Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Thu Nov 20 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - November 20, 2025 Unsettled central Mediterranean Cold north Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 20th November 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves Frequent heavy showers around the central Mediterranean with snow across the Alps and mountains in the east. Drier to the north and Iberia though cold. Thursday Frequent showers drifting onto north Spain, falling as sleet or snow on high ground. Some cloud further south but sunny for Portugal and southern Spain. Showers for the central Mediterranean islands, these extending into southern Italy. Drier north but cloudy with snow in the mountains. Showers along the Balkan coasts becoming increasingly heavy, particularly heavy in western Greece. Only odd showers in east Greece and Türkiye with plentiful sun; 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 east France, Switzerland and Austria. Some snow and rain into Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary. Patchy snow and rain in Poland though dry for many under cloud. Some scattered showers in southeast Europe but most dry with sunny spells. 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 cloudy in northern Finland and Sweden. Snow showers drift onto Norway's coasts while inland southern areas will be largely dry with bright spells, these brighter conditions extending into central Sweden. Friday Showers continue to affect north Spain, dry with sun elsewhere in Iberia. Heavy showers come and go around the central Mediterranean, including into central and southern Italy. Strong winds are likely as well. Heavy rain on the coastal Balkans, this rain extending inland in northern areas, falling as snow on high ground. Heavy rain for west Greece, dry and sunny to the east and in Türkiye. A frosty morning from France eastward across the Alps and areas north into Poland. Some morning patchy snow in north and west France eases for an increasingly bright day from the north. Most of the continent north of the Alps will be dry and cloudy, though sun increasingly pushes in from the north. The Alps themselves will be snowy, this band of snow extending east through Austria, Slovakia, and southern Poland. Rain for Hungary with scattered showers southeast towards the Black Sea. Very cold in Scandinavia, likely below freezing all day; bitter cold in the north. More snow showers into western Norway, becoming persistent on the southwestern coast later. Showers into Denmark. Sweden will be dry with sunny spells. Southern Finland and the Baltic States will see some patchy snow, this tending to fade for a drier evening with sunny spells. * * * 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 09:40 UTC 201125. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: Low, 1000, over the Baltic Sea slowly moving east. Second weak low, 1005, over Dogger moving southwards and is filling at the end of the period over France. Associated troughs will move across the coastal area. Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC: Dover north to northwest 4-5, occasionally 6. wintry showers, risk of thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Thames Humber north to northwest 3-4, in the western part 5-6, later backing north to northeast. wintry showers, risk of thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. German Bight east to northeast 2-4, later backing north to northeast. wintry showers, risk of thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Dogger north to northeast 3-4, occasionally 5. wintry showers, risk of thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate to poor. Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC: Dover north to northwest 4-5, in the western part occasionally 6, later veering north to northeast. occasional showers, small risk of thunder and hail. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. Thames north to northwest 3-4, in the western part occasionally 5, soon veering east to northeast. occasional showers, small risk of thunder and hail. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. Humber north to northeast 3-4, in the western part 5-6, backing north to northwest. occasional showers, small risk of thunder and hail. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. German Bight Dogger north to northeast 3-4, backing north to northwest. occasional showers, small risk of thunder and hail. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .