Essen (dpa / lnw) – After several hot days, rain and isolated thunderstorms will give people in North Rhine-Westphalia a little cooling off from this Friday. There are local rain showers and isolated thunderstorms, said the German Weather Service (DWD). In the course of the day, local storms with heavy rain are not completely excluded. The temperatures are between 25 and 30 degrees, in the higher mountains between 22 and 25 degrees. According to the DWD, there could be stormy gusts during thunderstorms, otherwise there will be rather weak to moderate winds in North Rhine-Westphalia.
On Saturday the sky will initially be overcast with a few rain showers, but it will slowly clear up over the course of the day. Then, according to the DWD, the rain will also subside. With a light to moderate wind, temperatures drop to 22 to 25 degrees and in the higher mountains to 19 degrees. On Sunday it will be mostly clear and dry. The temperatures are with weak to moderate wind at a maximum of 20 to 24 degrees and in the mountains between 17 and 20 degrees, said the DWD.