FQDL71 DWHA 120500



weatherreport for German coast

issued by marine weather service hamburg

12.03.2026, 0500 UTC:



general synoptic situation:	

Between a weakening high 1056 over Kazakhstan and the Azores high

1033 a broad ridge of high pressure extends over southern Europe.

An extensive gale 958 east of Iceland remains largely stationary 

while temporarily deepening. Its associated cold front will swing

from the Baltic Sea to the Baltic States by Thursday noon. A 

shallow ridge will follow rapidly from the Skagerrak by Thursday 

night. Another frontal system will spread from the British Isles 

to the North Sea from Thursday afternoon.





Forecast for Thursday

Coastal areas of German North Sea:

East Frisian coast: 

wind: southwest 4, shifting south and increasing slowly 6 to 7.

visibility/weather: later light rain with moderate visibility.

Elbe estuary:

wind: southwest to west 4, shifting south and increasing 6.

visibility/weather: later light rain with moderate visibility.

Helgoland:

wind: southwest to west 4, shifting south and increasing 6 to 7.

visibility/weather: later light rain with moderate visibility.

North Frisian coast:

wind: southwest to west 4, shifting south and increasing 6 to 7.

visibility/weather: later light rain with moderate visibility.

Elbe from Hamburg to Cuxhaven:

wind: southwest to west 3 to 4, shifting south, increasing slowly

about 5.

visibility/weather: first locally moderate visibility.



German Baltic Sea:

Flensburg to Fehmarn:

wind: southwest to west about 4, shifting south, later increasing

5 to 6.

visibility/weather: at times moderate visibility.

East of Fehmarn to Ruegen:

wind: southwest to west about 4, shifting south, later increasing

5 to 6.

visibility/weather: first locally moderate visibility.

Boddengewaesser east and east of Ruegen:

wind: west to southwest 4 to 5, shifting south, for a time 

decreasing about 3.

visibility/weather: first locally rain with poor visibility.



Windforce in Beaufort, airpressure in Hektopascal