Essen (dpa / lnw) - On the day before Christmas, people in North Rhine-Westphalia can expect mild and cloudy weather. On Friday morning it usually only rains lightly, from midday heavy showers then move up, as the German Weather Service (DWD) announced in the morning in Essen. Especially in the mountains there can sometimes be constant rain, here there are also sometimes strong gusts. The temperatures reach nine to twelve degrees. In the night to Saturday, the values ​​drop to nine to six degrees and the rain eases off a bit.

The weather service expects clouds and showers for Christmas Eve. The maximum values ​​are between eight and twelve degrees. On the first and second day of Christmas it should be mostly overcast, and there may be additional showers in some areas. The maximum temperatures are between eight and eleven degrees.