Heavy rain for parts of Turkiye,
mostly in west. Heavy rain with a risk of thunderstorms for Cyprus.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 5, 2025 at 3:56 am

Variable and very soft. Especially on Mondays in the Northwest
coastal area may have a lot of wind. Decreasing precipitation chances (30-40%) from Wednesday onwards
persistently mild, but less wind and occasional sun.

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Sunshine (%) 10 10 10 30 20 30 30
Precipitation probability (%) 20 90 90 70 90 40 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 4/10 4/7 1/4 4/11 0/2 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 3 4 7 10 10 10 7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 7 10 13 14 14 13 11
Wind direction Z Z Z ZW ZW ZW SW
Wind force (bft) 3 4 4 4 4 4 3


Long term, Friday December 12, 2025 to Friday December 19, 2025:
Very likely continuation of the mild weather. From Sunday December 14th increasing volatility.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:09 UTC 051225.

Gale warnings:
Dover Thames Humber Dogger
south to southeast 8

German Bight:
no warning


Synopsis:
Low, 967, over the Atlantic will slowly move eastwards towards Ireland. Associated
trough will move northeastwards over the North Sea. secondary low, 998 hPa, at east
of Scotland moving northwards and filling.

Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 4-5, increasing south to southeast 5-6, later 7-8. first risk of
a shower, later rain. good, in precipitation moderate, later possibly poor.

Thames Humber
south to southwest 4-5, increasing south to southeast 5-6, later 6-7, in the western
part 7-8. in the eastern part occasional showers, later from the west rain. good, in
precipitation and first in the east in the coastal area moderate, small risk fog.

German Bight
south to southeast 3-4, in the northern part 4-5, later from the west increasing 5-6.
in the western part occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate, in the
south in the coastal area moderate to poor and locally fog.

Dogger
south to southwest 4-5, soon from the west increasing 5-6, backing south to southeast, later in the eastern part increasing 7-8. risk of a shower. good, in
precipitation possibly moderate.


Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
south 7-8, decreasing southwest 6-7. showery rain with risk of thunderstorms. good,
in precipitation moderate to poor.

Thames
south to southeast 6-7, for a time 8, later decreasing south to southwest 5-6. showery rain with risk of thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor.

Humber
south to southeast 6-7, for a time 8, from the west decreasing south to southwest
5-6. periods of rain or a shower. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight
south to southeast 5-6, first in the eastern part 4-5, in the western part increasing 6-7. from the west rain. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Dogger
southeast 6-7, in the western part 7-8, from the west decreasing south 5-6. periods
of rain or a shower. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 06, 2025
Cold in north and east.
Wet in northwest.

Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 6th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

Unsettled east Mediterranean

Saturday
Showers for northern Portugal, brighter south. Scattered light showers
for Spain. A showery and breezy day for France, the British Isles and
the Low Countries. Some showers for Germany too. Poland, Belarus and
Ukraine will see dry conditions with some bright spells. Denmark will
see cloudy and breezy conditions. Some sleet or snow moving north over
Norway, while outbreaks of rain or sleet are expected for Sweden and
Finland. Outbreaks of rain for the Baltic States.
A dry and bright start for Switzerland but some showers arriving later.
A mostly dry day for Austria and Czechia, while rain will develop over
Slovakia and Hungary. Some rain for Romania and the Balkans.
A dry and bright day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, along
with some sunny spells. A bright day for Italy with plenty of sunny
spells, and only a few coastal showers. Heavy rain for northern parts
of Greece, showers for coastal areas. Heavy rain for parts of Turkiye,
mostly in west. Heavy rain with a risk of thunderstorms for Cyprus.

Sunday
Mostly dry bright for the Iberia, with some light rain in far
northwest. Windy with outbreaks of heavy rain for France, the Low
Countries and then later in the day over Germany. A wet day for the
British Isles, with strong winds in south. A mostly dry but cloudy day
for Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. Some light rain for Denmark. Norway
will see a mostly dry day, while Sweden will see some snow in north.
Light snow for Finland and sleet or snow for the Baltic States.
Increasingly cloudy for Switzerland and western Austria with outbreaks
of rain or sleet. Further east a mostly dry and bright day, with the
best of sunny spells over Hungary. Dry for Romania and the Balkans.
A dry and sunny day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Sunny for
Italy, perhaps with a few coastal showers over the south. Showers for
Greece, mostly in south and some on the heavy side. A showery day for
Turkiye, perhaps a longer spell of rain for the northwest. Heavy
showers or thunderstorms for Cyprus.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 3:50 am

Variable and very soft. Particularly free in the northwestern coastal area
a lot of wind. Decreasing precipitation chances (30-40%) from Wednesday and persistently mild,
but less wind and occasional sun.

Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sunshine (%) 10 20 30 20 30 40 30
Precipitation probability (%) 90 90 80 90 40 40 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 4/9 4/7 2/6 4/11 0/2 0/1 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 4 8 10 10 11 7 5
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 9 11 14 14 13 11 10
Wind direction SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 4 4 3 2


Long term, Saturday December 13, 2025 to Saturday December 20, 2025:
It remains soft and the variability increases.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:30 UTC 061225.

Gale warnings:
Dogger
south to southeast 7

Humber German Bight
south 7

Dover Thames
southwest 7



Synopsis:
low, 981, northwest of Ireland moving slowly eastwards and filling. associated trough lying over the southern part of the North Sea and moving northeastwards. a
ridge will reach Sunday afternoon the southern part of the North Sea.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 6-7, decreasing 5-6 later. occasional showers, small risk of a thundery
shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate, possibly poor.

Thames
southwest 5-6, possibly 7 first. occasional showers, small risk of a thundery shower.
good, in precipitation sometimes moderate, possibly poor.

Humber
south 6-7, decreasing southwest 5-6 soon. occasionally showery rain, gradually occasional showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight
south 6-7, decreasing 5-6. occasionally showery rain, occasional showers later. good,
in precipitation sometimes moderate, possibly poor.

Dogger
southeast 6-7, decreasing south to southwest 4-5 soon. occasionally showery rain,
occasional showers later. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate, possibly poor.


Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
Dover Thames
southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5, backing south later. occasional showers first. good,
in precipitation moderate.

Humber
southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
south 5-6, decreasing southwest 4-5. occasional showers. good, in precipitation
moderate.

Dogger
southwest 4-5, decreasing 3-4. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 07, 2025
Northern wind & rain
Showers eastern Mediterranean

Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 7th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and wind in the north, heavy showers eastern Mediterranean

Sunday
Mostly dry bright for the Iberia, with some light rain in far
northwest. Windy with outbreaks of heavy rain for France, the Low
Countries and then later in the day over Germany. A wet day for the
British Isles, with strong winds in south. A mostly dry but cloudy day
for Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. Some light rain for Denmark. Norway
will see a mostly dry day, while Sweden will see some snow in north.
Light snow for Finland and sleet or snow for the Baltic States.
Increasingly cloudy for Switzerland and western Austria with outbreaks
of rain or sleet. Further east a mostly dry and bright day, with the
best of sunny spells over Hungary. Dry for Romania and the Balkans.
A dry and sunny day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Sunny for
Italy, perhaps with a few coastal showers over the south. Showers for
Greece, mostly in south and some on the heavy side. A showery day for
Turkiye, perhaps a longer spell of rain for the northwest. Heavy
showers or thunderstorms for Cyprus.

Monday
Fine for most of Portugal and Spain on Monday, although rain in the far
northwest. The Balearics are fair too with more sunshine here. A fine
day in Italy, dry and bright as well as sunny. Greece should be mostly
dry with good spells of sunshine although a few showers in the east.
Turkey will have some heavy thundery showers, most in the south and
east.
Fair for most ofFrance today, a,though some rain later in the far
northwest. Windy through the Low Countries and northern Germany with
some heavy periods of rain here. Southern Germany and Poland should be
fair, sunny spells and dry. Hungary and Switzerland as well as Austria
will be dry with sunny spells.
Windy and wet in Denmark. Further rain and drizzle in the Baltic
States. Murky and rain as well as sleet and some snow for Finland.
Sweden will be rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Rain and strong
winds in southern Norway, colder with snow showers in the north.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3:38 am

Changeable and very mild until Wednesday. Particularly in the
northwest coastal area quite a lot of wind. Decreasing precipitation chances from Wednesday
and persistently mild, but less wind and occasional sun.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunshine (%) 20 30 20 30 40 40 20
Precipitation probability (%) 90 80 90 50 10 20 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 4/7 2/6 2/8 0/2 0 0 0/3
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 8 9 10 10 7 5 6
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 11 13 14 13 11 10 11
Wind direction SW SW SW SW SW SW Z S
Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 4 3 2 3


Long term, Sunday December 14, 2025 to Sunday December 21, 2025:
It will probably remain on the mild side and the chance of precipitation increases
60%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:43 UTC 071225.

Gale warnings:
Dover Thames Humber Dogger
southwest 7

German Bight
south to southeast 7



Synopsis:
ridge over the southern part of the North Sea moving northeastwards. low, 987, south
of Ireland moving via Forties to Norway and deepening, 980.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south 4-5, increasing southwest 5-6 soon, temporary increasing 6-7. rain or drizzle
in the afternoon. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Thames
south 4-5, increasing southwest 5-6 soon, increasing 6-7. rain or drizzle in the
afternoon and evening. good, decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation poor.

Humber
southwest mainly 4, gradually increasing south 5-6, southwest 6-7 later. rain or
drizzle in the afternoon and evening. good, decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation poor.

German Bight
southwest 4-5, increasing south to southeast 5-6, 6-7 later. occasional showers,
rain or drizzle later. good, locally and in precipitation moderate to poor.

Dogger
southwest 3-4, gradually increasing southeast 6-7, southwest 7-8 later. rain or
drizzle in the afternoon and evening. good, decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation poor.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 5-6. good.

Thames Humber
southwest 6-7, decreasing 5-6. moderate to good, increasing good.

German Bight
south to southeast 6-7, backing southwest. rain or drizzle first. moderate to good,
locally poor, increasing good.

Dogger
southwest 7-8, decreasing 6-7. rain or drizzle first. moderate to good, increasing
good.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 08, 2025
Fine Mediterranean
Windy wet north coasts

Issued: 0530hrs Monday 8th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Unsettled with wind and rain in many northern areas, brighter central
Europe and particularly over the Mediterranean.

Monday
Fine for most Spain on Monday, although rain in the far northwest and
coastal Portugal. The Balearics are fair too with sunshine here. A fine
day in Italy, dry and bright as well as sunny. Cloudier in the Balkan
States but this clearing. Greece should be mostly dry with good spells
of sunshine although a few showers in the east. TUrkiye will have some
heavy thundery showers, most in the south along the coast.
Fair for most of France today, although some rain the far northwest.
Windy through the Low Countries and northern Germany with some bursts
of heavy rain here. Southern Germany and Poland should be fair, sunny
spells and dry. Generally mild from France across Germany and into west
Poland. Hungary and Switzerland as well as Austria will see patchy
morning rain, turning dry with sunny spells. Bulgaria, Romania, and
Ukraine will be dry with a mix of cloud and sun.
Windy in Denmark and southern Sweden, rain into central Spain and south
Norway with patchy snow further north. Similar in Finland with rain in
the south and snow in the north. Windy too in the Baltic States with
rain arriving into Latvia and Estonia.

Tuesday
Strong wind in Portugal and northwest Spain with heavy rain spreading
from north to south as the day goes. East Spain fair with sunny spells.
Eastward across the Mediterranean, Italy, the Balkan States, and Greece
will all have a fair day with sunshine. Breezy in the south Aegean,
heavy bursts of rain along the south TUrkiye coast.
Mild again in western Europe. Windy in France and the Low Countries,
some rain in northwest France but elsewhere mostly sunny. Some rain and
windy too in northern Germany. Southern Germany, the alpine countries,
and eastward into Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria will be fine and
mostly sunny. Often raining in Poland and western Ukraine.
Wind with afternoon rain into Denmark, this rain spreading into south
Sweden and Norway later, falling as snow in Norway. Showery rain in
south Finland and the Baltic States, local patchy snow in northern
Scandinavia, often dry but cloudy in central areas.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 2:56 am

Still a chance of some rain on Wednesday. Most dry on Thursday and Friday and then again
slightly variable. Furthermore, quite a lot of wind, occasionally sun and persistently mild.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Sunshine (%) 10 10 20 30 30 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 40 40 30 10 10 30 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 3 1 0/1 0 0 0/2 0/4
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 10 10 10 6 6 7 7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 13 13 14 11 12 12 11
Wind direction SW Z SW Z Z SW SW
Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4


Long term, Monday December 15, 2025 to Monday December 22, 2025:
First on the mild side, later probably temperatures around the long term average. Furthermore, slightly changeable (daily precipitation chances 30-40%), off and on
sunny and slightly decreasing wind.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:53 UTC 081225.

Gale warnings:
German Bight Dogger
southwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
troughs will move across the North Sea the coming period

Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 5-6. risk of a shower, later periods of rain. moderate to good.

Thames
southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. risk of a shower. moderate to good.

Humber
southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. first risk of a shower. moderate to good, in the
eastern part possibly occasionally poor.

German Bight
southwest 6-7, decreasing 4-5. risk of a shower. moderate to good, possibly occasionally poor.

Dogger
southwest 6-7, decreasing 4-5. first risk of a shower. moderate to good.


Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 5-6. occasional rain. moderate to good.

Thames
south to southwest 4-5, later increasing south 5-6. first risk of a shower, later
periods of rain. moderate to good.

Humber
south to southwest 4-5, later increasing south 5-6. first risk of a shower, later
periods of rain. moderate to good, in the eastern part possibly poor.

German Bight
southwest 4-5, later backing south 5-6. later in the west periods of rain. moderate,
possibly poor.

Dogger
southwest 4-5, later backing south 5-6. later periods of rain. moderate to good.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 09, 2025
Wet north & west
Drier east

Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 9th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain and wind north and west, drier in the east

Tuesday
Strong wind in Portugal and northwest Spain with heavy rain spreading
from north to south as the day goes. East Spain fair with sunny spells.
Eastward across the Mediterranean, Italy, the Balkan States, and Greece
will all have a fair day with sunshine. Breezy in the south Aegean,
heavy bursts of rain along the south TUrkiye coast.
Mild again in western Europe. Windy in France and the Low Countries,
some rain in northwest France but elsewhere mostly sunny. Some rain and
windy too in northern Germany. Southern Germany, the alpine countries,
and eastward into Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria will be fine and
mostly sunny. Often raining in Poland and western Ukraine.
Wind with afternoon rain into Denmark, this rain spreading into south
Sweden and Norway later, falling as snow in Norway. Showery rain in
south Finland and the Baltic States, local patchy snow in northern
Scandinavia, often dry but cloudy in central areas.

Wednesday
Heavy showers through Spain today, merging to more persistent rain at
times. Brighter in Portugal and in the east of Spain. Fair for the rest
of the Mediterranean with sunny spells and dry conditions Greece will
have sunshine and should be dry. Showers in northern Turkey and heavy
showers across Cyprus.
Some cloud and outbreaks of rain in central France. Northern and
southern areas of France should be dry with sunny spells. The Low
Countries and Germany as well as Poland will be mostly dry although
some drizzle for central Germany and northern Poland. Hungary and
Austria as well as Switzerland will be bright and dry with sunny
spells.
Wind and broken cloud for Denmark. Cloud and some patchy rain in the
Baltic States. The rain more persistent for Finland where it will be
windy too. Dry in central and southern Sweden although cloudy. Mild and
wet as well as windy in southern Norway, cld and snowy to the north.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 2:56 am

Still a chance of some rain on Wednesday. Most dry on Thursday and Friday and then again
slightly variable. Furthermore, quite a lot of wind, occasionally sun and persistently mild.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Sunshine (%) 10 10 20 30 30 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 40 40 30 10 10 30 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 3 1 0/1 0 0 0/2 0/4
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 10 10 10 6 6 7 7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 13 13 14 11 12 12 11
Wind direction SW Z SW Z Z SW SW
Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4


Long term, Monday December 15, 2025 to Monday December 22, 2025:
First on the mild side, later probably temperatures around the long term average. Furthermore, slightly changeable (daily precipitation chances 30-40%), off and on
sunny and slightly decreasing wind.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:31 UTC 091225.

Gale warnings:
Dogger
south to southwest 8

German Bight
southwest 7

Dover Thames Humber
south 7



Synopsis:
Low, 967, west of Ireland will move northwards towards the Faroes. Associated troughs will move northeastwards across the North Sea.

Forecast valid Tuesday 09:00 till Tuesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south 5-6, temporary increasing 6-7, later veering southwest. especially later light
rain or a shower. good, in precipitation moderate.

Thames
south 5-6, temporary increasing 6-7, later veering southwest. first rain or drizzle,
later occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate.

Humber
south 5-6, soon increasing 6-7, later veering southwest. especially first rain or
drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate.

German Bight
south 4-5, soon from the west increasing 5-6, later veering southwest 6-7. periods
of rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, first locally poor.

Dogger
south to southeast 5-6, increasing south to southwest 6-7, later in the western part
7-8. rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate.


Forecast valid Tuesday 21:00 till Wednesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover Thames
southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. good.

Humber
southwest 6-7, soon decreasing 5-6. good.

German Bight
southwest 6-7, from the south decreasing 5-6. first risk of light rain. good.

Dogger
southwest 6-7, first in the western part 7-8. good.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 10, 2025
Sunny Mediterranean
Windy north, often wet

Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 9th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

High pressure over the continent maintains fairly settled weather with
a mix of cloud and sun with local rain. Fine to the south, more
unsettled in the north.

Wednesday
Heavy showers through Spain today, merging to more persistent rain at
times. Brighter in Portugal and in the east of Spain. Fair for the rest
of the Mediterranean with sunny spells and dry conditions, some cloud
in northern Italy. Greece will have sunshine and should be dry. Showers
in northern TUrkiye and lost of cloud around; heavy showers across
Cyprus.
Some cloud and outbreaks of rain in central France. Northern France
should be dry with increasing sunny spells. The Low Countries and
Germany as well as Poland will be mostly dry although some drizzle for
central Germany and northern Poland. A notable breeze with mild
temperatures will blow across the continent north of the Alps,
particularly near the north coasts and these areas will be mostly
cloudy. Hungary and Austria as well as Switzerland will be bright and
dry with sunny spells. Often sunny as well towards the Black Sea.
Powerful winds from the British Isles east into Denmark and southern
Sweden. Broken cloud for Denmark. Early rain in southern Sweden and
Norway sweeps north and east, reaching the Baltic States, turning to
snow as it reaches central Scandinavia. Often snowing across central
Scandinavia afternoon, more patchy to the far north.

Thursday
The day starts fine in Iberia with sunny spells, rain arrives into the
northeast later. More fine weather across the Mediterranean with a mix
of cloud and sun from Iberia eastward into Italy. The Balkan States
will be sunny, as well as Greece and west TUrkiye. Heavy showers will
continue to affect Cyprus.
Patchy rain in central and north France, drier with sun spells to the
south. Some isolated patches of light rain in southern Germany early, a
few patches further east in Slovakia, southern Poland, Ukraine, and
Belarus as well. Elsewhere, a dry day with a mix of cloud and sun.
Blustery in northern Germany and Poland.
Strong winds continue to blow across Denmark and southern Sweden,
across the Baltic Sea into the Baltic States. More rain for southern
Norway and Sweden with some patches affecting Denmark. Patchy rain
increasingly affects the Baltic States and merges into a broader area
of rain later in the day. Snow in central Norway and Sweden, drier in
Finland after some local morning patchy rain/snow in the south.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 12:37 am

Changeable and soft.

Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Sunshine (%) 30 20 10 10 10 20 40
Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 20 40 30 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 11 7 4 6 6 7 6
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 13 9 11 10 10 11 11
Wind direction ZW Z Z ZW ZW Z Z
Wind force (bft) 4 3 2 3 3 3 3


Long term, Wednesday December 17, 2025 to Wednesday December 24, 2025: Persistently variable. The chance of temperatures above the long-term average decreases to approximately 50%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:10 UTC 101225.

Gale warnings:
Humber German Bight Dogger
southwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
Low, 962, over the Faroes will move northeastwards towards the Norwegian Sea. Ridge
is building over the North Sea.

Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5, later 3-4. good, first locally moderate.

Thames
southwest 5-6, later decreasing 4-5. good, first in the east in the coastal area
locally moderate.

Humber
southwest 5-6, especially first in the northern part 6-7. good.

German Bight
southwest 5-6, in the northern part increasing 6-7. good, first in the south in the
coastal area locally moderate.

Dogger
southwest 6-7. good.


Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southwest 3-4, backing south. good.

Thames
southwest 4-5, first in the northern part possibly 6. good.

Humber
southwest 5-6. good.

German Bight
southwest 5-6, first in the northern part 6-7. good, in the south in the coastal
area decreasing moderate to poor and especially later risk of fog.

Dogger
southwest 6-7, decreasing 5-6. good.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 11, 2025
Dry central and south
Windy north

Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 11th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

High pressure over the continent maintains fairly settled weather with
a mix of cloud and sun. Strong winds in the north. A burst of unsettled
weather in Iberia.

Thursday
The day starts fine in Iberia with sunny spells, rain arrives into the
northwest later. Fine weather across the Mediterranean with a mix of
cloud and sun from Iberia eastward into Italy. The Balkan States will
be sunny, as well as Greece and west TUrkiye. Heavy showers will affect
Cyprus.
Patchy rain in northwest France, drier with sun spells to the south.
Some isolated patches of light rain in southern Germany early, a few
patches further east in Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine, more rain in
Belarus. Elsewhere, a dry day, starting cloudy for many, but
increasingly bright, often sunny in Romania and Bulgaria. Blustery in
northern Germany and Poland.
Strong winds blow across Denmark and southern Sweden, across the Baltic
Sea into the Baltic States. Patchy rain for southern Norway, Sweden,
and Denmark. Patchy rain increasingly affects the Baltic States and
merges into a broader area of rain later in the day. Some snow in
central Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

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 TUrkiye remain mostly sunny, some rain in north
TUrkiye.
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.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 2:07 am

Mostly dry with occasional sun. Fairly mild with afternoon temperatures around 10oC. 's
At night the temperature remains well above freezing.

Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Sunshine (%) 10 10 30 30 30 40 30
Precipitation probability (%) 10 20 20 30 20 30 40
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0/1 0 0 0/1
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 7 5 6 4/7 4/7 6 4/7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 11 11 9 10 11 10
Wind direction Z Z SW Z Z Z SW
Wind force (bft) 3 3 3 4 4 3 2


Long term, Thursday December 18, 2025 to Thursday December 25, 2025:
Probably changeable and still soft at first. The chance of temperatures above long-term average decreases to approximately 50%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:19 UTC 111225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
high, 1025, over central Europe remains fairly stationary. trough over France will
move northwards and lying at the end of the period over German Bight.

Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south 4-5, backing southeast. good, in the coastal area moderate to poor, later
increasing good.

Thames
south to southwest 4-5. good, in the coastal area moderate to poor, later increasing
good.

Humber Dogger
southwest 5-6. good.

German Bight
west to southwest 5-6, later decreasing 4-5. good, in the southern part possibly
moderate to poor, later increasing good.


Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
southeast 4-5, veering southwest. occasionally light rain. good, in precipitation
possibly moderate.

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

Humber
southwest 5-6, soon backing south, decreasing 4-5. later occasionally light rain.
good, in precipitation possibly moderate.

German Bight
west to southwest 4-5, backing south. later in the southern part light rain. good,
in precipitation possibly moderate.

Dogger
southwest 5-6, soon backing south. later occasionally light rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.


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

* * * 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 TUrkiye remain mostly sunny, some rain in north
TUrkiye.
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 10oC. 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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* Origin: Postbus 7 (618:500/6)

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

Europe forecast - December 13, 2025
Cold in north and east.
Wet in northwest.

Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 13th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos

High pressure Central Europe

Saturday
A mostly dry and bright day for Portugal. Over Spain expect showers
over the east, dry bright elsewhere. A dry day with bright spells for
France, Germany, the Low Countries, Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. The
British Isles will see some heavy rain with strong winds. Windy for
Denmark with thick cloud and some rain in the morning. A cloudy day for
Norway with some early rain and sleet, which will return later in the
day with snow in places. Some snow is expected for northern Sweden with
rain further south. Mostly dry and cold for Finland and the Baltic
States.
High pressure over Central Europe will give generally a dry day with
plenty of cloud. Dry conditions will prevail throughout. Some
brightness over Romania and the Balkans, with some sunny spells.
A few showers for the Balearics. Dry with sunny spells for Sardinia and
Corsica. Sunshine of Italy and Greece. Showers for northern Turkiye
with snow showers in far east. Isolated showers for Cyprus.

Sunday
Dry and bright over Portugal, with sunny spells. Heavy showers for
eastern Spain, drier further west. A breezy and rather cloudy day for
France, the Low Countries, Germany, Poland and Denmark with dry
conditions. Strong winds with heavy rain in northwest for the British
Isles. Windy for Norway and Sweden with rain for southern parts and
sleet, snow for the north. Some early snow for Finland and the Baltic
States, becoming drier later. Outbreaks of sleet and snow for Belarus
and Ukraine.
Another dry and bright day for the countries over Central Europe with
best of brightness for Switzerland and Hungary. Some sunny spells for
Romania and the Balkans.
Scattered showers for the Balearics, while Sardinia and Corsica will
see dry weather with sunny spells. A dry day with plenty of sunshine
for Italy and Greece. Coastal showers for northern Turkiye, but drier
brighter in south. Plenty of showers for Cyprus, some on the heavy
side.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 4:22 am

Occasionally sunny and initially dry almost everywhere. Occasional rain after Wednesday. Free
mild with afternoon temperatures around 10oC. At night the temperature remains warm
above freezing point.

Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sunshine (%) 30 10 40 20 20 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 20 10 10 20 40 60 60
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/3 0/2
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 6 4 4 5 4 6 7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 8 10 11 10 11 11
Wind direction W SW Z Z SW Z Z
Wind force (bft) 3 4 4 3 3 4 3


Long term, Saturday December 20, 2025 to Saturday December 27, 2025:
First on the mild side for the time of year. After the weekend a bad one approximately 60% increasing chance of temperatures below the long-term average. The
chance of precipitation is then about 30%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:42 UTC 131225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
ridge over the North Sea moving east. trough west of Ireland will move to the northern part of the North Sea.

Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
west to northwest backing south to southwest 2-3. good.

Thames
west 3-4 backing southwest, later increasing 4-5. good.

Humber
west to southwest 3-4, increasing southwest 4-5, later 5-6. good.

German Bight
west 4-5, later backing southwest 5-6. good.

Dogger
west to southwest 4-5, increasing southwest 5-6, later 6-7. good.


Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 2-3, increasing 4-5. moderate to good, risk of fog.

Thames
southwest 4-5, increasing 5-6. good, in the eastern part risk of fog.

Humber
southwest 5-6, increasing 6-7. good.

German Bight
southwest 5-6, increasing 6-7. good, in the southern part risk of fog.

Dogger
southwest 6-7. good.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 14, 2025
Wet Iberia
Drier central and east

Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 14th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain in Spain, fair central and eastern Europe

Sunday
Dry and bright over Portugal, with sunny spells. Heavy showers for
eastern Spain, drier further west. A breezy and rather cloudy day for
France, the Low Countries, Germany, Poland and Denmark with dry
conditions. Strong winds with heavy rain in northwest for the British
Isles. Windy for Norway and Sweden with rain for southern parts and
sleet, snow for the north. Some early snow for Finland and the Baltic
States, becoming drier later. Outbreaks of sleet and snow for Belarus
and Ukraine.
Another dry and bright day for the countries over Central Europe with
best of brightness for Switzerland and Hungary. Some sunny spells for
Romania and the Balkans.
Scattered showers for the Balearics, while Sardinia and Corsica will
see dry weather with sunny spells. A dry day with plenty of sunshine
for Italy and Greece. Coastal showers for northern Turkiye, but drier
brighter in south. Plenty of showers for Cyprus, some on the heavy
side.
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.

Monday
Heavy rain affecting western Spain and Portugal on Monday. Showers in
central Spain but a further areas of rain in the easy. This also
affects the Balearics. Heavy periods of thundery rain too in Sardinia
and Corsica. Italy will be dry with morning mist and fog. Greece and
Turkey are both dry and bright, good spells of sunshine here.
Rain in southern France, Showers in the west. Drier in the north with
some sunny spells. The Low Countries and Germany should be dry and
bright as well as breezy. Poland will be fair with sunshine. Hungary.
Switzerland and Austria will all be dry with sunny spells.
Breezy and mostly dry but cloudy for Denmark. Showers rain in the
Baltic States. Rain and sleet in Finland, gales here too. Fair for
Sweden with broken cloud. Rain in western Norway but heavy showers and
strong winds to the north.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 4:22 am

Occasionally sunny and initially dry almost everywhere. Occasional rain after Wednesday. Free
mild with afternoon temperatures around 10oC. At night the temperature remains warm
above freezing point.

Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sunshine (%) 30 10 40 20 20 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 20 10 10 20 40 60 60
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/3 0/2
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 6 4 4 5 4 6 7
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 8 10 11 10 11 11
Wind direction W SW Z Z SW Z Z
Wind force (bft) 3 4 4 3 3 4 3


Long term, Saturday December 20, 2025 to Saturday December 27, 2025:
First on the mild side for the time of year. After the weekend a bad one approximately 60% increasing chance of temperatures below the long-term average. The
chance of precipitation is then about 30%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 08:35 UTC 141225.

Gale warnings:
Dogger
southwest 8

Thames Humber German Bight
southwest 7

Dover:
no warning


Synopsis:
low, 964 hPa, southwest of Iceland moving slowly eastwards. associated trough lying
stationary over Dogger.

Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 4-5, increasing 5-6. moderate to good.

Thames
southwest 5-6, possibly for a time 7. good, in the eastern part first occasionally
poor.

Humber
southwest 6-7. good, in the eastern part first occasionally poor.

German Bight
southwest 6-7. moderate to good, in the southern part first occasionally poor.

Dogger
southwest 6-7, possibly for a time 8. occasional rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.


Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC:
Dover Thames
south to southwest 5-6. good.

Humber
southwest 6-7, later decreasing south to southwest 5-6. good.

German Bight
southwest 6-7. good.

Dogger
southwest 6-7. occasional rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 15, 2025
Unsettled southwest
Drier central and east

Issued: 0530hrs Monday 15th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

High pressure in southeast Europe keeps the weather settled and often
sunny here. More unsettled west and north, particularly wet in the
southwest.

Monday
Heavy rain affecting western Spain and Portugal on Monday. Showers in
central Spain but a further areas of rain in the east. This also
affects the Balearics. Heavy periods of thundery rain later in Sardinia
and Corsica. Italy will be dry with morning mist and fog. The Balkans,
Greece, and TUrkiye are dry and bright, good spells of sunshine here.
Rain in southern France, outbreaks of showers elsewhere, possibly
frequent west. Drier in the north with some sunny spells. The Low
Countries and Germany should be dry and bright as well as breezy.
Poland will be fair with sunshine, more cloud to the south in Czechia
and Slovakia. Switzerland and Austria will all be dry with sunny
spells, with sun more extensive in the countries near the Black Sea.
Breezy and mostly dry but cloudy for Denmark. Showery rain in the
Baltic States. Rain and sleet in Finland, a broader area of snow in the
north later; gales here too. Fair for Sweden with broken cloud. Rain in
western Norway but heavy showers and strong winds to the north.

Tuesday
Often raining in Iberia and over the Balearics, the rain heaviest and
most persistent in eastern Spain. A broad area of rain lingers over
Sardinia, Corsica, and western Italy, the rain heavy and incessant in
northwest Italy, increasingly more widespread across the west coast. A
risk of strong winds in the central Mediterranean. Some cloud in
Croatia, but the rest of the Balkan States likely sunny and fine;
similarly fine in Greece and west TUrkiye.
Some showery rain in France but decent sunny spells between the rain.
Patchy rain will drift into the Low Countries. Snow in the southern
mountains of Switzerland, dry with a mix of cloud and sun for the rest
of the country and similar conditions in Austria. Most of the northern
and eastern continent will see a mix of cloud and sun, with the sun
most abundant from Slovakia/Hungary and eastward towards the Black Sea.
Likely dry with mixed cloud and sun in Denmark and southern Sweden,
some patchy rain is possible later in the day. Some rain and snow in
southwest Norway, spreading north later. Some rain too in central parts
of Sweden and Finland, mostly dry elsewhere but largely cloudy. Dry too
in the Baltic States with increasing bright spells from the south.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 15, 2025 at 2:55 am

Often cloudy and occasionally rain. Fairly mild with afternoon temperatures around 11oC,
next weekend a few degrees lower.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Sunshine (%) 50 40 20 20 20 20 20
Precipitation probability (%) 10 30 20 30 50 20 30
Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0/1 0/1 0/3 0/2 0 0/2
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 4 5 4 6 7 4 4
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 11 10 11 11 8 8
Wind direction Z Z ZW Z Z Z Z
Wind force (bft) 4 3 3 4 3 2 2


Long term, Monday December 22, 2025 to Monday December 29, 2025:
The chance of temperatures below the long-term average increases to approx
70%. The daily chance of precipitation is about 20%.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:51 UTC 151225.

Gale warnings:
German Bight Dogger
south to southwest 7

other districts:
no warning


Synopsis:
low, 957, over the Norwegian Sea will move northwards. Associated trough is lying
fairly stationary over Dogger.

Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south 5-6. good.

Thames Humber
south to southwest 5-6. good.

German Bight
south to southwest 5-6, first in the northern part 6-7. good.

Dogger
south to southwest 5-6, first in the eastern part possibly 7. especially in the
western part rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, sometimes poor.


Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
south 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5, later 3-4. good.

Thames Humber
south 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5. good.

German Bight
south 4-5, first in the western part 5-6. good.

Dogger
south 5-6, from the west decreasing northeast 3-4. periods of rain or drizzle. good,
in precipitation moderate, sometimes poor.


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

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

Europe forecast - December 16, 2025
More rain in Spain
Wet northern Italy

Issued: 0530hrs Tuesday 16th December 2025
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Rain in Spain, Portugal and northern Italy

Tuesday
Often raining in Iberia and over the Balearics, the rain heaviest and
most persistent in eastern Spain. A broad area of rain lingers over
Sardinia, Corsica, and western Italy, the rain heavy and incessant in
northwest Italy, increasingly more widespread across the west coast. A
risk of strong winds in the central Mediterranean. Some cloud in
Croatia, but the rest of the Balkan States likely sunny and fine;
similarly fine in Greece and west TUrkiye.
Some showery rain in France but decent sunny spells between the rain.
Patchy rain will drift into the Low Countries. Snow in the southern
mountains of Switzerland, dry with a mix of cloud and sun for the rest
of the country and similar conditions in Austria. Most of the northern
and eastern continent will see a mix of cloud and sun, with the sun
most abundant from Slovakia/Hungary and eastward towards the Black Sea.
Likely dry with mixed cloud and sun in Denmark and southern Sweden,
some patchy rain is possible later in the day. Some rain and snow in
southwest Norway, spreading north later. Some rain too in central parts
of Sweden and Finland, mostly dry elsewhere but largely cloudy. Dry too
in the Baltic States with increasing bright spells from the south.

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.

* * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *

Expectation (medium) long term

Prepared by the KNMI on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 2:44 am

First often cloudy, mild and occasionally rain, especially on Thursday and Friday. From
the weekend will be mainly dry and less mild.

Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Sunshine (%) 40 20 20 40 40 20 10
Precipitation probability (%) 30 40 40 50 20 20 20
Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0/1 0/3 0/2 0 0/2 0
Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 4 6 7 3 3 2
Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 10 11 11 8 8 6
Wind direction S SW S SW S SE E
Wind force (bft) 2 3 4 3 2 2 3


Long term, Tuesday December 23, 2025 to Tuesday December 30, 2025:
High chance (60-70%) of predominantly dry conditions where the temperature gradually decreases to a few degrees below the long-term average.

* * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *

North Sea shipping forecast

Issued by KNMI at 07:45 UTC 161225.

Gale warnings:
There are no warnings.


Synopsis:
trough over the North Sea moving slowly eastwards and will reach at night the coastal area. weak ridge over the British Isles moving at night slowly to the North
Sea.

Forecast valid Tuesday 09:00 till Tuesday 21:00 UTC:
Dover
south to southwest 3-4, later from the west veering north to northwest. good.

Thames
south to southwest 3-4, later from the west veering north to northwest. an isolated
shower. good, in precipitation moderate.

Humber
south to southwest 3-4, from the west veering north to northwest. in the northern
part rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight
south 4-5, soon decreasing southwest 3-4, later in the northwestern part veering
north to northwest. rain or drizzle, in the eastern part an isolated shower. good,
in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Dogger
north to northwest 2-4, in the eastern part first south 3-4. rain or drizzle. good,
in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.


Forecast valid Tuesday 21:00 till Wednesday 09:00 UTC:
Dover
north to northwest 3-4, decreasing 2-3, later backing west to southwest. good.

Thames
north to northwest 3-4, decreasing 2-3, later backing west to southwest. first rain
or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Humber
north to northwest 3-4, decreasing west 2-3, later from the west increasing 4-5.
first in the northeastern part light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

German Bight
southwest 3-4, temporary possibly 5, in the west veering northwest 3-4. rain or
drizzle, locally an isolated shower. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor.

Dogger
north to northwest 3-4, gradually backing southwest, later from the west increasing
5-6. good.


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