Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Fri Oct 17 2025 12:01 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - October 17, 2025 Settled for central Cold in north Issued: 0530hrs Friday 17th October 2025 Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos Lows from the Atlantic Friday A dry and sunny day for Portugal, while Spain will see some showers mostly over the eastern parts in the afternoon. A dry and sunny day for France, but cloudier for the British Isles. A scattering of showers is expected over the Low Countries and Germany, while Poland will see more frequent showers. Some rain is expected for Denmark, later in the day. Norway will see some snow showers in north but sunny elsewhere. A sunny day for Sweden and Finland. Outbreaks of rain for the Baltic States and Belarus later in the day. Some light patch rain for Ukraine. A dry and mostly sunny day for Switzerland. Austria will see some light rain in the morning, dire later. Some showers over Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. Showers for Romania and the Balkans. A few afternoon light showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, otherwise sunny. A sunny day for northern Italy, while cloudier with some rain for the south. Showers for Greece, mostly in west. Similar for Turkiye with showers mostly in west. Dry and bright for Cyprus. Saturday Some heavy showers are expected for Portugal. Spain will see a sunny day with some coastal showers in east. Another dry day for France but increasingly cloudy. Rain arrives over the western parts of the British Isles, slowly moving east. A dry but cloudy day for the Low Countries, but sunnier for Germany and Denmark. A few showers of Poland, more frequent in far eat. Norway will see plenty of showers in north, falling as snow over high ground. A mostly dry and bright day for Sweden and Finland. Sunny spells for the Baltic States, some rain remaining in south. Outbreaks of rain for Belarus and Ukraine. Another dry and bright day over Switzerland, but some light rain is possible for Austria in the morning. A dry day for Czechia and Hungary but some light showers over Slovakia. Showers for Romania and the Balkans. Some afternoon light showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Italy will see a sunny day in north, but outbreaks of rain in south. Some showers for northern parts of Greece. Scattered showers for northern Turkiye, but sunny elsewhere. Dry and sunny for Cyprus. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 4:56 am Still dry on Sunday with occasional sun. Then a changeable weather with more wind. There is a reasonable chance (30-60%) of heavy wind gusts, especially on Thursday. The temperatures are around the long-term average. Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Sunshine (%) 30 70 60 30 30 30 30 Precipitation probability (%) 40 10 10 80 80 80 80 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0 0 1/5 1/6 1/7 4/13 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 8 2/9 3 8 11 10 10/13 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 14 12/15 13 16 16 16 14/17 Wind direction NW E SE S SW SW SW Wind force (bft) 2 2 3 3 4 3 5 Long term, Friday October 24, 2025 to Friday October 31, 2025: The changeable weather continues with a 60-70% chance of precipitation daily. Also up There is still a reasonable chance (30-60%) of heavy wind gusts on Friday. The temperature gradually falls below the long-term average. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 06:54 UTC 171025. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: high, 1027, over Scotland with associated ridge over the southern part of the North Sea will move slowly eastwards to the north of Germany. Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC: Dover east to northeast 3-4. isolated light showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Thames mainly north 3-4, later veering northeast 2-3. isolated light showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Humber Dogger northwest 3-4, later veering east 2-3. isolated light showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. German Bight northwest 3-4, in the eastern part 5, later veering north to northeast. isolated light showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC: Dover east to northeast 3-4, later veering southeast. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Thames northeast 2-3, occasionally 4, veering east. later southeast. isolated light showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Humber east 2-3, occasionally 4, veering southeast. in the western part isolated light showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. German Bight north to northeast 3-4, veering east, later southeast. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Dogger east 2-3, veering southeast 3-4. in the western part isolated light showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .