Germany is thawing after the harsh cold.
The prospects for the weekend are extreme.
All information in the weather ticker.
The weather in Germany is heading for 20 degrees.
The prospects for the weekend are partly terrific.
However, the sudden increase in temperature has its
downsides (update from February 18, 2:18 p.m.).
A desert phenomenon is currently moving from the Sahara to Europe, which has recently had a strong impact in a similar form.
Update from February 20, 8:11 p.m
.: It's an up and down: After frost and snow, only a week later it's almost like summer - on Sunday, almost 20 degrees are possible on the northern edges of the western low mountain range!
Felix Dietzsch from the
German Weather Service (DWD)
said
on Saturday.
However, the meteorologist expects the climax of the warm phase on Monday or Tuesday: Then the 20 degree mark could be broken more frequently.
At first it will not be quite as warm in the eastern half of the country.
On Sunday, according to the DWD, usually only 14 or 15 degrees are reached.
"The thermometer only climbs towards 20 degrees here in the middle of the week," said Dietzsch.
Basically, it stays cooler along the North and Baltic Sea coasts.
Here the maximum temperatures will rise only just above the mark of 10 degrees in the course of the coming week.
"Only at the end of next week there are signals for precipitation again, until then, apart from a few drops in the far north, it will remain dry across the country," said the meteorologist.
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Spring-like weather in Hamburg - but in February.
© Bodo Marks / dpa
Weather in Germany: dust cloud on the way to Europe - health consequences threaten
Update from February 19, 6:23 p.m
.: A sand and dust cloud from the Sahara is expected to reach Europe at the weekend.
"Plumes of dust from the desert can cause red skies, restricted visibility or stains on cars and windows from dust deposits," said Mark Parrington of the EU Earth observation program Copernicus on Friday.
Based on the wind forecasts, a spread from southern Europe to Norway is possible.
Because of the high concentrations of dust and sand particles, a deterioration in air quality and the associated health consequences are possible.
The cloud can probably be seen in the sky with the naked eye.
A cloud of dust had already darkened the sky in parts of Western Europe in February and caused the particle concentration to rise "a hundred times" higher than usual in many places.
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The sky in Orschwihr in France is colored orange due to a wind current from the Sahara.
© Sebastien Bozon / dpa
Weather in Germany: Nature "explodes" due to rise in temperature - problems for allergy sufferers
Update from February 18, 4:53 p.m
.: In February temperatures around 20 degrees?
That sounds pretty record-breaking.
According to
Merkur.de
*, the
German Weather Service (DWD) has published
a list of the February record maximum temperatures in the individual federal states.
One look at it amazes.
Update from February 18, 2:18 p.m
.: The winter is counted!
This weekend the spring starts - in some regions of Germany with up to 20 degrees.
Mind you, plus 20 degrees.
“From the last weekend to the upcoming one, we have to deal with a temperature jump of 34 degrees.
That is very remarkable, ”says Alban Burster, meteorologist at
wetter.com
.
In the north and south-east, according to weather expert Burster, spring is still a little hesitant.
But on Sunday at the latest, spring will give its first guest appearance in all of Germany in 2021.
Subtropical warm air flows unhindered to us in Germany.
Two high pressure areas over Eastern and Southern Europe and a strong low pressure area over the Atlantic form a kind of corridor for this warm air, explains Burster.
The downside of the weather: "The sudden rise in temperature literally explodes the vegetation - much to the suffering of many allergy sufferers," warns the meteorologist.
An increased exposure to alder pollen can already be expected.
Hazel pollen is also already on the way.
The snow has not yet melted everywhere.
But spring
fever
with up to 19 degrees are also popular in North Rhine-Westphalia, reports
wa.de
*.
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Crocus flowers in a meadow instead of snow.
The weather in Germany switches to spring at the weekend.
© Oliver Berg / dpa
Weather in Germany - Meteorologist: "Winter month is totally tilting"
Update from February 17, 9.23 a.m
.: Rain and
drizzle slowly subside
over the course of Wednesday.
The sky loosens up.
It gets friendlier.
According to the German Weather Service (DWD), it is sunny longer in the south and south-east of Germany.
The maximum values in the north and east as well as in the higher mountains 3 to 9 degrees, otherwise 7 to 15 degrees.
With that the big quiver is over.
The values remain similar on Thursday.
At the weekend, a drastic change in the weather is becoming apparent: "Turbo spring is coming - experts speak of a '40 degree temperature difference '", headlines
Merkur.de
*.
On Thursday night, however, the DWD warns of black ice from freezing rain on the border with Poland.
Also in the south - with widespread frost down to minus 5 degrees - freezing moisture can be expected in places.
Thursday starts foggy and cloudy.
From the Black Forest to the edge of the Alps, however, it can also be sunny for longer.
According to the DWD weather experts, only in the northeast is it initially more densely cloudy with some rain.
In the evening, new rain showers with fresh gusts come in from the west.
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.
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Goodbye winter!
The weather forecast for the weekend is terrific.
© Sven Hoppe / dpa
Weather in Germany: extreme weather changes
“Extreme weather in February - the winter month is turning 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 dramatic change in the 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 enormously.
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
of
slipperiness
and
frost
in large parts of
Germany
, the first forerunners of
spring
could already 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.
In the east and south,
rain is
to be expected in areas, 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"
Initial 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 map
(as of Monday, Feb 15, 09:01 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 depression 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"
Because of 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 was 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 and wa.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
List of rubric lists: © Bodo Marks / dpa