Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Sun Nov 16 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - November 16, 2025 Breezy for most Increasingly showery Mediterranean Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 16th November 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves A complex low pressure regime brings unsettled spells to many; driest with sun southeast. Sunday Showers are expected for Portugal and Spain, some of them on the heavy side near the west coast. Bright with scattered showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, a few on the heavy side. Heavy rain for northern Italy with snow in the mountains, while the central and southern parts will see plenty of sunshine. Sunny for the Balkans, Greece, and Cyprus. West Türkiye will see plenty of sunshine, while the east will see some wintry showers. Scattered showers for France, northern Germany and Poland. Early showers for the Low Countries as well, but trending drier. Rain and snow in Switzerland, this extending into western Austria. Dry further east but rather cloudy, these conditions also in Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary with some patchy light rain at times. Bright with sunny spells for Romania and Bulgaria. Belarus will see some sleet at times, but outbreaks of rain expected for Ukraine. Strong winds across central and southern Scandinavia into the Baltic States. A dry start in the Baltics, then snow arrives in Lithuania. Cold with snow showers into Norway's west coast, with some snow showers in central Sweden and Finland. Sunnier in south Sweden and Denmark but with occasional passing showers. Monday Scattered showers continue across Iberia, most frequent in the south. More scattered showers too over the central Mediterranean islands. Italy mostly fine but some showers will drift onto the west coast. Similar in the Balkan States where heavy rain will frequent the west coast, sunny well inland. Sunny and dry for Greece and Türkiye. A strong breeze in southeast Europe but remaining mild. A notably cooler day north of the Alps, though milder in southern France. Scattered showers in central and southern France with snow in the east mountains, this snow stretches widely across Switzerland into Austria. A cold northerly pushes bright spells and wintry showers into Germany and the Low Countries, some into northern Poland as well. Heavy rain across southern Poland, Slovakia, and some parts of Czechia and Hungary. Drier further east with sunshine near the Black Sea and a strong but mild breeze. Snow showers continue onto the Norwegian west coast. Bright in the south, Sweden, and Denmark; little or no precipitation here. Some snow in the western Baltic States and the south of Finland, though many areas dry with a mix of cloud and sun. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 5:46 am Persistently variable. Gradually colder in the nights and early morning inland local (night) frost and an increasing chance of winter frost during showers precipitation, especially from Wednesday. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshine (%) 30 50 30 20 20 60 20 Precipitation probability (%) 50 50 70 90 40 30 40 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0/2 1/5 2/10 0/5 0/3 0/5 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 2 2 1 0 -2 -1 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 8 8 6 6 6 3/7 Wind direction N NW SW SW W SW S Wind force (bft) 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 Long term, Sunday November 23, 2025 to Sunday November 30, 2025: A high chance (70%) of a transition to a fairly mild and changeable weather type and a small (30%) chance of cold and mostly dry conditions. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:48 UTC 161125. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: Ridge over the the North Sea will move southwards via the Netherlands and is followed by a trough. Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC: Dover northeast 4-5, later increasing 5-6. good. Thames northeast 4-5, later backing north. good. Humber northeast 4-5, backing north, later from the north increasing north to northwest 5-6. an isolated light shower, later showery rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate, later moderate. German Bight north to northeast 3-4, from the north increasing north to northwest 5-6. an isolated light shower, from the afternoon showery rain, then showers, risk of gusts. good, in precipitation moderate, later moderate to poor. Dogger north to northwest 3-4, from the north increasing 5-6. an isolated light shower, from the afternoon showery rain, then showers, risk of gusts. good, in precipitation moderate, later moderate to poor. Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC: Dover northeast 5-6, soon backing north, later possibly 7. later showery rain, then occasional showers with gusts. good, later in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. Thames north 4-5, soon backing northwest 5-6, increasing north 6-7. at night showery rain, then showers, later risk of gusts. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. Humber north to northwest 5-6, increasing 6-7. first showery rain, then showers, risk of gusts, later small risk of thunder and hail. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. German Bight north to northwest 5-6, soon from the north increasing 6-7. showers, with gusts, gradually also risk of hail and thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Dogger north to northwest 5-6, soon increasing 6-7. showers, with gusts, gradually also risk of hail and thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .