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Thermometer in Frankfurt am Main (July 2022): 39 degrees Celsius
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It's getting even hotter in Germany: On Thursday, the temperatures are expected to reach up to 39 degrees Celsius, "which also marks the peak of the heat wave," as meteorologist Tobias Reinartz from the German Weather Service (DWD) said.
Some severe thunderstorms can therefore bring temporary cooling on Thursday and Friday.
But then it will remain summery warm in many places.
For Thursday, the DWD warned of strong and sometimes extreme heat stress in the Upper Rhine Graben.
The experts recommend drinking enough water, avoiding direct sun and physical exertion, and keeping your home cool.
According to forecasts, there may be locally severe showers and thunderstorms in the west and north-west on Thursday.
There is a local risk of heavy rain, hail and heavy gusts of wind.
Otherwise there will probably be a lot of sunshine with at most harmless cumulus clouds.
The maximum temperatures are said to be between 25 and 32 degrees in the northwest and near the Baltic Sea.
Otherwise, according to the DWD, it will be very hot: at 32 to 39 degrees – with the highest values in the southwest and in the southern center.
According to the forecast, on Friday the sky will be heavily overcast in a wide strip from the south-west to the north-east.
There could be some heavy showers and thunderstorms, which gradually shifted to the southeast, it said.
In the southeast, the day is often expected to start out sunny.
Later, the risk of thunderstorms increases with a local risk of severe weather.
In the northwest, on the other hand, according to the forecasts, the sky is becoming increasingly loose - with some longer sunny periods.
There can only be showers near the North Sea.
The maximum values are said to be between 20 and 28 degrees in the northwestern half.
In the southeast half it will probably be 29 to 35 degrees.
»On Saturday, showers and thunderstorms will also clear out the hot air in the south and south-east.
It stays warm there at 25 to 30 degrees," said meteorologist Reinartz.
It stays cooler in the north.
Thanks to Hoch Oskar, the weather is calming down, says Reinartz: "So Sunday and the beginning of the new week will also be calm, increasingly warm again in the north and unfortunately probably mostly dry overall."
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