MSGID: 2:280/2050 693fea42   
    * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *    
      from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm    
      
      Europe forecast - December 15, 2025   
      Unsettled southwest   
      Drier central and east   
      
      Issued: 0530hrs Monday 15th December 2025   
      Duty forecaster: Dan Graves   
      
      High pressure in southeast Europe keeps the weather settled and often   
      sunny here. More unsettled west and north, particularly wet in the   
      southwest.   
      
      Monday   
      Heavy rain affecting western Spain and Portugal on Monday. Showers in   
      central Spain but a further areas of rain in the east. This also   
      affects the Balearics. Heavy periods of thundery rain later in Sardinia   
      and Corsica. Italy will be dry with morning mist and fog. The Balkans,   
      Greece, and Türkiye are dry and bright, good spells of sunshine here.   
      Rain in southern France, outbreaks of showers elsewhere, possibly   
      frequent west. Drier in the north with some sunny spells. The Low   
      Countries and Germany should be dry and bright as well as breezy.   
      Poland will be fair with sunshine, more cloud to the south in Czechia   
      and Slovakia. Switzerland and Austria will all be dry with sunny   
      spells, with sun more extensive in the countries near the Black Sea.   
      Breezy and mostly dry but cloudy for Denmark. Showery rain in the   
      Baltic States. Rain and sleet in Finland, a broader area of snow in the   
      north later; gales here too. Fair for Sweden with broken cloud. Rain in   
      western Norway but heavy showers and strong winds to the north.   
      
      Tuesday   
      Often raining in Iberia and over the Balearics, the rain heaviest and   
      most persistent in eastern Spain. A broad area of rain lingers over   
      Sardinia, Corsica, and western Italy, the rain heavy and incessant in   
      northwest Italy, increasingly more widespread across the west coast. A   
      risk of strong winds in the central Mediterranean. Some cloud in   
      Croatia, but the rest of the Balkan States likely sunny and fine;   
      similarly fine in Greece and west Türkiye.   
      Some showery rain in France but decent sunny spells between the rain.   
      Patchy rain will drift into the Low Countries. Snow in the southern   
      mountains of Switzerland, dry with a mix of cloud and sun for the rest   
      of the country and similar conditions in Austria. Most of the northern   
      and eastern continent will see a mix of cloud and sun, with the sun   
      most abundant from Slovakia/Hungary and eastward towards the Black Sea.   
      Likely dry with mixed cloud and sun in Denmark and southern Sweden,   
      some patchy rain is possible later in the day. Some rain and snow in   
      southwest Norway, spreading north later. Some rain too in central parts   
      of Sweden and Finland, mostly dry elsewhere but largely cloudy. Dry too   
      in the Baltic States with increasing bright spells from the south.   
      
    * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *    
      
   Expectation (medium) long term   
      
   Prepared by the KNMI on Monday, December 15, 2025 at 2:55 am   
      
   Often cloudy and occasionally rain. Fairly mild with afternoon temperatures   
   around 11°C,   
   next weekend a few degrees lower.   
      
   Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun   
   Sunshine (%) 50 40 20 20 20 20 20   
   Precipitation probability (%) 10 30 20 30 50 20 30   
   Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0/1 0/1 0/3 0/2 0 0/2   
   Minimum temp. (gr. C) 4 5 4 6 7 4 4   
   Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 10 11 10 11 11 8 8   
   Wind direction Z Z ZW Z Z Z Z   
   Wind force (bft) 4 3 3 4 3 2 2   
      
      
   Long term, Monday December 22, 2025 to Monday December 29, 2025:   
   The chance of temperatures below the long-term average increases to approx   
   70%. The daily chance of precipitation is about 20%.   
      
    * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *    
      
   North Sea shipping forecast   
      
   Issued by KNMI at 07:51 UTC 151225.   
      
   Gale warnings:   
   German Bight Dogger    
   south to southwest 7   
      
   other districts:   
   no warning   
      
      
   Synopsis:   
   low, 957, over the Norwegian Sea will move northwards. Associated trough is   
   lying    
   fairly stationary over Dogger.   
      
   Forecast valid Monday 09:00 till Monday 21:00 UTC:   
   Dover    
   south 5-6. good.   
      
   Thames Humber    
   south to southwest 5-6. good.   
      
   German Bight    
   south to southwest 5-6, first in the northern part 6-7. good.   
      
   Dogger    
   south to southwest 5-6, first in the eastern part possibly 7. especially in   
   the    
   western part rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation moderate, sometimes poor.   
      
      
   Forecast valid Monday 21:00 till Tuesday 09:00 UTC:   
   Dover    
   south 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5, later 3-4. good.   
      
   Thames Humber    
   south 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5. good.   
      
   German Bight    
   south 4-5, first in the western part 5-6. good.   
      
   Dogger    
   south 5-6, from the west decreasing northeast 3-4. periods of rain or drizzle.   
   good,    
   in precipitation moderate, sometimes poor.   
      
      
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