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) *
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