Subj : forecast Europe and North Sea To : All From : Postbus 7 Date : Mon Dec 08 2025 12:00 pm * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * * from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm Europe forecast - December 08, 2025 Fine Mediterranean Windy wet north coasts Issued: 0530hrs Monday 8th December 2025 Duty forecaster: Dan Graves Unsettled with wind and rain in many northern areas, brighter central Europe and particularly over the Mediterranean. Monday Fine for most Spain on Monday, although rain in the far northwest and coastal Portugal. The Balearics are fair too with sunshine here. A fine day in Italy, dry and bright as well as sunny. Cloudier in the Balkan States but this clearing. Greece should be mostly dry with good spells of sunshine although a few showers in the east. Türkiye will have some heavy thundery showers, most in the south along the coast. Fair for most of France today, although some rain the far northwest. Windy through the Low Countries and northern Germany with some bursts of heavy rain here. Southern Germany and Poland should be fair, sunny spells and dry. Generally mild from France across Germany and into west Poland. Hungary and Switzerland as well as Austria will see patchy morning rain, turning dry with sunny spells. Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine will be dry with a mix of cloud and sun. Windy in Denmark and southern Sweden, rain into central Spain and south Norway with patchy snow further north. Similar in Finland with rain in the south and snow in the north. Windy too in the Baltic States with rain arriving into Latvia and Estonia. Tuesday Strong wind in Portugal and northwest Spain with heavy rain spreading from north to south as the day goes. East Spain fair with sunny spells. Eastward across the Mediterranean, Italy, the Balkan States, and Greece will all have a fair day with sunshine. Breezy in the south Aegean, heavy bursts of rain along the south Türkiye coast. Mild again in western Europe. Windy in France and the Low Countries, some rain in northwest France but elsewhere mostly sunny. Some rain and windy too in northern Germany. Southern Germany, the alpine countries, and eastward into Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria will be fine and mostly sunny. Often raining in Poland and western Ukraine. Wind with afternoon rain into Denmark, this rain spreading into south Sweden and Norway later, falling as snow in Norway. Showery rain in south Finland and the Baltic States, local patchy snow in northern Scandinavia, often dry but cloudy in central areas. * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * * Expectation (medium) long term Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 2:56 am Still a chance of some rain on Wednesday. Most dry on Thursday and Friday and then again slightly variable. Furthermore, quite a lot of wind, occasionally sun and persistently mild. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Sunshine (%) 10 10 20 30 30 20 20 Precipitation probability (%) 40 40 30 10 10 30 40 Precipitation sum (mm) 3 1 0/1 0 0 0/2 0/4 Minimum temp. (gr. C) 10 10 10 6 6 7 7 Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 13 13 14 11 12 12 11 Wind direction SW Z SW Z Z SW SW Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Long term, Monday December 15, 2025 to Monday December 22, 2025: First on the mild side, later probably temperatures around the long term average. Furthermore, slightly changeable (daily precipitation chances 30-40%), off and on sunny and slightly decreasing wind. * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * * North Sea shipping forecast Issued by KNMI at 08:53 UTC 081225. Gale warnings: German Bight Dogger southwest 7 other districts: no warning Synopsis: troughs will move across the North Sea the coming period Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC: Dover southwest 5-6. risk of a shower, later periods of rain. moderate to good. Thames southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. risk of a shower. moderate to good. Humber southwest 5-6, decreasing 4-5. first risk of a shower. moderate to good, in the eastern part possibly occasionally poor. German Bight southwest 6-7, decreasing 4-5. risk of a shower. moderate to good, possibly occasionally poor. Dogger southwest 6-7, decreasing 4-5. first risk of a shower. moderate to good. Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC: Dover south to southwest 5-6. occasional rain. moderate to good. Thames south to southwest 4-5, later increasing south 5-6. first risk of a shower, later periods of rain. moderate to good. Humber south to southwest 4-5, later increasing south 5-6. first risk of a shower, later periods of rain. moderate to good, in the eastern part possibly poor. German Bight southwest 4-5, later backing south 5-6. later in the west periods of rain. moderate, possibly poor. Dogger southwest 4-5, later backing south 5-6. later periods of rain. moderate to good. --- * Origin: Postbus 7 (21:1/146) .