March started with an excursion to spring, but it has become fresh again. That will change in a few months - and this apparently affects the corona virus.
- The weather in Germany * is rather uncomfortable.
- There is no spring in sight at the beginning of March - but a hot summer threatens.
- A western weather situation has the weather in Germany under control.
Update from March 9, 7.52 a.m .: The cool and humid beginning of the week in Bavaria can lead to local slippery roads. According to the German Weather Service on Monday morning, a cold front brings cool sea air to Bavaria. It gets wet in many places, it snows above 1000 meters. During the night on Tuesday, it can be slippery due to freezing wetness in the Alps, in the vicinity of the Inn and in southern Bavaria. In Lower Bavaria, fog is also to be expected, the visibility can locally drop below 150 meters.
Update from 22:08: The corona virus is on the rise worldwide - and so in Germany. By Saturday afternoon, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) had recorded almost 800 cases in Germany alone - more than ten times as many as a week earlier.
Weather: Summer temperatures favor the fight against Corona
Will it be the weather, of all things, to curb the spreading lung disease Covid-19 ? According to the virologist Alexander Kekulé , this could actually contain the number of infections . This could happen in summer when the temperatures skyrocket:
“When it gets warm, the coronaviruses usually get weaker and the disease weakens. Summer could be our best ally, ”Kekulé told ARD *. As the scientist went on to say, three factors are important for containing the Sars-CoV-2 virus:
- A vaccine that is not yet available
- Medicines that cannot currently be used against the virus
- Summer temperatures
“Because television is increasingly reacting to world events in real time, the corona virus could soon become a serial star.
Another catastrophe genre would be far more virulent:
Climate Fiction ... “# Climate crisis https://t.co/eylF1sU61D
According to weather forecasts, Germany will be hit by record heat in summer. It is highly likely that 2020 will be one of the warmest years since global measurements began in 1850. This comes from data from the British weather service Met Office.
However, one thing should not be neglected: A new record summer would harm nature and therefore people , presumably accompanied by a drought period. Forest fire risk and poor harvests would only be two of the consequences . Only in the fight against the corona virus would a heat summer apparently give the affected countries more time .
DWD warns of storms again - it can even snow
Update March 7, 2020, 11:18 a.m .: It remains uncomfortable in Germany . According to the DWD , the rain in the alpine region should slowly retreat, but there is a risk of snowfall in the mountains. Therefore, there is said to be widespread frost at night - warnings of fog and slickness are also given. Most of the fresh snow will most likely be in the Western Ore Mountains and the Alps (up to 10 cm, in some places more in the Allgäu).
The sometimes violent gusts of wind do not let go of southern Germany - gusts of up to 50 km / h are predicted in the eastern low mountains and in Lower Bavaria. In the high mountains, there can even be gusty gusts of up to 70 km / h.
It also remains windy on the North Sea - according to the DWD, there are wind gusts in the region on the Beaufort scale 7 again on Sunday night (division of wind strength). Also on Sunday there should be widespread gusts of wind in the northwest - in free locations the DWD speaks of stormy gusts of 8 Bft.
Germany: DWD official severe weather warning - extreme wind speeds threaten
Update from March 6, 7.45 a.m .: Many dense clouds are on the way before the start of the weekend. It remains pretty wet at times. The German Weather Service (DWD) in Saarland and southern Rhineland-Palatinate warns of those that have already fallen, adding up to 15 liters per square meter. In the south there are heavy storms - until hurricane gusts . Extreme hurricane gusts of up to 140 km / h can be expected in exposed locations.
Pinwheel against a cloudy sky: Germany is experiencing stormy times in many places.
© dpa / Fredrik von Erichsen
In the west, the snow line sometimes drops to around 400 meters. According to the DWD weather experts, smoothness due to slush is to be expected there. In the Black Forest (from 800 meters) and in the Oberallgäu (from 1000 meters) it can be ten centimeters of fresh snow . But that's not all: In the night to Saturday, the shower-like precipitation decreases from the west - and the snow line drops to 300 meters. That means snow in the Ore Mountains , on the Alps and in the Allgäu . It doesn't look like much after spring. On Sunday, however, temperatures are already up to 12 degrees, but a new violent storm low announces itself on the first weather models.
Germany: DWD official severe weather warning - extreme wind speeds
Update of March 5, 12:32 pm : Red alert - German Weather Service (DWD) has issued a severe weather warning of hurricane winds . 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), in addition storm with violent gale gusts, 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 Friday afternoon. 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 due to the high 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. Severe 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
- DWD (@DWD_presse) March 4, 2020Weather in Germany: is winter coming back now? DWD with urgent warning
Update from March 4, 8:08 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. From Thursday, Tief Elli is to provide 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
- Kachelmann weather (@Kachelmannwettr) March 2, 2020Update 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 at least briefly during the working week, only to be pushed back completely at the weekend by violent storms such as "Bianca".
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 noon, there will be shorter, 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
- DWD (@DWD_presse) March 3, 2020Official 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 probably won't get any better: On Thursday , the low “ Elli ” will probably 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 also cause storms here.
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