Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Thu Dec 04 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - December 04, 2025 Mostly cloudy Wettest west and southeast Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 4th December 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves An unsettled picture for most but with milder daytime temperatures than recently. Most settled central continent around and north of the central Alps. Thursday Some rain for northern parts of Portugal, drier brighter further south. Outbreaks of rain for Spain, most consistent north with snow over the high ground. Mostly dry bright morning over the Balearics with some wind, but rain arrives later. Showers for Sardinia and Corsica as well as eastern parts of Italy, particularly early. Some rain is expected for western parts of the Balkans. Heavy rain spreads north over Greece, and later in the day over the far western parts of Türkiye, while further east it will be a dry and bright day. Dry and bright for Cyprus. A band of rain pushes east over France and the British Isles, blustery here with showers following. Breezy with a few showers for the Low Countries. Some early rain in northern Germany but otherwise a cloudy and mostly dry day, similar in Poland and Belarus; Ukraine will see some light rain. Another dry but cloudy day for Switzerland, similar to Austria but some rain arrives over the far east later in the day. Czechia will see a dry start, but rain arrives in the evening. Hungary and Slovakia will see cloudy skies with outbreaks of rain. Mostly dry for Romania and Bulgaria, some local patchy rain later. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for Denmark, southern Norway and southern Sweden. Odd patches of wintry precipitation further north and over Finland and the Baltic States; likely widely cloudy all day and slightly milder temperatures in southern areas. Friday Frequent showery rain in Iberia, driest in northeast Spain. Showers in the Balearics and Sardinia and Corsica, but these gradually easing though the day. Showers with sun spells in central and southern Italy, dry and bright north. Mostly dry in the northern Balkans, wet to the south and rain becoming more widespread later. Heavy rain over the Aegean Sea all day gradually spreads over mainland Greece and into Türkiye, this band of rain passing into eastern areas. Patchy rain and snow in France, then winds strengthen in the northwest and bringing afternoon heavy rain. Windy too in the Low Countries but dry. Early snow in Switzerland and east Germany clears for dry but cloud conditions. Early rain too in Czechia and west Poland, this also clearing for dry but dull conditions. Patchy rain lingers from Hungary into Romania and Bulgaria. Occasional patchy rain across southern Scandinavia, an increasing chance in Denmark and southern Sweden later in the day. Some snow in northern Finland, largely dry northern Sweden and Norway but cloudy. Dry and cloudy too in the Baltics but breezy, some light patchy rain here and there late in the day. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 4:24 am Changeable and very mild until Tuesday. Less from Tuesday changeable and occasionally sunny. Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Sunshine (%) 20 10 10 10 10 10 30 Precipitation probability (%) 30 20 90 90 80 70 40 Precipitation sum (mm) 0/1 0 4/8 2/6 2/6 1/6 0/1 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 4 5 7 8 10 9 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 8 6 10 12 13 14 13 Wind direction SE S Z SW SW SW SW Wind force (bft) 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 Long term, Thursday December 11, 2025 to Thursday December 18, 2025: Continuation of the mild weather. Daily precipitation chances are around 30-40%. The uncertainty will increase somewhat from the weekend onwards, but it remains probably soft. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 07:55 UTC 041225. Gale warnings: Dogger southeast 7 Dover Thames Humber south to southeast 7 German Bight: no warning Synopsis: Low, 979, remains fairly stationary northwest of Ireland and is filling. Secondary low, 981, over England will slowly move northwards and is filling. Associated trough is moving northeastwards across the western part of the North Sea. Forecast valid Thursday 09:00 till Thursday 21:00 UTC: Dover south to southeast 6-7, soon veering southwest 5-6, decreasing 3-4. rain, then showers. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. Thames south to southeast 5-6, in the western part possibly 7, later veering south to southwest 3-4. later from the south light rain. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Humber south to southeast 5-6, in the western part possibly 7, later veering south to southwest 4-5. especially first occasional showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. German Bight south to southeast 4-5, in the eastern part 3-4, in the western part sometimes 6. especially in the west and north occasional showers. good, in the coastal area locally moderate, possibly sometimes poor. Dogger southeast 5-6, later in the western part possibly 7. occasional showers. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Forecast valid Thursday 21:00 till Friday 09:00 UTC: Dover southwest 3-4, soon decreasing variable 1-3. especially first occasional showers. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. Thames south to southwest 3-4, decreasing mainly southwest 1-3. light rain then a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Humber south to southwest 4-5, first in the northern part 5-6, decreasing 3-4. light rain then a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. German Bight south to southeast 4-5, from the south decreasing 3-4. gradually in the southwestern part light rain or a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. Dogger southeast 5-6, first in the western part possibly 7, from the south veering south to southwest 4-5. gradually light rain or a shower. good, in precipitation sometimes moderate. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .