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Weather services warn of polar vortex split - Germany is threatened by the Siberian cold whip

2021-01-25T10:37:47.787Z


Winter weather all over Germany: The DWD warns nationwide of slippery conditions. Meanwhile, a weather phenomenon promises icy cold in February.


Winter weather all over Germany: The DWD warns nationwide of slippery conditions.

Meanwhile, a weather phenomenon promises icy cold in February.

  • The

    German Weather Service (DWD)

    warns after the weekend from Monday for all of Germany about icy conditions and frost.

    Occasionally it is snowing.

  • In February, a

    polar vortex

    split

    could have

    icy consequences for the

    weather

    in

    Germany

    .

  • Experts are already warning.

Munich - The

winter

has

Germany

still under control.

In the southwest, south and partly in the middle of Germany it snows at times.

In the

Black Forest

and the

Alpine region

it even snows heavily, sometimes with 7 to 15 cm of

fresh snow

.

The Alps themselves are expected to have up to 20 cm of fresh snow in 12 hours.

The rest of the country only gets a breath of fresh snow.

At depths below 200 meters, it will tend to remain slush.

The temperatures stay at

maximum values ​​between 0 and +4 degrees

.

The

weather warnings

* of the

German Weather Service

(

DWD

) apply to all of

Germany

.

The heavy

snowfalls

continue to

spread overnight

.

Even

Frost

and

smoothness

ensure hazards on roads all over Germany.

Fresh snow, slush, frost and moisture freeze and become a

risk of accidents

.

From North Rhine-Westphalia to Hesse, the DWD reckons with "partly striking ice slippery"

Winter start of the week in the southwest with a few centimeters of #new snow.

During the day in the south more #Snow, in the Black Forest and on the Alps sometimes longer and more productive.

Active snowfall warnings also at https://t.co/fVaxqNjoW7 or the WarnWetter-App!

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- DWD (@DWD_presse) January 25, 2021

Freezing cold in February: will the polar vortex split occur?

- Effects on weather in Germany

But what about the

winter weather

in Germany?

Is the end of the cold temperatures already

in sight

in

February

?

Cold and snow in Germany depend on various factors.

Among other things, the so-called “

polar vortex

” has its finger in the game.

This

vortex over the Arctic

forms in autumn and dissolves again in spring.

If the arctic strong wind band changes, this also has a strong impact on the

weather in Europe.

Weather experts from various German

weather services are

now warning of a "

polar vortex split

".

By a

warming of the stratosphere

, it explains

The Weather Channel

, the Arctic vortex into two separate parts could split.

This shifts the current

high pressure area

* over the Atlantic towards the north.

That would bring unusually

cold air

from the north and east towards Europe for a long time.

It only takes 10 to 15 days for us to

reach

icy temperatures

after such a split

.

Winter could pick up again at the beginning of February.

Freezing cold

it can then be.

Weather: polar vortex brings Siberian cold to Germany: shift or division?

However, it is not

yet

clear whether such a

polar vortex split will

actually occur.

If the vortex does not divide, however, a

shift

can

still

be expected.

That too would bring a - if not quite as freezing - cold with it.

However, that might not

reach

us until

mid to late February

and be much

more cautious

.

So it

will be cold in

February

either way.

Just how cold - the

polar vortex

has yet to decide.

(vs) *

Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network

Source: merkur

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