EU Energy Weather

Heating demand will rise as the week progresses, until it peaks on Friday. A cold front, presently situated in northern Europe, will slowly make its way southwest bringing with it cooler temperatures and rain. Following the passage of this system, winds will begin to calm and temperatures will start to rise a bit. Coal prices could see a slight rebound due to the lower energy output from the wind farms. Heating demand across much of the continent will decrease at least for the short term.

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Over the next week or so much of the continent will experience a significant warming. Parts of southwestern Germany will see temperatures in the low single digits tomorrow and possibly warming to the teens late next week. There will be some rainy periods in the mix with southern France and north western Italy having rain falling most of the week. 

 

A cool front currently over the UK will be moving into the mainland over the next two days.   This will finally bring some below normal readings though much of Western Europe. Paris could see 2 weeks of below normal conditions. Rome will not see extended below normal temperatures until the middle of next week. As this system makes its way across the continent it should bring moderate winds to the German wind farms. Wind energy producers should enjoy this time of the year. Each of these systems brings with it the potential of steady wind, especially to the farms closest to the northern coast of Germany.  

Along with the cool air, the front will bring precipitation to much of the continent. In the map above you can see the elongated region of rain from Central Spain all the way into Western Russia. The Alps will see some snow associated with the precipitation but not much in areas of dense population.   

Tropical Storm Omar continues its movement to the north and is expected to impact European weather early next week. Remnants of Omar will bring rain and wind to the UK and northern Europe Monday into Tuesday. The UK will see very windy conditions and some moderate to heavy rain. Northern Scotland could even see some wintry precipitation mixed in. As the system moves east, winds will increase in North East Germany. Winds will be greater than 10knots and as high as 15 knots in the more northern wind farms. Following a brief lull late Tuesday into Wednesday winds could again increase to greater than 10knots come late in the week into the weekend. Coal prices could take a hit as we enter a windy period over the next few weeks.