MSGID: 2:280/2050 694e6ac5   
    * * * EUROPE FORECAST * * *    
      from: https://www.woeurope.eu/weather/reports/europe-forecast.htm    
      
      Europe forecast - December 26, 2025   
      Very windy Scandinavia   
      Wet in southwest.   
      
      Issued: 0530hrs Friday 26th December 2025   
      Duty forecaster: Dan Graves   
      
      High pressure near Iceland keeps central and northwest Europe the most   
      settled, bright in the southeast.   
      
      Friday   
      Some coastal showers for the Iberia, more frequent at first for the   
      Spanish east coast, and then over the Portuguese coast later in the   
      day. Frequent showers for the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica, as well   
      as Malta and southern Italy; brighter north Italy. Dry with a mix of   
      cloud and sun for the Balkan States. Some patchy rain at first for   
      Greece, while eastern Türkiye will see outbreaks of snow. Some showers   
      for Cyprus.   
      A mostly dry bright day for France, but some rain is expected in the   
      far south. Dry, bright, and breezy for the British Isles, the Low   
      Countries, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Cloudier for Czechia,   
      Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland, but remaining dry here. A cloudy day for   
      Romania perhaps with some patchy sleet over the eastern parts. Same for   
      Bulgaria.   
      Fine and bright in Denmark and southern parts of Sweden and Norway.   
      Windy with bright conditions for Finland and the Baltic States. Windier   
      in northern Scandinavia with wintry showers into northwest Norway.   
      
      Saturday   
      More rain in Iberia, locally heavy east and south, this rain extending   
      across the Balearics and Sardinia. Drier and increasingly bright in   
      Corsica and Italy. Similarly sunny and fine for the Balkan States and   
      Greece, just some patchy rain in the Aegean Sea and the southeast cost.   
      Fine in western Türkiye, snow in the mountains central and east.   
      A bright, breezy across most of central and western Europe. Cloud   
      increasingly drifts into northern parts of the Netherlands and Germany,   
      a generally cloudier and windier day in Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine.   
      Patchy snow in eastern Poland later in the day, risk of this snow   
      becoming more widespread in Belarus.   
      More fine weather in Denmark and breezy. Frequent snow showers and very   
      strong winds across central and northern Norway, brighter in the south.   
      Bright in Sweden too but powerful winds here too. Windy with snow in   
      northern Finland, the snow more patchy in the south. Windy with patchy   
      rain and snow in the Baltic States.   
      
    * * * THE NETHERLANDS FORECAST * * *    
      
   Expectation (medium) long term   
      
   Prepared by the KNMI on Friday, December 26, 2025 at 4:25 am   
      
   Quite a lot of clouds, somewhat higher temperatures especially during the   
   first days   
   inland there is still a chance of light frost at night with a chance of (local)   
   smoothness. There is also a chance of fog on Sunday and Monday. The odds   
   increase around New Year's Eve   
   precipitation that can also have a winter character inland.   
      
   Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu   
   Sunshine (%) 80 40 40 20 10 10 10   
   Precipitation probability (%) 0 10 10 20 20 30 50   
   Precipitation sum (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 0/2 1/5   
   Minimum temp. (gr. C) -6 -5 -1 -3/0 2 2 3   
   Afternoon temp. (gr. C) 2 4 3 6 7 6 6   
   Wind direction NO NO NO W NW NW W   
   Wind force (bft) 3 2 2 3 3 3 4   
      
      
   Long term, Friday January 2, 2026 to Friday January 9, 2026:   
   Quite cloudy and slightly changeable with a small chance of winter   
   precipitation. Maximum temperatures are probably around the long-term average   
   with a 20-30% chance of temperatures below that. The chance of frost at night   
   is approx.   
   30%.   
      
    * * * NORTH SEA FORECAST * * *    
      
   North Sea shipping forecast   
      
   Issued by KNMI at 07:26 UTC 261225.   
      
   Gale warnings:   
   There are no warnings.   
      
      
   Synopsis:   
   high, 1038, over Scotland is slowly moving northwest. associated ridge towards    
   Poland is slowly moving southwest.   
      
   Forecast valid Friday 09:00 till Friday 21:00 UTC:   
   Dover Thames    
   east 5-6, soon decreasing 4-5. good.   
      
   Humber    
   east 5-6, decreasing 4-5. good.   
      
   German Bight    
   variable 2-4. good, later in the coastal area possibly moderate.   
      
   Dogger    
   east 4-5, decreasing northeast 3-4. good.   
      
      
   Forecast valid Friday 21:00 till Saturday 09:00 UTC:   
   Dover    
   east to northeast 4-5, increasing 5-6. good.   
      
   Thames    
   east to northeast 4-5, later increasing 5-6. good.   
      
   Humber    
   east to northeast 4-5. good.   
      
   German Bight    
   variable 2-4, increasing north to northwest 5-6. good, first in the coastal   
   area    
   possibly moderate.   
      
   Dogger    
   north to northeast 3-4, later increasing 4-5. good.   
      
      
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