MSGID: 2:280/2050 693bf5ce   
    * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *    
      from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm    
      
      Europe forecast - December 12, 2025   
      Wet Spain & Portugal   
      Drier central Europe   
      
      Issued: 0530hrs Friday 12th December 2025   
      Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling   
      
      Heavy rain Portugal and western Spain, drier in central Europe   
      
      Friday   
      Widespread heavy rain in Portugal east into central Spain, drier east   
      but patchy rain near coasts. The Mediterranean islands remain dry but   
      with some patchy cloud around, these conditions extending east across   
      Italy and into the northern Balkan States. The southern Balkans,   
      Greece, and west Türkiye remain mostly sunny, some rain in north   
      Türkiye.   
      Brighter in France with local patchy rain in the west. A few odd   
      patches of morning rain in the Low Countries and west Germany, but   
      otherwise dry and increasingly bright here. The rest of the continent   
      will be dry as well with increasing bright spells in central and   
      western areas. Poland and Hungary stay cloudier. Some rain remains in   
      Ukraine with strong winds.   
      A dry but cloudy day in Denmark and southern parts of Sweden and   
      Norway; snow in central areas. Morning patchy rain in the Baltic States   
      will clear for bright spells, though Lithuania may remain cloudy. A   
      bright and often sunny day in Finland with little or no precipitation.   
      
      Saturday   
      Cloud and some showers over eastern and southern areas of Spain, breezy   
      here too. Dry and sunny in the north. Outbreaks of rain in the   
      Balearics. Some sunshine for Corsica and Sardinia and well as Italy   
      after morning mist and fog clears. Scattered showers in southern Greece   
      but fair for Turkey with lots of sunshine here.   
      A fair day for France, the Low Countries and Germany. Some morning mist   
      and fog patches but these clearing to leave the day fair with good   
      spells of sunshine. Cloudier in central and northern Poland, some   
      outbreaks of rain gere. Hungary and Austria should be dry with sunny   
      spells.   
      Breezy but fair for Denmark. Cloud and rain in the Baltic States and   
      Finland, breezy here as well. Some sleet and snow in northern Sweden,   
      drier to the south. Gales and rain arriving in southwest Norway later.   
      Rain and sleet in the north and breezy too.   
      
    * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *    
      
   Expectation (medium) long term   
      
   Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 2:32 am   
      
   Periods of sunshine and dry almost everywhere. Occasional rain after   
   Wednesday. Quite soft   
   with afternoon temperatures around 10°C. At night the temperature remains   
   well above   
   freezing point.   
      
   Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu   
   Sunshine (%) 20 40 20 50 50 30 20   
   Precipitation probability (%) 30 20 10 10 20 30 50   
   Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/4   
   Minimum temp. (gr. C) 5 7 5 5 6 5 6   
   Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 11 9 10 11 10 10   
   Wind direction S SW Z Z Z SW Z   
   Wind force (bft) 3 3 4 4 3 2 4   
      
      
   Long term, Friday December 19, 2025 to Friday December 26, 2025:   
   First changeable and soft. From the weekend to approximately 40% increasing   
   chance   
   at temperatures below the long-term average. The chance of precipitation is   
   then approximately   
   30%.   
      
    * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *    
      
   North Sea shipping forecast   
      
   Issued by KNMI at 08:29 UTC 121225.   
      
   Gale warnings:   
   There are no warnings.   
      
      
   Synopsis:   
   Ridge over German Bight will move east. Low, 953, southwest of Iceland will   
   move to    
   Iceland, 974. Associated trough over Dogger will move to Denmark.   
      
   Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:   
   Dover    
   south to southwest 4-5.   
      
   Thames    
   south to southwest 4-5. occasionally light rain. good, in precipitation   
   possibly    
   moderate.   
      
   Humber    
   south 3-4, occasionally 5, veering west. occasionally light rain. good, in    
   precipitation possibly moderate.   
      
   German Bight    
   south to southwest 4-5. occasionally light rain. good, in precipitation and in   
   the    
   southern part locally moderate.   
      
   Dogger    
   south 4-5, in the west first 6, veering west 3-4, occasionally 5. occasionally   
   light    
   rain. good, in precipitation possibly moderate.   
      
      
   Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:   
   Dover    
   southwest 4-5, soon decreasing northwest 2-3, occasionally 4.   
      
   Thames    
   southwest 4-5, soon decreasing west to northwest 3-4. first light rain. good,   
   in    
   precipitation moderate.   
      
   Humber    
   west to northwest 3-4, backing west to southwest. first light rain. good, in    
   precipitation moderate.   
      
   German Bight    
   southwest 4-5, veering west. occasionally light rain. good, in precipitation    
   moderate.   
      
   Dogger    
   west 3-4, occasionally 5, soon increasing west to southwest 4-5, occasionally   
   6.    
   first light rain. good, in precipitation moderate.   
      
      
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