Essen (dpa / lnw) – In North Rhine-Westphalia, the weather is uncomfortable at the beginning of the week. While it is only a little cloudy and mostly dry on Monday morning, there may be local showers from the afternoon, as reported by the German Weather Service (DWD). The meteorologists also did not rule out individual thunderstorms and heavy rain with 15 liters per square meter. There is also a moderate wind, which can increase to gusty gusts of up to 70 kilometers per hour over the course of the day, especially in the mountains and during thunderstorms. According to the DWD, the temperature is 18 to 21 degrees and 15 degrees in the mountains.
On Tuesday it will continue to be cloudy at first. Then the sun shows up more and more often. According to the DWD, it will remain mostly dry. The thermometer shows 16 to 19 degrees and 13 to 15 degrees at higher altitudes. According to the DWD, there is a moderate wind, in the north there can also be gusts. On Wednesday the sky will be cloudy at first, but it can also rain in the south. Later, however, it loosens up a bit and it remains mostly dry. The values ??are therefore between 17 and 21 degrees in weak to moderate wind and around 15 degrees in the higher mountains.
