Germany is thawing after the extreme cold.
At the start of the week, however, the German Weather Service (DWD) warns of dangerous weather conditions.
It remains extreme.
All information in the weather ticker.
The end of the cold wave in Germany is heralded by dangerous black ice.
The German Weather Service (DWD) issued an official warning at the start of the week.
The ice air is being pushed back to the north, and spring is in the starting blocks.
Experts expect extreme weather changes.
Update from February 16, 1:15 p.m
.: The freezing winter weather is on the decline.
The polar air pushes warm air out of Germany.
The cold stays the longest in the east.
Here it is still important to be careful: risk of black ice!
Because, on Wednesday night, rain is coming from the west, reports the German Weather Service (DWD).
In the southeast and in the low mountain range, the weather service warns again of black ice and lightly freezing rain.
From Western Pomerania to the Eastern Ore Mountains as well as in Eastern Bavaria there is light frost to -3 degrees.
Otherwise, the weather experts expect temperatures between 7 to 2 degrees.
It will remain changeable until Thursday.
But the precipitation is slowly withdrawing.
By the weekend at the latest, winter will be history and how.
Weather in Germany: extreme weather changes
“Extreme weather in February - the winter month is tilting completely towards spring!”
Is
how meteorologist Dominik Jung from the weather service
Q.met describes
the current weather situation.
“We'll get the warmest air masses possible for the time of year.
We also get a real spring high with lots of sunshine, ”predicts Jung.
With its extreme cold spell, the weatherman was right in the end.
After extremely cold, he follows his prognosis, now extremely warm.
"Even as a meteorologist, you rarely experience such a sharp change in weather," says the weather expert.
Sunday the highs slowly climb up to 15 degrees.
From Sunday and at the beginning of the next week even to peak values of up to 20 degrees.
According to the current DWD trend forecast, a temperature increase of up to 15 degrees is possible on Sunday and Monday.
It remains to be seen whether the spring high will build up so tremendously.
Update from February 16, 6:19 a.m
.: On the edge of low pressure areas on the nearby Eastern Atlantic, mild sea air flows into Germany.
Deep “Yukon” is slowly bringing Germany out of the permafrost.
The end of the Arctic cold spell goes hand in hand with black ice.
The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of black ice on Monday morning, especially in the eastern half of Germany.
According to the DWD weather experts, there is light snowfall in the far east and south-east.
to be attributed.
In the course of the morning, however, the "slippery situation" relaxes.
In the morning in the north there is sometimes a denser side with visibility below 150 meters.
The maximum values in Easter and the southeast are between 2 and 7 degrees, sometimes 10 degrees.
In the west and southwest there are spring fever with 14 degrees (!).
Freezing rain and snow have led to numerous traffic accidents, especially in northern Germany.
There were injuries, at least one person was killed.
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Official warning of black ice!
The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of drizzle and freezing rain in large parts of Germany.
© Screenshot DWD weather
Red alert!
DWD with an urgent weather warning at the start of the week - but then the tide turns
Update from February 15, 9:00 p.m.:
Despite
severe weather warnings
about
slipperiness
and
frost
in large parts of
Germany
, the first forerunners of
spring could be
announced
on Tuesday
.
As the
German Weather Service
indicates in its forecast, the
temperatures will
then
rise
significantly.
Maximum temperatures of
up to 13 degrees Celsius are then expected in the west and south-west.
Rain is
to be expected in the
east and south
, but it should remain largely dry during the day.
The trend is expected to continue on Wednesday and Thursday as well.
The
temperatures
then remain in the plus with
maximum values
of twelve degrees.
So was that
winter
?
"The winter is now retreating for the time being, but can always strike again," said
weather
expert Dominik Jung, assessing the situation in relation to the
Bild newspaper
.
Especially in March there could be another
cold snap
.
Red alert!
DWD with urgent weather warning at the start of the week - "Stay in the house"
Update from February 15, 3:22 p.m.:
Despite the risk of black ice in large parts of Germany, there was no new traffic chaos with major closures on Monday.
The railway also reported only a few disruptions on Twitter by the afternoon.
Because of the ice warnings, lessons were canceled in numerous regions of Lower Saxony.
There was a cold record in Marienberg-Kühnhaide.
In the place in the Ore Mountains near the Czech border, low temperatures of at least -29 degrees prevailed during the night.
Kachelmannwetter reported this on Twitter and spoke of the coldest night of winter.
Since Kühnhaide does not belong to the monitoring network of the German Weather Service (DWD), Dachwig in Thuringia was the coldest place in Germany with minus 23.3 degrees on Monday night.
Red alert!
DWD with urgent weather warning at the start of the week - "Stay in the house"
First report from February 15, 2021, 9.48 a.m.:
Offenbach - At the start of the new week, it can be dangerous again on Germany's roads.
The German Weather Service (DWD) has published a severe weather warning * and shows
numerous red-colored areas on
its warning card
(as of Monday, Feb. 15, 9:01 a.m.)
.
Especially in western Germany, for example in the entire section between Bremerhaven in the north and Saarbrücken in southwest Germany, the DWD warns of dangerous black ice.
Freezing rain or drizzle could cause dangerous weather conditions, especially for drivers.
Special care is therefore required on the streets!
The reason for the dangerous weather situation is the foothills of a strong Atlantic low that spreads to Germany.
According to the DWD, it initiates a “significant change in weather” and brings significantly warmer sea air with freezing rain to Germany.
The warning is initially valid until at least 5 p.m.
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Red alert!
The current weather warning map of the DWD shows dangerous black ice, especially in western Germany.
© DWD screenshot
Weather in Germany: DWD with urgent appeal because of black ice - "Stay in the house"
Due to the considerable dangers for both motorists and pedestrians, the DWD calls on the population to stay at home in such black ice conditions.
“There are severe disabilities in road and rail traffic.
Avoid Driving!
Stay in the house! ”
Was the urgent appeal of the DWD.
The DWD also identifies danger areas in the east.
Here the weather service warns of severe frost at temperatures between minus 10 and minus 15 degrees.
In addition, drivers are warned of possible snow drifts that could be associated with the onset of snowfall in the evening.
Weather in Germany leads to slipperiness: Advance warning from the DWD
In the middle of Germany
(see orange dashed areas in the warning map)
dangerous weather conditions can also arise.
Here the DWD issued advance information on Sunday evening.
“During the course of Monday, precipitation will come from the west.
At first, these sometimes fall as snow, but quickly turn into rain.
As a result, black ice must be expected on the frozen ground.
In some cases, considerable restrictions in rail and road traffic are to be expected, ”it says.
The weather service wants to point out the possible dangers at an early stage, but cannot yet precisely delimit the affected areas.
The information is therefore updated in the course of the day, according to the DWD.
The north and east of Germany were already hit by the heaviest snowfalls in decades.
Such conditions are not to be expected this week, but the warnings of the DWD should still be taken to heart by the population.
Weather in Germany: After black ice it gets milder - spring is approaching
As the week progresses, the DWD predicts that it will be increasingly milder.
In initially changeable conditions with rain, the temperatures rise to up to 14 degrees by the weekend.
In the west, even highs of 17 degrees could be reached on Sunday.
In addition, hardly any precipitation is to be expected.
Spring is in the starting blocks.
(va) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
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