FQDL71 DWHA 200300



weatherreport for German coast

issued by marine weather service hamburg

20.08.2026, 0300 UTC:



general synoptic situation:	

A low 997 over southern Sweden is moving towards the Gulf of 

Finland, where it will be dissipating by Friday morning. A trough

is shifting from the Irish Sea towards the Benelux countries 

while weakening. No significant changes with a low 998 over 

Haltenbank. A high 1028 far south of Cape Farvel remains almost 

stationary. A broad ridge extending the northern part of the 

Norwegian Sea is slightly shifting southwards.





Forecast for Thursday

Coastal areas of German North Sea:

East Frisian coast: 

wind: southwesterly winds 3, increasing 4 to 5.

visibility/weather: thunderstorms with poor visibility.

Elbe estuary:

wind: southwesterly winds 3, increasing 4 to 5.

visibility/weather: thunderstorms with poor visibility.

Helgoland:

wind: southwesterly winds 3, increasing 4 to 5.

visibility/weather: thunderstorms with poor visibility.

North Frisian coast:

wind: southwesterly winds 3, increasing 4 to 5.

visibility/weather: thunderstorms with poor visibility.

Elbe from Hamburg to Cuxhaven:

wind: southwesterly winds 3 to 4, cuxhaven at times 5.

visibility/weather: thunderstorms with poor visibility.



German Baltic Sea:

Flensburg to Fehmarn:

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

visibility/weather: thunderstorms with poor visibility.

East of Fehmarn to Ruegen:

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

visibility/weather: thunderstorms with poor visibility.

Boddengewaesser east and east of Ruegen:

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

decreasing 3.

visibility/weather: thunderstorms with poor visibility.



Windforce in Beaufort, airpressure in Hektopascal