MSGID: 2:280/2050 694681cd   
    * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *    
      from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm    
      
      Europe forecast - December 20, 2025   
      Cold in north and east.   
      Wet in southwest.   
      
      Issued: 0530hrs Saturday 20th December 2025   
      Duty forecaster: Filotas Paschos   
      
      High pressure Central Europe   
      
      Saturday   
      A dry and bright start for Portugal, but plenty of showers arriving   
      later. Cloudy with some light rain for Spain through the morning, with   
      a longer spell of heavy rain arriving in the afternoon. Cloudy for   
      France with some showers, more frequent in northwest. Breezy with   
      outbreaks of rain for the British Isles. Some light rain for the Low   
      Countries and western parts of Germany. Mostly dry but rather cloudy   
      for Denmark, Sweden and Finland, but some sleet or snow for northern   
      and western Norway. Outbreaks of rain for the Baltic States. Dry but   
      cloudy for Belarus and Ukraine.   
      Another dry day for Central Europe as high pressure dominates the area.   
      Best of brightness of Austria and Czechia. Bright or sunny spells for   
      Romania and the Balkans.   
      Showers for the Balearics, but a longer spell of rain is expected   
      later. A few showers for Sardinia, Corsica and Italy. Outbreaks of rain   
      for Greece, locally heavy in South. Mostly dry for Turkiye, best of the   
      brightness in east. Some showers for Cyprus.   
      
      Sunday   
      Early heavy rain and then coastal showers for Portugal. Outbreaks of   
      rain, perhaps heavy, with snow over high ground for Spain. Unsettled   
      for France with outbreaks of rain, heavy in central and southern parts.   
      Cloudy and breezy for the British Isles along with some rain. Dry but   
      breezy and rather cloudy for the Low Countries, Germany, Denmark and   
      Poland. High pressure over Scandinavia with dry bur rather cloudy   
      conditions for Norway and Sweden. Finland will see cloudy skies with   
      some patchy light snow in north. A dry and breezy day for the Baltic   
      States. Belarus and Ukraine will see dry conditions.   
      Settled conditions will continue over Central Europe with mostly cloudy   
      conditions but some sunny spells perhaps over Switzerland and Austria.   
      Similar conditions for Romania and the Balkans.   
      A dry start for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica but heavy rain   
      arrives later in the day. A mostly dry day for Italy, but increasingly   
      cloudy with some rain in west later. Outbreaks of rain for Greece,   
      mostly in south. Similar in Turkiye. Heavy showers or thunderstorms for   
      Cyprus.   
      
    * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *    
      
   Expectation (medium) long term   
      
   Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 19, 2025 at 5:10 am   
      
   Mild at first, occasional rain and a chance of fog at night and during the   
   weekend   
   morning. Persistently gray early next week, but mostly dry and gradual   
   falling temperatures.   
      
   Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu   
   Sunshine (%) 40 10 40 50 20 20 20   
   Precipitation probability (%) 60 40 20 10 10 10 30   
   Precipitation sum (mm) 0/2 0/1 0 0 0 0 0   
   Minimum temp. (gr. C) 10 3 5 3 1 1 -2/1   
   Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 11 7 9 7 5 4 1/5   
   Wind direction SW SE SE O NO NO NO   
   Wind force (bft) 3 2 2 3 3 4 3   
      
      
   Long term, Friday December 26, 2025 to Friday January 2, 2026:   
   Initially almost dry with a high chance (70%) of (fairly) cold winter weather   
   and a   
   small chance (30%) of fairly mild weather. At the end of the period 50%   
   chance of a transition to more changeable and (temporarily) less cold   
   conditions.   
      
    * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *    
      
   North Sea shipping forecast   
      
   Issued by KNMI at 07:28 UTC 201225.   
      
   Gale warnings:   
   There are no warnings.   
      
      
   Synopsis:   
   Ridge over the Netherlands and the North Sea is moving northeastwards away.   
   Trough    
   over France and Belgium is gradually moving northwestwards across the North   
   Sea.   
      
   Forecast valid Saturday 09:00 till Saturday 21:00 UTC:   
   Dover    
   southeast 3, occasionally 4, gradually increasing east to southeast 4,   
   possibly 5.    
   soon occasionally light rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation mainly   
   moderate.   
      
   Thames    
   south to southeast 3-4, backing east to southeast, later possibly 5. first   
   risk of    
   an isolated shower, gradually in the eastern part light rain or drizzle. good,   
   in    
   precipitation moderate, possibly poor and in the coastal area first possibly   
   fog.   
      
   Humber    
   south to southwest 3-4, backing southeast, later increasing east to southeast   
   4-5.    
   risk of an isolated shower, later in the eastern part light rain or drizzle.   
   good,    
   in precipitation moderate, possibly poor and in the coastal area especially   
   first    
   possibly fog.   
      
   German Bight    
   southwest 3-4, temporary decreasing 2-3, backing southeast, later increasing   
   east to    
   southeast 4-5. good, in the south poor or fog, later increasing moderate.   
      
   Dogger    
   southwest mainly 4, backing southeast, later increasing 4-5. gradually risk of   
   an    
   isolated shower. good, in the western part especially first locally moderate   
   to poor.   
      
      
   Forecast valid Saturday 21:00 till Sunday 09:00 UTC:   
   Dover    
   east to southeast 4, possibly 5, decreasing south to southeast 3-4.   
   occasionally    
   light rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.   
      
   Thames    
   east to southeast 4, occasionally 5, decreasing southeast 3-4. occasionally   
   light    
   rain or drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.   
      
   Humber    
   east to southeast 4-5, later decreasing southeast 3-4. occasionally light rain   
   or    
   drizzle. moderate to good, in precipitation possibly poor.   
      
   German Bight    
   east to southeast 4-5, temporary occasionally 6. occasionally light rain or   
   drizzle.    
   good, in precipitation and in the south first mainly moderate.   
      
   Dogger    
   southeast 4-5, especially in the north gradually occasionally 6. occasionally   
   light    
   rain or drizzle. good, in precipitation mainly moderate.   
      
      
   ---    
    * Origin: Postbus 7 (2:280/2050)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/19 100 16/0 19/37 105/81 106/201 123/130 128/187 129/14   
   SEEN-BY: 142/104 153/7715 154/110 201/0 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 226/30   
   SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 134 206 300 307 317 400 426 428 470 664 700   
   SEEN-BY: 229/705 240/1120 5832 266/512 280/2050 2060 5003 5006 291/111   
   SEEN-BY: 301/1 320/119 219 319 2119 322/757 762 326/101 342/200 396/45   
   SEEN-BY: 423/81 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 5020/400 5075/35   
   PATH: 280/2050 5003 221/1 320/219 229/426