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Weather phenomenon: "rain of blood" over Germany - temperatures rise to a record high

2020-10-21T10:55:31.615Z


In the next few days a "hot air nozzle" will spread over Germany, which may even bring us an XXS summer. In addition, dust from the Sahara causes a so-called "rain of blood".


In the next few days a "hot air nozzle" will spread over Germany, which may even bring us an XXS summer.

In addition, dust from the Sahara causes a so-called "rain of blood".

  • Weather in Germany:

    After rain and wind, the second half of October surprises with

    comparatively mild temperatures.

  • The reason:

    Sahara air from North Africa

    provides a "warm air nozzle".

  • Dust from the Sahara

    causes

    "rain of blood".

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Germany - The

October weather in Germany

has been dominated by

cold air, wind and rain

in the past few days

.

The sun was only seen occasionally.

The temperatures were rarely in the double-digit range.

Storm Gisela was mainly responsible for the cold autumn weather.

But from the middle of the week the gray clouds over Germany should be over.

Will the umbrella be replaced with the sunscreen soon?

A

strong south wind

is said

to bring

Saharan dust

to Germany

in the coming days,

which is said to lead

to

“blood rains”

in some parts of the country

.

Weather change in Germany: Sahara air brings XXS summer to Germany

An

amazing turnaround

in the second half of October: While the first half of October was rather cool and wet *,

autumn surprises us

again with a few milder temperatures.

A so-called

"warm air nozzle

" with warm air straight from

North Africa

flows to us in Germany and occasionally ensures almost

summer

temperatures *.

“Now it's getting

really warm again!

Wednesday and Thursday are

up to

25 degrees

in

places

in the

south and south-east,

making it another summer's day, ”commented meteorologist Dominik Jung from the weather service Q.met about the trend reversal towards heat compared to the

picture

.

Weather in Germany: Saharan dust triggers "rain of blood"

As the Weather Channel reported, we will also encounter the rare

weather phenomenon Sahara dust

in the next few days

.

These small particles can be recognized in the sky by their milky, yellow-brown color.

If it starts to rain while the Saharan dust is in the air, then it falls to the earth together with the rain and turns red-brown, which is where the name

"blood rain"

comes from.

Weather in Germany: golden autumn in October?

Foehn promises record-breaking temperatures on the edge of the Alps

The coming days surprise us again with

unexpectedly

mild temperatures *, which, however, do not require the sun to fight its way through.

According to the

German weather service

, there are initially a

lot of clouds,

especially in the

northern half to the west

, and in some cases it should

rain again

and

again.

Maximum values

are in the extreme

north and northeast

at 13 to 17, otherwise at a very mild 18 to 22 degrees.

The

southern half of Germany

certainly benefits most from the sunny sections

.

The German weather service at the edge of the Alps even expects up to

24 degrees

due to the

foehn

.

According to meteorologists, however, it will be

rainier

again

in Bavaria

on Thursday

.

On

Friday

it is mostly

cloudy or overcast

throughout Germany

, in the course of the day there is some lightening.

Regional showers or some rain,

precipitation tendency * especially in the northeast.

* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

(mrf)

List of rubric lists: © picture alliance / Armin Weigel / dpa

Source: merkur

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