Sabine Krenovsky DWD/Germany18.04.23 1

Due to technical problems we havn‘t finished the dissemination of coastal sea warnings into the Meteoalarm-system. But we work hardly on this problem.

Now we would like to offer the intention how to present the coastal sea warnings at Meteoalarm:

Coastal sea warnings in DWD (Germany)

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Elbemouth

Warnings for german coastal sea areas by DWD available by internet:

Elbemouth

coastal areas are specified between coastal line and offshore areas as seen in this picture:

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Warning-example for coastal area Elbemouth:

orange in DWD-warning page - yellow in Meteoalarm-warning page of Germany

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Example for a possible presentation in Meteoalarm

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Example for a possible presentation in Meteoalarm: DWD would prefer a graphical differentiation between interior land warnings and coastal sea warnings.

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Elbmuendung

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The German Weather Service would prefer a graphical differentiation between interior land warnings and coastal warnings.