The weather races in February roller coaster: Suddenly there is a "blitz winter" in many places in Germany.
- The weather in Germany is just going up and down.
- February 2020 has been changeable and stormy.
- The forecasts for the weather at Carnival are currently only for optimists.
Update from February 19, 9:20 am : Just as a reminder - the winter ends on March 1 - at least from the perspective of the meteorologists. Indeed, the temperatures are actually falling. The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of snow ! According to DWD experts, the snow line drops to 300 meters. Ten centimeters of fresh snow should fall in the Alps by Wednesday evening.
Otherwise it is windy and stormy at higher altitudes. Germany lies on the southern edge of a spacious rotogravure complex over the Atlantic and Scandinavia. With a lively western current, deep runners move across Germany. Short thunderstorms with sleet and stiff stormy gusts determine the weather in central and northern Germany.
“We are practically between a high above southern Europe and lows that will always graze us in the north. It is therefore friendlier in the south than in the north. The north keeps getting rain and lots of wind, ”meteorologist Dominik Jung from the Q.met weather service told wetter.net .
The risk of storm increases again on Friday . According to wetter.net, " Wiltrud " blows deeply with strong to stormy gusts of fresh sea air , in the early hours it can temporarily snow down to lower altitudes. It gets smooth locally. In the south it is sometimes friendly and dry during the day.
Weather in Germany - This is what the weather is like on the foolish days
Update from February 18, 10.48 a.m .: Carnival or Carnival is in the middle of February this year. Not a bad time, actually. But this time the jet or jet stream could spoil the joy of partying. Because that is particularly strong in 2020, explains weather expert Jan Schenk from weather.com . At 300 km / h to 400 km / h, the strong wind band is currently blowing at great heights over the Atlantic.
Schenk believes the weather in Germany is still looking good on Weiberfasching (Thursday, February 20), even on Friday. But Saturday will start a bit. It gets windy and stormy in the north and in the middle of Germany. The German Weather Service (DWD) also expects strong and stormy gusts from the west in its ten-day forecast. In the south it remains dry and very mild at 15 degrees.
"It is worth keeping an eye on the weather reports," recommends the meteorologist Dominik Jung. A storm is coming up on Mardi Gras. First it will probably hit the north, northwest, and west.
- On Shrove Monday , strong gusts of wind can be expected in the east and south.
- Mardi Gras it stays windy and stormy. The DWD warns of "danger of storm".
The influence of low pressure currently (Tuesday) determines the weather in Germany and ensures inconsistent weather. In the west and on the North Sea coast, the DWD warns of stormy and severe gusts of wind and thunderstorms with sleet. In higher mountain locations, such as on the Brocken in front of individual hurricane gusts. Above 600 meters , smoothness due to snow or slush can be expected. During the night on Wednesday, especially in the higher mountains with frost and slippery.
Hurricane, storm, hurricane, tornado: what are the differences? You can find out more at Merkur.de *.
Weather in February 2020: "Blitz-Winter" suddenly in Germany
First report from February 17, 2020
Munich - February 2020 let us down a bit on winter . For this, one storm after another swept across the country. The weather in Germany came up with something for the carnival . With the prospects for the next few days and weeks probably only a little humor helps.
Germany weather: Winter in February - it will probably only be a flash visit
In the middle of the week, winter stops by for a moment. However, this will probably be more of a flash visit . And it shows itself from its most diverse sides: sleet thunderstorms, snow or sleet showers. The German Weather Service (DWD) said in its current forecast that longer and stronger snow * could fall on the Alps. The maximum temperatures are 3 to 10 degrees.
So the weather will be the start of the carnival
Fools and jacks may be lucky on Thursday. The weather situation calms down towards Carnival. According to the first DWD forecasts, it is often very cloudy in the north and parts of the middle and there is occasional rain *. It stays fairly mild at five to 12 degrees. However, it will probably be a bit more turbulent again from Monday to Monday.
During the night on Friday, rain moves from northwest to southeast. There is some snow at higher altitudes (minus 4 degrees). The wind is picking up. Stormy gusts can then be expected in the north and in the middle of Germany. A spirited carnival season is hinting at. It remains to be seen how dynamically the weather in Germany will actually develop over the weekend. The first weather models expect a further peak of wind activity on Sunday (February 23).
Many have already ticked off the winter in Germany and are concentrating on the next season, spring 2020. However, the weather experts are raising the alarm when it comes to the forecasts. If you prefer to know what the weather will look like in summer 2020, you should be prepared for a drastic view.
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