The people in North Rhine-Westphalia have to be prepared for storms with heavy gusts of wind.
The German Weather Service (DWD) announced that the clouds would initially increase on Wednesday morning.
During the day there are individual showers as well as strong to stormy gusts, in the evening isolated thunderstorms can occur.
The temperatures reach a maximum of 14 to 16 degrees.
Essen - From midnight onwards, there is a storm with heavy to hurricane-like gusts in the mountains.
On Thursday it is mostly cloudy, occasional showers and short thunderstorms are possible.
During the day, heavy to hurricane gusts can occur again.
The maximum temperatures are between 10 and 14 degrees.
In the evening, the wind should decrease from the west.
dpa