Germany: DWD official severe weather warning - extreme wind speeds threaten

March starts with a short trip to spring. But Germany still has a special weather situation under control. Is flooding threatening again?

• The weather in Germany * is rather uncomfortable.
• There is no spring in sight at the beginning of March.
• A western weather situation has the weather in Germany under control.

Update of March 5, 12:32 pm : Red alert - German Weather Service (DWD) has issued a severe weather warning of hurricane gusts . Above 1000 meters, wind speeds of up to 120 km / h can be expected from 10 p.m. Extreme hurricane gusts (up to 140 km / h) must be expected in exposed locations.

The DWD has also published the severe weather warning via the KATWARN emergency and warning app.

The weather in Germany - storm tide "Elli" is coming

Update from March 5, 8:45 a.m .: Without a rain jacket or umbrella, it will be nothing in the next two days. The March spring leaves us in the lurch. Storm depth "Elli" is ready over the Atlantic and that has a lot in its luggage.

"Rain, rain and rain again!" Await the meteorologists of the German Weather Service (DWD), plus storms with violent hurricane gusts and snow at higher altitudes. The low approaches from northern France and then moves from Germany to the west on Friday night.

It's getting very wet: Continuous rain can be expected in the Black Forest , Saarland and southern Rhineland-Palatinate until midday on Friday. In the Black Forest, up to 60 liters per square meter can fall over the next 24 hours.

Meteorologist Dominik Jung from the Q.met weather service is concerned about the weather portal wetter.net because of the many rainfall . "Many cellars on the Moselle, Nahe, Saar and also on the Rhine could soon be under water again," warns the weather expert.

Above 800 to 1000 meters, snow and slippery weather can be expected. In the west, the snowfall line drops Friday morning to the valley, warns the DWD .

In the Alps it gets increasingly blow-dry during the day (Thursday). In the night to Friday the wind increases. Heavy storm gusts must be expected in the low mountain ranges and in the Alpine region, and hurricane-like gusts in exposed locations.

A longer dry phase is not in sight in the weather. Low pressure areas remain our companions for the rest of the week and beyond. More information at: https://t.co/41oOomuBBC / V pic.twitter.com/qmde25UYRe

Weather in Germany: is winter coming back now? DWD with urgent warning

Update from March 4, 9:08 pm: In the night to Thursday, frost and smoothness due to frozen wetness must be expected, especially in the south and east of the country. Over the course of Thursday, rain and freezing rain can lead to black ice in many places. As the DWD now warns, the region around the Black Forest in particular should be prepared for constant rain until Friday. Above altitudes above 1,000 meters, snowfall must be expected occasionally.

Update from March 4, 9.30 a.m .: According to the wetter.net editorial team, sunny, dry sections should alternate with heavy showers today - in mountainous areas like in the Bavarian Forest, there can also be snow . With temperatures between wintry 3 degrees and almost spring-like 11 degrees, today's day can certainly be felt as an April weather day. More showers are already announced for the second half of the night, as of Thursday Tief Elli will then ensure precipitation throughout Germany . And it could stay in April: While most parts of Germany get rain, it should even snow in NRW, as Jörg Kachelmann posts on Twitter . A few hours later, the weather expert announced that he was suspected of having coronavirus.

The last card from the new Super HD lets it snow down quite a bit on Thursday morning in NRW. Let's see what the next calculations show. ;-) /FRhttps://t.co/j6x1Wor6Iu

Update of March 3: The German Weather Service has now issued an official warning of frost for large parts of Germany for the night on Wednesday. The warning applies from the southwest to Bavaria, the middle of Germany and the entire east to the coast.

Weather warnings in Germany: view to Europe reveals gloomy outlook

First report from March 3:

Munich - The weather in Germany has been characterized by very clear ups and downs in recent weeks. Most of the time, spring * blinked out from under the winter blanket during the working week, only to be pushed back completely by violent storms such as "Bianca" at the weekend.

Weather in Germany: Spring cannot prevail

March also starts with this change. Spring also stopped by for a short time in the first few days after the meteorological start of spring *, because: While this is a low and pulls over the northeast towards the Baltic Sea, according to the DWD your new arrival in Germany is coming from the west.

Spring is losing the fight against winter these days. On Tuesday the weather in Germany will be very uncomfortable - especially in the south . The wind is already picking up here in the morning , reports the DWD. Stormy gusts or even storm gusts, especially in the foothills of the Alps and in the peaks of the low mountain ranges . However, the wind tends to decrease during the day. From midday, there will be short, thunderstorms with sleet and stormy gusts to the west and northwest. Even snow awaits us in the Alps. Above 600 to 900 meters, some more than five cm of fresh snow.

More changeable in the coming days. Partly showers until tomorrow. Predominantly at night with the risk of freezing moisture, in the mountains through some snow. From Thursday probably for everyone in Germany with low #Elli wet again / V pic.twitter.com/bcW42hWgsF

Official weather warning about storm and snow

The German Weather Service has also issued an official warning of storm gusts for the Bavarian * Alpine region and the border area between Cham and Passau. The temperatures fluctuate between five and ten degrees. And it will probably not get any better: On Thursday , the low “ Elli ” is likely to bring wet and cold weather all over Germany again.

View of European weather: severe storms and even tornadoes possible

The view of the European weather , especially in the south, is disturbing. A low with three priorities is currently moving from Spain via France and the Balearic Islands towards Italy. There are sometimes violent winds and thunderstorms. According to wetter.de, tornadoes are also possible. Wind speeds of up to 160 km / h are possible on mountains and on the coasts. On Tuesday, the storm center will wander across the Mediterranean through Corsica and Sardinia and cause severe storms . The foothills of this low could also be felt in Germany.

It is not clear whether the weather front, which could reach us from the west as of Thursday, will cause storms here as well.

The first forecast is already available for the summer. Accordingly, we could face one of the most extreme weather conditions in 70 years.

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