After huge amounts of snow, a strong thaw sets in in southern Germany between the Black Forest and Allgäu - including the risk of flooding.
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Weather in Germany
: In February, a
polar vortex
split
could have
icy consequences.
After huge amounts of snow, a
strong thaw
sets in
between the
Black Forest
and
Allgäu
- including the
risk of flooding
(see update from January 26th, 8:30 p.m.).
This
news ticker about the weather in Germany
is updated regularly.
Update from January 26th, 8:30 p.m.:
What did
Bavaria
not
sink
into
snow
at the beginning of the week
.
In the south and southeast of
Germany it
snowed in abundance.
That's enough of that.
As meteorologist Dominik Jung predicted last week, for example, a
strong thaw will set in between the Black Forest and Allgäu
from tomorrow, Wednesday
.
Of course, this also causes the
levels of rivers and water bodies to rise
.
Weather in Germany: Strong thaw - partly risk of flooding on the Danube and Rhine in the south
According to the
Baden-Württemberg flood
forecast center, high water levels and the occasional
risk of flooding are
to be expected
in many places
.
This applies, for example, to:
The
Danube
: Between Donaueschingen on the edge of the Black Forest to parts of Upper Swabia.
The
Rhine
: On the German-Swiss border.
The
Bodensee
: On the western shore at Constance and Radolfzell.
The
Schussen
and the
Argen
: On the state border between Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.
The
German Weather Service (DWD) also
warns of gusts of wind above 1000 meters in the
Alpine region
and the
Bavarian Forest
on Wednesday night
.
From Thursday, however, it can get really muddy on the streets - at least where it had snowed heavily before.
Because then the
temperatures
will level off at six to eight degrees by the beginning of next week.
In addition, it should rain, rain a lot.
According to the online portal
wetter.net
, the
risk of
precipitation
around the
weekend
in the south and southeast of the republic is constant at around 80 percent.
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Located between Schussen and Argen: The municipality of Langenargen on Lake Constance with a view of the Vorarlberg Alps.
© IMAGO / sepp spiegl
Weather in Germany: Serious traffic accident due to black ice in Baden-Württemberg
Update from January 26th, 2:54 p.m.: Black
ice
cost a young driver's life in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg.
The 20-year-old had gotten into the opposite lane on Bundesstraße 30 near Hochdorf on the slippery road and
collided
with a
truck
, as a police spokesman said on Tuesday morning.
The
young woman died
on
Monday evening at the scene of the accident.
Violent onset of winter in the south: DWD tightened weather warning
Update from January 26, 1:02 p.m.:
On the warning map of the German Weather Service, several
areas in Bavaria are
now also glowing
red
.
The DWD has issued a
storm warning of heavy snowdrifts
here
.
This is initially valid until 8 p.m.
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The DWD's warning map shows more and more red areas in the south and warns of fresh snow and drifting snow.
© Screenshot DWD
Weather in Germany: onset of winter triggers series of accidents in Bavaria
Update from January 26th, 10:58 am:
The heavy
onset of
winter has
caused a series of accidents
, especially
in Bavaria
.
In Munich alone there were more than 165 accidents *, said a police spokeswoman.
In most cases, however, it remained with
sheet metal damage
.
"A maximum of minor injuries, nobody had to go to hospital," said the spokeswoman.
The fire brigade reported broken buses and trams.
There was no major damage, according to a spokesman.
"It's just winter."
Weather in Germany: DWD warning card shows dangers
Update from January 26, 2021, 9.09 a.m.:
Winter has reached parts of Germany with full force.
The
warning card of the German Weather Service (DWD)
lights up orange on Tuesday morning, especially in the south and parts of western Germany.
The DWD warns in particular of
dangerous snow drifts
.
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The DWD warning card warns of fresh snow and drifting snow, especially in southern Germany.
© Screenshot DWD
Weather in Germany: the south sinks in snow - DWD warns of black ice and snowdrifts
Parts of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in particular have experienced a massive onset of winter * with considerable amounts of fresh snow.
Together with stormy gusts, which mainly occur in the foothills of the Alps,
dangerous road conditions can
prevail
due to
snow drifts and slippery
conditions
.
Away from the snowfall areas,
the DWD warns of black ice
due to freezing moisture.
Temperatures stay around freezing.
In the north-west of Germany sleet falls mainly.
The current weather situation is dominated by an
extensive low pressure zone
from the Atlantic to Northern Europe.
Together with the maritime polar air, the weather is therefore predominantly inconsistent and windy.
Winter in Germany: This is how the weather will be in the coming days
According to the forecasts,
on
Wednesday it
will remain very cloudy in large parts of Germany, and it will snow in many places.
From midday
the snow in the lowlands increasingly
turns
into rain.
Then the temperatures rise to maximums of 0 to +4 degrees, in the west and on the Rhine to +6 degrees.
It will be similar on
Thursday
: it will remain covered in the southwest half.
Precipitation initially falls as snow, later at lower altitudes it turns into rain again.
In the south and southwest, a strong thaw sets in, according to the expectations of the meteorologists.
Then you have to be
particularly careful
on the roads
due to the
freezing rain
.
Temperatures reach a maximum of 0 to +4 degrees in the northeast, locally up to +10 degrees in the west and southwest.
Weather services warn of polar vortex split - Germany is threatened by the Siberian cold whip
First report from January 25, 2021:
Munich -
Winter still
has
Germany
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.
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