Overview

• Germany’s weather service forecasts a broadly changeable weekend with widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms, cooler in the northwest and initially milder with some sun in the east and southeast up to about 22°C.
• The DWD issued Level 2 thunderstorm warnings for parts of North Rhine–Westphalia on Saturday evening, noting risks of gusts near 70 km/h, local heavy rain and small hail.
• Forecasters expect strong to stormy winds early next week, with coastal gusts on the North and Baltic Seas potentially reaching around 100 km/h and brisk conditions in exposed higher terrain.
• Analyses point to the possibility of locally very large rainfall totals along the North Sea coast by midweek, with some forecasts indicating 70 to 90 l/m² and associated disruption risks.
• In Bavaria, the weekend turns wet and cooler with showers and isolated storms, followed by a short-lived warm spike on Monday to roughly 20 to 25°C before temperatures fall again.