FQDL71 DWHA 180500



weatherreport for German coast

issued by marine weather service hamburg

18.03.2026, 0500 UTC:



general synoptic situation:	

A high 1030 over the southeastern part of the Baltic Sea will 

later weaken on its way towards northern Poland. On Thursday, it 

will connect with another high 1030, which is moving from the 

Atlantic towards the British Isles. An extensive and complex deep

low 975 over the central part of the Norwegian Sea is moving 

towards the sea area south of Spitsbergen. A weak cold front is 

slowly tracking in from the northwest towards northern Germany 

and Poland.   





Forecast for Wednesday

Coastal areas of German North Sea:

East Frisian coast: 

wind: southeast to south 4, light and variable winds later.

visibility/weather: good visibility.

Elbe estuary:

wind: southeast to south 4, light and variable winds later.

visibility/weather: good visibility.

Helgoland:

wind: south to southeast 4, light and variable winds later.

visibility/weather: good visibility.

North Frisian coast:

wind: southeast to south 4 to 5, abating.

visibility/weather: good visibility.

Elbe from Hamburg to Cuxhaven:

wind: southeast to south 3 to 4, light and variable winds later.

visibility/weather: good visibility.



German Baltic Sea:

Flensburg to Fehmarn:

wind: southeast to south 3 to 4, light and variable winds later.

visibility/weather: good visibility.

East of Fehmarn to Ruegen:

wind: southeast to south 3 to 4, light and variable winds later.

visibility/weather: good visibility.

Boddengewaesser east and east of Ruegen:

wind: first southeast to south 3 to 4, otherwise light and 

variable winds.

visibility/weather: good visibility.



Windforce in Beaufort, airpressure in Hektopascal