Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Mon Nov 17 2025 12:01 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - November 17, 2025 Breezy for most Settling west Issued: 0530hrs Monday 17th November 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves A subtle ridge of high pressure slowly establishes in western Europe which may extend some more settled conditions across the Alps. Remaining unsettled to the north and south. Monday Scattered showers across Iberia, tending to isolate to the south and north of Spain - sunny spells in central areas. Scattered showers too over the central Mediterranean islands. Italy mostly fine but some showers will drift onto the west coast; snow in the northern mountains. Heavy coastal rain in the Balkan States, most extensive north Albania towards Slovenia. Inland largely sunny. Sunny spells 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 and strong northerly wind 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 into Romania and Ukraine. Cold across Scandinavia, particularly northern Sweden and Finland. Frequent snow showers 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 some brighter spells. Tuesday A sunny day across Iberia. A few light showers and blustery winds around the central Mediterranean Islands, plenty of sunny spells. Sunny too in northern Italy, rain further south with the heavies bursts in the far south. Heavy rain from southern Bosnia and Herzegovina southward into western Greece, this rain extending inland as well. Dry but quite blustery through the Aegean Sea, dry too in Türkiye with plentiful sunshine. A notable westerly wind from the north of France all the day eastward into Belarus - mostly cloudy here with spells of rain across the Low Countries, northern Germany, and northern Poland. Brighter spells further south, sun may be extensive from central France east along the Alps into Hungary and Slovakia. Lighter wind here too. Rain increasing in Romania and Bulgaria Cold across Scandinavia though slightly milder south Sweden and Denmark. Cloudy for most with snow showers continuing onto Norway's west coast, rain showers into west Denmark. Only local snowy spots in southern parts of Sweden and Finland with a few brighter spells. Westerly winds in the Baltic States will bring periods of snow, perhaps increasingly bright in Finland. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, November 17, 2025 at 4:06 am Quite cold and changeable with some showers that will be wintry, especially from Wednesday can have character. Furthermore, there is an increasing risk of light frost at night early morning. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Sunshine (%) 50 30 20 20 60 40 20 Precipitation probability (%) 50 70 90 40 30 30 50 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 1/5 2/10 0/5 0/3 0/5 0/6 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 2 1 0 -2 -3/0 -4/2 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 7 6 6 6 3/7 3/7 Wind direction NW SW SW W SW Z S Wind force (bft) 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 Long term, Monday November 24, 2025 to Monday December 1, 2025: A high chance (60-70%) of a transition to a (fairly) soft and changeable weather type and a small (30-40%) chance of cold and mainly dry conditions. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 08:01 UTC 171125. Gale warnings: Thames Humber German Bight Dogger north 7 Dover: no warning Synopsis: Low, 997, over the Baltic Sea will slowly move eastwards. Associated troughs will move southeastwards across the North Sea. Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC: Dover north 5-6, decreasing 4-5. squally showers. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Thames north 6-7, decreasing 5-6, later backing northwest 4-5. squally showers. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Humber north 6-7, decreasing 5-6, later backing northwest. squally showers. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. German Bight north 6-7, decreasing northwest 5-6. squally showers, first in the south risk of hail and thunderstorms. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Dogger north 6-7, decreasing northwest 5-6. squally showers. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC: Dover north 4-5, soon decreasing northwest 3-4, later backing west. showers. good, in precipitation moderate. Thames northwest 4-5, in the north sometimes 6, backing west. showers. good, in precipitation moderate. Humber northwest 5-6, backing west, later decreasing 4-5. showers. good, in precipitation moderate. German Bight northwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. showers. good, in precipitation moderate. Dogger northwest 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5. showers. good, in precipitation moderate. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .