Winter weather rolls back towards Germany unusually late.
Goodbye spring.
The polar vortex brings storms and cold temperatures in March.
Munich - If you were already looking forward to the spring-like temperatures in February, you will now get a literally cold shower.
Winter strikes again in Germany.
Weather in Germany: Winter chaos is not over - polar vortex brings storm and cold
It was already going up and down over the winter months. In March another low hit the Federal Republic.
The consequences are sometimes violent storms.
After that, another weather drift will probably bring significantly cooler temperatures.
"Hurricane lows are now developing unusually late over the Atlantic, moving across the British Isles towards southern Scandinavia," explains RTL meteorologist Christian Häckl at "
wetter.de
", "while the strong wind fields also cover western and northern Germany. "
Springweather?
Hurricane rolls over Germany - after that the temperatures drop
Hurricane "Klaus" is already rolling over Germany from these strong wind fields.
With partly extreme storm damage in the north and east.
The good news: Half of it is over.
On Saturday there will be stormy gusts again in southern and central Germany.
But then the west wind loses its strength.
Low "Luis" only brings a short but strong storm on Sunday.
The weather will probably not be clear afterwards.
The winds will decrease at the beginning of the coming week, but the temperatures will probably decrease as well.
The current around the polar vortex over Great Britain pushes a high up to the north.
March-winter in Germany: west current breaks - polar vortex brings cold air from the north
This edge of the current determines the weather in Germany.
The wind turns.
Instead of coming from the southwest, it comes from the north.
Cold air prepares for March-winter.
This also means wetness for the north-east and south.
In the mountains, the locally very heavy rainfall will even turn into snow.
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