Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Sun Dec 07 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - December 07, 2025 Northern wind & rain Showers eastern Mediterranean Issued: 0530hrs Sunday 7th December 2025 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling Rain and wind in the north, heavy showers eastern Mediterranean Sunday Mostly dry bright for the Iberia, with some light rain in far northwest. Windy with outbreaks of heavy rain for France, the Low Countries and then later in the day over Germany. A wet day for the British Isles, with strong winds in south. A mostly dry but cloudy day for Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. Some light rain for Denmark. Norway will see a mostly dry day, while Sweden will see some snow in north. Light snow for Finland and sleet or snow for the Baltic States. Increasingly cloudy for Switzerland and western Austria with outbreaks of rain or sleet. Further east a mostly dry and bright day, with the best of sunny spells over Hungary. Dry for Romania and the Balkans. A dry and sunny day for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica. Sunny for Italy, perhaps with a few coastal showers over the south. Showers for Greece, mostly in south and some on the heavy side. A showery day for Turkiye, perhaps a longer spell of rain for the northwest. Heavy showers or thunderstorms for Cyprus. Monday Fine for most of Portugal and Spain on Monday, although rain in the far northwest. The Balearics are fair too with more sunshine here. A fine day in Italy, dry and bright as well as sunny. Greece should be mostly dry with good spells of sunshine although a few showers in the east. Turkey will have some heavy thundery showers, most in the south and east. Fair for most ofFrance today, a,though some rain later in the far northwest. Windy through the Low Countries and northern Germany with some heavy periods of rain here. Southern Germany and Poland should be fair, sunny spells and dry. Hungary and Switzerland as well as Austria will be dry with sunny spells. Windy and wet in Denmark. Further rain and drizzle in the Baltic States. Murky and rain as well as sleet and some snow for Finland. Sweden will be rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Rain and strong winds in southern Norway, colder with snow showers in the north. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3:38 am Changeable and very mild until Wednesday. Particularly in the northwest coastal area quite a lot of wind. Decreasing precipitation chances from Wednesday and persistently mild, but less wind and occasional sun. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunshine (%) 20 30 20 30 40 40 20 Precipitation probability (%) 90 80 90 50 10 20 30 Precipitation sum (mm) 4/7 2/6 2/8 0/2 0 0 0/3 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 8 9 10 10 7 5 6 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 11 13 14 13 11 10 11 Wind direction SW SW SW SW SW SW Z S Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 Long term, Sunday December 14, 2025 to Sunday December 21, 2025: It will probably remain on the mild side and the chance of precipitation increases 60%. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 08:43 UTC 071225. Gale warnings: Dover Thames Humber Dogger southwest 7 German Bight south to southeast 7 Synopsis: ridge over the southern part of the North Sea moving northeastwards. low, 987, south of Ireland moving via Forties to Norway and deepening, 980. Forecast valid Sunday 09:00 till Sunday 21:00 UTC: Dover south 4-5, increasing southwest 5-6 soon, temporary increasing 6-7. rain or drizzle in the afternoon. good, in precipitation moderate, possibly poor. Thames south 4-5, increasing southwest 5-6 soon, increasing 6-7. rain or drizzle in the afternoon and evening. good, decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation poor. Humber southwest mainly 4, gradually increasing south 5-6, southwest 6-7 later. rain or drizzle in the afternoon and evening. good, decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation poor. German Bight southwest 4-5, increasing south to southeast 5-6, 6-7 later. occasional showers, rain or drizzle later. good, locally and in precipitation moderate to poor. Dogger southwest 3-4, gradually increasing southeast 6-7, southwest 7-8 later. rain or drizzle in the afternoon and evening. good, decreasing moderate to good, in precipitation poor. Forecast valid Sunday 21:00 till Monday 09:00 UTC: Dover southwest 5-6. good. Thames Humber southwest 6-7, decreasing 5-6. moderate to good, increasing good. German Bight south to southeast 6-7, backing southwest. rain or drizzle first. moderate to good, locally poor, increasing good. Dogger southwest 7-8, decreasing 6-7. rain or drizzle first. moderate to good, increasing good. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .