Overview

• DWD expects recurring showers and thunderstorms through the weekend with only brief sunny breaks and highs often near or below 20 degrees.
• Warnings highlight locally severe cells with small hail, gusts up to about 70 km/h and short‑term downpours of roughly 30 to 40 liters per square meter.
• Friday turns changeable with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, Saturday brings more widespread rain or storms, and Sunday offers a brighter interlude without a significant temperature rise.
• Earlier this week, extreme rainfall in western Germany reached about 134 liters per square meter in Bedburg, triggering flooding, rescues and evacuations.
• Regional contrasts persist as parts of the south and east see occasional milder intervals near 22 to 24 degrees, yet models indicate no stable late‑summer high despite the chance of short warmer spells early next week.