Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Wed Nov 19 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - November 19, 2025 Cold, wintry north Milder south with showers Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 19th November 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves Cold air spreads widely over the Alps and north; most unsettled around the Baltic Sea. Bright spells elsewhere but cold. Milder in the Mediterranean but showers for many and often heavy. Wednesday A chilly day in Spain and Portugal. Heavy, frequent showers or longer spells of rain affecting northern areas of Spain, dry and sunny elsewhere in Iberia. Some showers too in the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia, though mostly sunny. Mostly sunny in Italy with scattered showers in the south and west. Dry with bright spells in the northern Baltics, showery to the south with a broader area of heavy rain in north and west Greece. Dry in Türkiye and brighter south and east. A frosty morning from southern France eastward across the Alps, southern Germany and Poland, as well as Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary; bright in these areas in the morning but increasingly cloudy from the west An unsettled day in northern France with rain, some of it heavy, strong winds too in the north and west. Unsettled in the Low Countries and Germany with more rain and showers, strong winds from the North Sea; some showers may fall as snow. Poland should be drier, sunny spells here and these extending Romania, Ukraine, and Belarus. Cold in Scandinavia with widespread morning frost. Cloud and some rain/sleet for Denmark, further periods of rain in the south of Sweden. The Baltic States will have cloud and rain/snow too, this extending to southern Finland. Northern areas of Sweden should be dry whilst wintry weather affects western Norway. Bright spells in southern Norway. Thursday Frequent showers continue drifting onto the north Spain coasts, falling as sleet or snow on high ground. Some cloud further south but often bright. More showers for the central Mediterranean islands, these extending into southern Italy. Drier north but cloudy. Showers along the Balkan coasts becoming increasingly heavy, and particularly showers in western Greece. Only odd showers in east Greece and Türkiye; mild but strong winds through the Aegean into the Black Sea. Patchy wintry precipitation drifts into France, the Low Countries, and Germany on a breeze from the North Sea. Broader areas of snow will affect Switzerland and Austria. Some snow and rain into Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary. Largely dry in Poland though some snow in the southern mountains. Dry with a mix of cloud and sun from Bulgaria northward through Romania, Ukraine, and Belarus. Strong winds around the Baltic Sea. Snow in southern parts of Sweden and Finland, some snow drifting north into central Finland. Generally dry but cloudy in the Baltic States, some snow showers drifting inland from the coast later. Dry but cloud in northern Finland and Sweden. Shower showers drift onto Norway's coasts while inland southern areas will be largely dry with bright spells, these extending into central Sweden. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 4:55 am Quite cold with light frost at night and early morning. Initially it is mainly dry. Sometimes rain or wet snow in the south on Sunday and Monday. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Sunshine (%) 20 40 50 40 20 20 20 Precipitation probability (%) 90 50 20 20 80 70 40 Precipitation sum (mm) 5/15 1/5 0 0 3/8 3/5 1/3 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 4 -1 -2 -2 -2/2 2 0 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 6 6 6 4 3 6 6 Wind direction SW W SW Z S Z E Wind force (bft) 4 2 2 3 4 3 3 Long term, Wednesday November 26, 2025 to Wednesday December 3, 2025: Occasional rain or a few showers. It is also a few degrees colder than that long-term average. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 08:21 UTC 191125. Gale warnings: Dover north to northwest 8 Thames Humber German Bight north to northeast 7 Dogger: no warning Synopsis: low, 1001, over the Frisian Isles moving eastwards to the northeast of Germany. associated trough across the North Sea will move eastwards. Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC: Dover north to northwest 4-5, soon increasing 6-7, possibly occasionally 8.. squally showers risk of hail and thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Thames north to northeast 6-7, later backing north to northwest. showers with risk of hail and thunderstorm and first also with gusts. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Humber north to northeast 6-7, decreasing 5-6. showers with risk of hail and thunderstorm and first also with gusts. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. German Bight mainly north 5-6, in the southwestern part possibly 7, later decreasing 4-5. wintry showers, possibly with thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Dogger north to northeast 5-6, backing north to northwest. wintry showers, in the western part possibly with thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC: Dover Thames north to northwest 6-7, decreasing 5-6. wintry showers, possibly with thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Humber mainly north 5-6, later decreasing 3-4. wintry showers, possibly with thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. German Bight mainly north 4-5. wintry showers, possibly with thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Dogger mainly north 4-5, first occasionally 6, decreasing 3-4. wintry showers, possibly with thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .