Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Fri Nov 21 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - November 21, 2025 Wet and windy south Chilly north Issued: 0530hrs Friday 21st November 2025 Duty forecaster: Garry Nicholson Drier through central Europe to start the weekend, rain moves into France Friday Showers 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, particularly southern France with a powerful Mistral wind here. 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. Saturday High pressure extends through Spain, Portugal and into central France, Germany and the Alps bringing plenty of dry weather. Sunshine best in the south of Spain. Strong winds through the western Mediterranean with heavy bursts of rain around Corsica, Sardinia. Showers for the Balearics tend to fade. Heavy areas of rain for central and southern Italy, plus western Greece and the Balkans, again with snow in the mountains inland. Northern Italy is drier with variable cloud. A few showers for west coasts of Türkiye, but dry and sunny further east. Also sunny for Cyprus. Fine weather around the Black Sea. Strengthening southwesterly winds for northern France brings rain in from the northwest, turning heavier here. Dry with some early mist in Germany, Czechia and western Poland. Breezy and cloudy for the Netherlands into Denmark, a little patchy rain. Some rain and snow in southern Poland. Breezy in southern Scandinavia, but milder with some patchy rain. Wetter in southwest Norway. Areas of snow flurries further north. * * * 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 08:53 UTC 211125. Gale warnings: There are no warnings. Synopsis: ridge over the southern part of the North Sea moving southeast. troughs will move southeastwards across the North Sea. Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC: Dover east to northeast 5-6, decreasing 2-4, later variable. first occasional wintry showers, possibly with thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate, first possibly poor. Thames northeast 3-5, decreasing variable 2-4, later mainly west. occasional wintry showers, in the north first possibly with thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate, first possibly poor. Humber variable gradually west 2-4. occasional wintry showers, first risk of thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate, first possibly poor. German Bight variable 2-4, later west to southwest. occasional wintry showers, first risk of thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate, first possibly poor. Dogger northwest backing west 3-4, later increasing west to southwest 4-5. occasional wintry showers, first risk of thunderstorm. good, in precipitation moderate, first possibly poor. Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC: Dover variable 2-4, increasing southwest 4-5. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate. Thames German Bight west to southwest 3-4, later increasing southwest 5-6. occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate. Humber west to southwest 3-4, increasing southwest 5-6. first occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate. Dogger west to southwest 4-5, increasing southwest 5-6. later periods of rain. good, in precipitation moderate. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .