FQDL71 DWHA 260300



weatherreport for German coast

issued by marine weather service hamburg

26.02.2026, 0300 UTC:



general synoptic situation:	

A high 1031 northwestern Russia to Balkan States moves with its 

northern portion to east. A bridge of high pressure extends 

across the Alps to the Azores high 1034. A deep low 973 Irminger 

Sea moves to close north of Iceland. A secondary low 999 

northeast Shetlands moves to north. Another low 1006 central 

Sweden develops on early Thursday and moves to Lapland 

afterwards. A wave 1001 ca. 400 nautical miles west-southwest of 

Ireland moves to Cornwall. 



Forecast for Thursday

Coastal areas of German North Sea:

East Frisian coast: 

wind: southwest 4, increasing 5.

visibility/weather: fog.

Elbe estuary:

wind: south about 4, shifting southwest.

visibility/weather: fog.

Helgoland:

wind: south 4, shifting southwest, increasing 5.

visibility/weather: fog.

North Frisian coast:

wind: south 4, increasing 5, shifting southwest.

visibility/weather: fog.

Elbe from Hamburg to Cuxhaven:

wind: south to southwest about 3.

visibility/weather: at times fog patches.



German Baltic Sea:

Flensburg to Fehmarn:

wind: south 3 to 4, shifting southwest.

visibility/weather: at times drizzle with poor visibility, fog at

times.

East of Fehmarn to Ruegen:

wind: south 3 to 4, eastern part first locally 5, shifting 

southwest.

visibility/weather: at times drizzle with poor visibility, fog at

times.

Boddengewaesser east and east of Ruegen:

wind: south to southwest 5, decreasing 3 to 4.

visibility/weather: at times drizzle with poor visibility, fog at

times.



Windforce in Beaufort, airpressure in Hektopascal