FQDL71 DWHA 181700



weatherreport for German coast

issued by marine weather service hamburg

18.08.2026, 1700 UTC:



general synoptic situation:	

A low over central Sweden barely changes. A secondary low 996 

over Belarus is moving towards Karelia while deepening. A ridge 

of the Azores High extends to the Alps and is weakening. A low 

998 south of Iceland is moving towards Northern Ireland while 

weakening slightly. On Wednesday morning, a secondary low 999 

Fischer will develop and move towards southern Sweden.





Forecast for Tuesday

Coastal areas of German North Sea:

East Frisian coast: 

wind: southwest to south 3 to 4, shifting west, increasing 5.

visibility/weather: rain or shower with poor visibility, locally 

thunderstorms.

Elbe estuary:

wind: southwest to south 3 to 4, shifting west, increasing 5.

visibility/weather: rain or shower with poor visibility, locally 

thunderstorms.

Helgoland:

wind: southwest to south 3 to 4, shifting west, increasing 5.

visibility/weather: rain or shower with poor visibility, locally 

thunderstorms.

North Frisian coast:

wind: southwest to south 3 to 4, shifting west, increasing 5.

visibility/weather: rain or shower with poor visibility, locally 

thunderstorms.

Elbe from Hamburg to Cuxhaven:

wind: southwest to south 3, shifting west, increasing about 4.

visibility/weather: rain or shower with poor visibility, locally 

thunderstorms.



German Baltic Sea:

Flensburg to Fehmarn:

wind: west to southwest about 3.

visibility/weather: later shower or locally thunderstorms with 

poor visibility.

East of Fehmarn to Ruegen:

wind: west to southwest about 4, decreasing about 3.

visibility/weather: later shower or locally thunderstorms with 

poor visibility.

Boddengewaesser east and east of Ruegen:

wind: west 4 to 5, shifting southwest, decreasing 3.

visibility/weather: later shower with moderate visibility.



Windforce in Beaufort, airpressure in Hektopascal