MSGID: 2:280/2050 694bc7bb   
    * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *    
      from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm    
      
      Europe forecast - December 24, 2025   
      Rain central & south   
      Windy, cold north   
      
      Issued: 0530hrs Wednesday 24th December 2025   
      Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling   
      
      Wet central and southern areas of Europe, windy in the north and colder   
      for Father Christmas and the reindeer tonight   
      
      Christmas Eve   
      Showery rain in northern Spain, fair for most areas and in Portugal   
      too. Heavy periods of rain reaching the Balearics. Corsica and Sardinia   
      will be wet with heavy periods of rain too. More rain Italy and again   
      that will be heavy. Greece will be wet and heavy. More rain in western   
      Turkey but dry in central and eastern areas.   
      String winds and cold in France, rain in eastern and southern France.   
      The rest of the country will be dry with sunny spells. More sunny   
      spells for the Low Countries. Germany and Poland will be mostly dry.   
      Cloudy in Hungary whilst Austria and Switzerland will be wet with heavy   
      periods of rain.   
      Fair through Denmark and cold too. The Baltic States will be dry and   
      fair. Windy with broken cloud in Finland. Dry in Sweden with sunny   
      spells in the south. Windy in the north. Norway will be fair to the   
      south. Windy and wet in the north with a risk of gales.   
      
      Christmas Day   
      Heavy rain in eastern areas of Spain. Further rain in the far   
      northwest. Other areas brighter with sunny spells and mostly dry. Wet   
      in the Balearics with heavy rain. Staying unsettled through Italy with   
      more rain here, heavy in the south. Greece will be wet with heavy rain,   
      and the rain staying heavy in western Turkey.   
      Cloud and some rain in the far south of France. Mostly dry with lots of   
      cloud in the rest of France. Breezy in the Low Countries with some   
      bright spells here. Germany and Poland will be drier with broken cloud   
      and sunshine. Cloudier skies for Hungary and Austria. Bright spells in   
      Switzerland.   
      Norway   
      there will be some snow showers in the west and north and it is going   
      to be breezy, gales in the north.   
      
    * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *    
      
   Expectation (medium) long term   
      
   Prepared by the KNMI on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 4:49 am   
      
   Sunny, dry and maximum temperatures around freezing point on Christmas Day.   
   Then   
   gradually more clouds and maximum temperatures that slowly rise and after   
   weekend around the long-term average. Sunday chance (possibly   
   persistent) fog. It freezes slightly at night. It stays dry.   
      
   Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon   
   Sunshine (%) 10 70 80 70 50 20 20   
   Precipitation probability (%) 10 10 10 10 10 10 20   
   Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   
   Minimum temp. (gr. C) 2 0 -4 -4 -3 -1 -2/1   
   Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 5 3 0 2 3 4 6   
   Wind direction NO NO NO NO NO NO NW   
   Wind force (bft) 4 4 4 3 3 3 2   
      
      
   Long term, Tuesday December 30, 2025 to Tuesday January 6, 2026:   
   Maximum temperatures around the long-term average and 40-50% chance of   
   precipitation.   
      
    * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *    
      
   North Sea shipping forecast   
      
   Issued by KNMI at 08:13 UTC 241225.   
      
   Gale warnings:   
   Dover Thames Humber    
   east to northeast 7   
      
   other districts:   
   no warning   
      
      
   Synopsis:   
   High, 1040, over the south of Norway is gradually moving to the northern part   
   of the    
   North Sea.   
      
   Forecast valid Wednesday 09:00 till Wednesday 21:00 UTC:   
   Dover Thames    
   east to northeast 6-7. good.   
      
   Humber    
   east 5-6, in the south occasionally 7. good.   
      
   German Bight    
   east to northeast 4-5, in the southern part 5-6. good.   
      
   Dogger    
   east to northeast 4-5. good.   
      
      
   Forecast valid Wednesday 21:00 till Thursday 09:00 UTC:   
   Dover    
   east to northeast 6-7, possibly for a time 8. good.   
      
   Thames Humber German Bight Dogger    
   no significant change.   
      
      
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