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Weather madness in Germany: Deep "Erik" is gathering - the expert now confirms the "blood rain" phenomenon

2021-02-27T10:01:36.349Z


Deep "Erik" pulls up. It's only a weak cold front, but spring in winter is over for the time being. The warm weather in Germany is coming to an end. "Rain of blood" is the order of the day.


Deep "Erik" pulls up.

It's only a weak cold front, but spring in winter is over for the time being.

The warm weather in Germany is coming to an end.

"Rain of blood" is the order of the day.

Munich - Saharan dust over Germany created a special atmosphere in the sky in the last few days.

Especially at sunset everything turned orange.

It looked spectacular in photos.

More than 14 million tons of Saharan dust circulated through the atmosphere over North Africa, the North Atlantic and Europe, according to the German Meteorological Service (DWD).

The weather phenomenon is fascinating.

The DWD warned of a "deterioration in air quality", as

Merkur.de *

reported. 

Weather in Germany: First Sahara dust - then "blood rain"

The warm weather is over.

The cold front from deep "Erik" over the North Sea slowly crossed Germany on Friday.

From the northeast, it is slowly shifting to the center and south, according to DWD experts.

And the low has rain in its luggage.

“With that, the Sahara dust will disappear for the first time.

It will be washed out of the atmosphere tomorrow by a little rain,

this can lead to a rain of blood, ”says meteorologist Dominik Jung from the

Q.met

weather

service

.

It is called “blood rain” when the brownish sand falls on the earth as a result of precipitation, explains Jung.

Most of the time it is just a smeary film that is particularly noticeable on smooth surfaces.

The Sahara dust is deposited everywhere.

Weather in Germany: Where exactly does the "rain of blood" fall?

"The rainy area stretches from North Rhine-Westphalia to Brandenburg and then works its way south on Friday," explains Andreas Machalica from

wetter.com.

According to the weather expert, there can be this typical rain of blood, interspersed with Saharan dust, everywhere.

Even in Baden-Württemberg, according to

heidelberg24.de *

, there could be a rain of blood

.

Even if the cars are dirty, the Sahara dust also has positive sides.

The dust is a very good fertilizer for nature, "they are also mineral nutrients".

Finally, the cold front reaches the south.

This is where the Sahara dust stays in the air the longest.

It's getting a lot cooler.

The maximum values ​​are then more in the single-digit range.

Where it rains longer only by 9 degrees.

Winter is coming back again - from a winter comeback including snow, reports

Merkur.de

*.

In the night of Saturday, the DWD expects lows of minus 4 degrees, especially in the mountains.

According to the forecasts, snow is also possible on the edge of the Alps.

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Tons of Sahara dust in the air - now comes the "rain of blood".

© Arne Dedert / dpa

Weather in Germany - forecast for the first week of March

But the Sahara dust is not over yet.

“The new forecasts for next week show that the warm south-westerly current will return in the middle of the week, and with it the Saharan dust,” says meteorologist Jung.

The next warm spring round is then apparently going.

The winter seems almost without a chance, so his conclusion.

Contrary to the first forecasts for a cold March winter *.

“There really doesn't seem to be much of the mild winter 2020/21,” estimates the weather expert.

Dominik Jung provides the prospects for Friday and the next few days:

  • Friday

    : 8 to 17 degrees, a weak weather front moves from northwest to southeast, sometimes some rain, blood rain, as the dust is washed out of the atmosphere

  • Saturday

    : 6 to 12 degrees, mix of sun and clouds, mostly dry but cooler

  • Sunday

    : 7 to 12 degrees, sometimes sun, sometimes clouds, dry

  • Monday

    : 9 to 14 degrees, mix of sun and clouds, dry

  • Tuesday

    : 12 to 17 degrees, mostly friendly and warmer

  • Wednesday

    : 13 to 20 degrees, very warm again, new Saharan dust

  • Thursday

    : 9 to 16 degrees, individual showers, mix of sun and clouds

  • Friday

    : 6 to 11 degrees, sun and clouds alternate, now and then showers

(ml) * Merkur.de and heidelberg24.de are part of the Ippen-Digital network

List of rubric lists: © Arne Dedert / dpa

Source: merkur

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