Weather in Germany: The first snow in the lowlands!
December got off to an impressive start with snow and black ice.
The prospects for the weekend are official.
Just in time for the
beginning of winter
, the weather in Germany * changed.
The forecasts for the first few weeks of December are remarkable.
This
news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from December 2, 8:04 a.m
.: The first
snow in December
surprised many people.
If you don't have winter tires on your car yet, you should go ahead now.
It is partly as smooth as a mirror.
Freezing drizzle
, frozen
slush
and thick fog create wintry road conditions.
In the east and south-east there may even be some sun on Wednesday.
But there will be
fresh snow
again by the weekend
.
Apart from that, it is down to
minus 5 degrees
at night and in the morning
.
The
German Weather Service
(DWD) continues to warn of
frosty nights
and
slipperiness
.
On Thursday night,
snow
can be expected
near the Alps
.
On Friday there can be snow even in lower areas.
Freezing rain with local black ice is also possible in valleys, reports the weather
portal wetteronline.de
.
At the weekend, the snow line drops further to 300 meters, it says there
(see also the first report: keyword Genoa low)
.
"In places, up to 10 centimeters of fresh snow can be expected," says
wetteronline.de
.
Accordingly, there is significantly more at the edge of the Alps and in the inner Alps.
Away from the foehn areas, there could be 20 to 50 centimeters of fresh snow.
“
Snow catastrophe in the Alps
is looming”, headlines the weather portal
weather.com
.
Correct masses of snow could therefore come together in the mountains.
In East Tyrol
2 meters of fresh snow could
fall
from Friday to Monday
.
The entire Alpine arc has to prepare for "
catastrophic amounts of snow
".
Towns could be snowed in and cut off, predicts
weather.com
.
In Germany, however, only the remnants of this snowfall would arrive.
A so-called
Genoa low is the reason for the snow masses,
explains the weather portal.
Cold air blows in over the relatively warm Mediterranean Sea, absorbs a lot of water and is led north - directly onto the Alps.
First report from December 1, 2020
Offenbach - Just in time for the meteorological
beginning of winter on December 1st, there
is a clear
change
in
weather
in Germany.
With temperatures around freezing point, Tuesday started in many places with
snow or sleet
.
Black ice and freezing moisture paralyzed traffic in numerous regions and sometimes caused serious accidents.
Weather change: Snow roller reaches Germany
With this, the
snow roller
forecast by some weather models seems
to have reached Germany.
In the north and northeast, one to three centimeters of fresh snow was possible - in the low mountain ranges up to 25 centimeters.
Heavy snowfall was predicted on the Alps and this should last until Wednesday.
In the Allgäu, up to 20 centimeters of fresh snow can fall.
From
Wednesday afternoon
, the
snowfall
in the south could then increase again
sharply
.
A Genoa low brings moist Mediterranean air, thanks to low temperatures it snows.
Up to one meter of fresh snow could fall in the high Alps by Sunday.
Onset of winter: DWD with weather warning for half of Germany
The
German Weather Service
(DWD) currently warns * in its warning card, except in the northern half and in the west, in many places of slippery conditions due to snow, ice and freezing moisture.
In the south in particular, snow is to be expected down to the depths, and freezing rain in the southeast.
The DWD warns here especially against widespread slippery conditions.
During the day, the snowfall slowly subsides.
+
The DWD warns of black ice (orange) and light snowfall (yellow), especially in southern Germany.
© Screenshot DWD
Weather in Germany: numerous black ice accidents with seriously injured people
Especially in
Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate
, the interior ministries reported
heavy snowfall
on Tuesday night
, which
resulted in
several dozen
accidents
with several seriously injured people.
The North Hesse police headquarters in Kassel reported 13 weather-related accidents with a total of
nine seriously injured by
early Tuesday morning
.
According to a spokesman, the last serious accident was reported at around 1.00 a.m., and nothing major had happened in the following hours.
There were around 25 accidents during the night in the area of responsibility of the
South Hesse
Presidium
around Darmstadt.
A tractor-trailer skid on the B47 near Bensheim and the trailer was torn off.
The road was temporarily closed due to salvage work.
The police mostly attribute the accidents from the night to the lack of winter tires.
+
A snow plow drives over a snowy square in the city center.
(Archive)
© Peter Kneffel / dpa
Weather in Germany: slush and slippery ice cause accidents in Bavaria
Snow, slush and slippery ice also caused many accidents in Bavaria * - most of them ended with no harm.
A police spokesman in Upper Bavaria said there were more accidents with sheet metal damage in rush hour traffic, and some people were slightly injured.
The police from Central Franconia also reported numerous traffic obstructions due to slipperiness and broken down cars.
Onset of winter in Germany: black ice accidents in Baden-Württemberg
In Baden-Württemberg too, the weather caused problems on the roads.
Around Pforzheim, for example, the police counted eight accidents due to slipperiness by early Tuesday morning.
Snow in Germany: Several vehicles crash in Lower Saxony
In southern
Lower Saxony
, several vehicles crashed due to black ice on Autobahn 7: On a sloping stretch between the Drammetal motorway triangle and the Lutterberg junction, it crashed at least three times during the night, as a police spokesman said early Tuesday morning.
The lane to the north was temporarily completely closed, the opposite lane was only passable in one lane.
According to the police, there were no injuries.
Onset of winter in Germany - Deutsche Bahn gives the all-clear
Only on Germany's rails did the weather change initially not have any serious effects.
According to Deutsche Bahn, there were initially no major disruptions on the routes.
Weather in Germany - so will the coming days
The meteorological #winter beginning has a lot to offer today!
This morning our colleague M. Beyer measured 4 cm of #snow in #Hanau near Frankfurt am Main.
How about you
https://t.co/Uhy1HeG4qU
- DWD (@DWD_presse) December 1, 2020
It can also be dangerous on
Wednesday
night
.
Especially in the south and southwest, slippery areas due to freezing wetness or freezing drizzle can be expected again.
Even light snow pebbles have been possible in some places, according to the DWD.
In the course of the day, the maximum values then reach 3 to 7 degrees in the north and west, and -1 to 4 degrees in the south and east as well as in the higher mountains.
In the night of
Thursday it
remains slightly cloudy in the east and south-east, partly clear, free of rain.
In the rest of Germany, according to the DWD, it is foggy and cloudy and covered with snow pebbles or drizzling rain.
In some places there is another
risk of black ice
due to freezing moisture
.
From Schleswig-Holstein to North Rhine-Westphalia it cools down to 4 to 0 degrees, otherwise the temperatures reach +2 to -6 degrees.
It gets coldest in the east and in the Alps.
The centenary calendar also provides forecasts of what the weather might look like in December.
If you don't know what the centenary calendar * is all about, you can find out more here.
(va / dpa)
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network.
List of rubric lists: © Philipp von Ditfurth / dpa
