Onset of winter rolls over Germany: Up to 20 centimeters of snow! The expert gives the exact date in November

Snow on the 1st of Advent?

Winter is coming, and massive.

A weather expert even expects snow down into the lowlands - up to 20 centimeters of fresh snow in the mountains.

Munich - That sounds like a fairy tale, doesn't it?

Snow on the 1st of Advent.

Well - maybe the white splendor is still there.

In any case, a massive onset of winter is announced before the 1st of Advent.

Weather expert Jan Schenk from

decided: “Around November 20th we have to expect that there will be snowfall down to the lowlands - also in Berlin, Hamburg and maybe even in Kiel.

In the south there will even be a lot of snow. ”How much cannot be said yet.

In the traffic jam in the mountains, up to 20 centimeters can be expected.

It could be enough for sledding, the meteorologist predicts.

Snow forecast before the 1st of Advent: cold snap in November

Schenk is pretty sure of his weather forecast: "Five large global models predict a cold snap around November 20th." The weather expert also provides the reason for the massive cold snap.

“We actually have stable weather conditions - two high pressure areas and a low in the middle.” It actually stays that way.

However, around November 20th, the Azores high above that becomes very strong.

The jet changes position.

The high pressure area pushes him away.

Then ice-cold air comes to us from the north.

Snow is also there.

What is the Azores high?

The Azores high is named after the archipelago of the same name.

It is formed near the Azores over the Atlantic Ocean in a vortex of one of the large jet streams that move around the earth at a greater height.

The Azores high is in itself very stable and also stationary for a long time.

However, the high pressure belt moves with the seasons - and consequently also the Azores high.

Weather in Germany: Snow before the 1st of Advent

Weather models often row backwards, change.

A robust forecast beyond five days would have to be well founded.

But this time it is different, emphasizes the

meteorologist.

"All major weather models, the US, the British, the German, the European and the Canadian weather model all show the same thing." Of course, Schenk admits a certain degree of uncertainty, but the forecast is very likely to be correct.

However, the snowfall could be postponed by a day and two, but the trend on November 20th is clear.

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Snow before the 1st of Advent?

Many people want the white splendor.

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Sudden onset of winter at the end of November?

Forecast wobbles

Massive onset of winter at the end of November? Dominik Jung from

The weatherman already warned of a "winter carrot".

Less than 24 hours later, the meteorologist corrects: “In the early models, the onset of winter is back.

But not around November 20th, as shown at the beginning, but only from November 24th. ”That sounds less like snow bombs, ice and freezing cold.

The weather models calculate new forecasts every six hours and the forecast for this period would change at least as often, explains Jung.

Sometimes it would be much milder, calculated, then colder again and snowflakes down to the bottom.

"Overall, the probability of a winter onset in November and that is currently 40 percent." Snow fans should take a deep breath now - until November 20th or 24th it's still a while.

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