The weather in Germany is currently very uncomfortable, especially in the north, and there is even a threat of a storm surge on the North Sea coast, as the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) announced in Hamburg on Wednesday. Especially there on the coast, meteorologists expect storms and strong gusts of wind of up to 100 km/h, reports “Wetter.de”.
According to a current storm surge warning from the BSH, the morning high water and midday high water would probably be three quarters to one meter higher than the mean high water on the East Frisian coast and in the Weser area.
The map shows the current forecast. Click to go to the provider “Wetter.de”
For the North Frisian coast, the experts expect increased water levels of one to one and a half meters, and in the Hamburg Elbe area about one and a half meters above the average high water level, it was said. The storm surge was expected from around 1 p.m. in the afternoon. For the German Baltic Sea coast, however, the experts did not issue a storm surge warning.
Apart from the coastal areas on the North Sea, it is very wintry and uncomfortable in many parts of Germany this Wednesday, and according to several forecasts, thunderstorms are even possible in some places.
From the north to the east, a lot of wind is blowing through the country, according to “Wetter.de” – with side effects such as rain, sleet and sleet. The wind is also particularly strong in Lower Saxony, East Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, according to the portal’s current report.
The German Weather Service (DWD) also predicts that it will probably remain windy until Thursday night. For the inland, the experts expect wind gusts of up to 55 kilometers per hour, during the day gusts of wind with strengths of up to 80 kilometers per hour are expected in some areas. The wind will only calm down in the second half of the night.
The map shows the current wind forecast and is provided by the windy.com portal
Overall, the weather in large parts of the country is also unstable, write the DWD and “Wetter.de”. Dry and wet phases alternated, and it even snowed at higher altitudes. The sun, on the other hand, will hardly be visible these days.
Sources: “Wetter.de”, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, “Windy.com”, German Weather Service
