Now after all: storms on the day of the federal election.
The weather service warns of heavy rain, hail and heavy squalls.
Update from September 26, 9:14 p.m
.: red alert!
The German Weather Service (DWD) has issued a severe weather warning for regions in Bavaria.
According to the current forecast, areas south and southwest of Munich, such as Andechs am Ammersee, Starnberg, Bad Tölz and Miesbach, among others, are particularly affected.
The "Official WEATHER WARNING before HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS with HEAVY RAIN and HAIL" is currently valid until 10 pm.
The DWD also warns of squalls and hail.
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DWD storm warning: The weather service warns of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and gusts of wind.
© DWD warning card / screenshot
Weather in Germany - risk of thunderstorms increasing
Update from September 26, 6:40 p.m
.: The first forecasts for the federal election in 2021 are there and Germany is already seething - at least in terms of the weather.
The first thunderstorms are approaching from the southwest and south.
The first thunderstorm cells are noticeable.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain - “Thunderstorms cannot be ruled out,” says the current DWD warning report.
On the DWD rain radar film, for example, some violent regions - colored purple to blue - can be seen south of Munich.
Strong thunderstorms are possible
from the southwest to
North Rhine-Westphalia
,
Thuringia
and
Bavaria
. According to the DWD weather experts, there are individual striking thunderstorms with heavy rain (20 liters per square meter), small-grain hail and gusts of wind up to 60 km / h (Bft 7). The DWD warns of storms and heavy rain with 40 liters per square meter in one hour. "Increased risk of this in the foothills of the Alps!" Reports the DWD
(see also initial report)
. The focus here is probably southern Bavaria, in the second half of the night the storm-like thunderstorms will probably shift to Upper Palatinate and then Upper Franconia. During the night, the thunderstorms then move in a strip from Bavaria via Thuringia and Hesse to Lower Saxony.
Storms on the day of the federal election: thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail - Bavaria will be hit particularly hard
First report from September 26, 2021
Munich - Sunday is election day.
The polling stations have been open nationwide since eight o'clock in the morning.
In the morning, people were able to walk to the polling station in bright sunshine in many places.
“High 'Lioba' ensures sunshine and only a few clouds in the sky,” said the forecast for election Sunday by the German Weather Service (DWD).
However, cloudy weather conditions prevail in the southwest.
Rain, lightning and thunder: From the afternoon onwards, the weather in some parts of Germany can get pretty uncomfortable.
The # election weather for Sunday: widespread high "Lioba" ensures sunshine and only a few clouds in the sky.
In contrast, it was cloudy in the south-west: there was heavy rain at times, some with lightning and thunder.
In the foothills of the Alps, from this afternoon onwards, #storms due to #heavy rain are also possible!
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- DWD (@DWD_presse) September 26, 2021
Weather on election Sunday: Risk of thunderstorms from the afternoon in Bavaria
Especially in the south and in the middle of Germany there can be thunderstorms from the afternoon.
For Bavaria, the DWD predicts “regionally, sometimes severe thunderstorms with heavy rain up to 25 l / sqm in one hour, small-grain hail and gusts of 70 km / h.” In addition, extreme amounts of water, hail stones two centimeters in size and heavy gusts of wind cannot be ruled out .
In the night of Monday, "some areas of severe weather due to extreme heavy rain [...] are likely".
Especially in the foothills of the Alps, thunderstorms with heavy rainfalls can be expected, according to the weather experts.
Meanwhile, a cloud of sulfur hangs over Germany.
Weather in Germany after the federal election: This is the forecast at the start of the week
At the beginning of the last week of September, it should remain similarly rainy and thunderstorm in Germany.
According to the experts from the German Weather Service in Offenbach, it will be cloudy to very cloudy the day after the federal election.
From the Baltic Sea to Saxony and southeast Bavaria, meteorologists predict showers and thunderstorms.
In the south, however, there should be gaps in the clouds and hardly any rain.
Towards the afternoon and evening, the DWD expects increasing clouds from the west and widespread rain in the further course.
The temperatures are a maximum of 19 to 24 degrees, in the mountains around 17 degrees.
(mbr / dpa)