On its website, DMI warns of high water from southwestern Jutland along the country’s west coast as far as Thyborøn in the north.
The agency has issued a category 1 weather warning due to the forecast high water levels, meaning that weather conditions can affect your surroundings and outdoor activities if you are in the relevant areas.
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A “late summer low-pressure system” moving towards Denmark from the west will cause windy conditions as it reaches the west coast on Friday morning, DMI’s meteorologist Mette Zhang said in the update on the agency’s website.
That will push “seawater towards the Wadden Sea and the west coast, so that higher water levels are expected when the tide comes in on Friday afternoon,” she said.
Southern areas are expected to see water rise by between 2.5 to 3 metres. That will happen between 3pm and 8pm on Friday, with water levels peaking after 5pm.
In the north, the water could rise by between 1.8 and 2.1 metres above normal levels. The same timeframes during the day are given as for the south.
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High water levels were a prominent feature of Denmark’s autumn weather last year, when east-facing coasts were hit by some of the worst storm surges for decades.
At the time, experts said that higher sea levels are likely to be a feature of future weather events.
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