Weather: "Mrs. Holle turns on the snow cannon" - Germany before the onset of winter

The first snowflakes are on their way.

In addition, an expert gives a very fairytale forecast for the weather in Germany.

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• When it comes to the weather in Germany, the signs point to snow - even in deep areas.

• "Mountain winter for the weekend" - is what the German Weather Service (DWD) says.

• Just in time for the 1st weekend in Advent, it will be wintry in low areas.

Update from November 25th, 11.42 a.m

.: Foggy and gray, sometimes even a little drizzle - typical November weather currently prevails in most regions in Germany.

In addition, there is occasional frost down to minus 7 degrees.

But that is changing.

According to the weather portal

“winter feeling” is the order of the day at the latest on Friday

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And: "Frau Holle turns on the snow cannon." That really sounds like a fairy tale, doesn't it?

Weather in Germany: Snow forecast for the 1st of Advent

“It's going to be wintry, because polar cold air is currently heading in our direction and will meet humid Mediterranean air on Friday.

The result: Over the entire coming weekend there will not only be sleet in many regions, but also the first snow, ”explains

meteorologist Georg Haas.

Snow is to be expected especially in Bavaria from the Alpine foothills to the Bavarian Forest and also in the low mountain ranges from Saarland to Hesse on Friday.

With up to 5 centimeters of fresh snow (!) Until Friday morning, according to the current warning report of the German Weather Service (DWD) (as of November 25, 12 noon).

The snowfall starts in the second half of the night on Friday.

According to the weather expert Haas, sleet and sleet showers are mainly to be expected in the North Sea area.

There is also a storm there on Friday - with heavy squalls in the evening in North Friesland.

"On Saturday, the winter continues with maximum temperatures of 0 to 6 degrees," said the meteorologist.

“Sleet in the lower elevations and snow in the higher elevations can then be expected in a strip from Schleswig-Holstein via Lower Saxony and Hesse to Baden-Württemberg.

On Sunday, locally wet snowflakes will also arrive in the east. "

“Berglandwinter” forecast for Germany

The German Weather Service (DWD) predicts a “mountainous winter” at the weekend in its 10-day weather forecast.

The weather service remains a little cautious with its snow forecast.

Especially the forecast for Sunday - the 1st of Advent - still seems a bit shaky.

In the east, around 10 centimeters of fresh snow could fall from the sky, even at low altitudes.

That is more like "wet fresh snow".

“Developments are still very uncertain,” reads the DWD.

DWD snow forecast for Germany

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“Winter feeling” in Germany - on the 1st weekend in Advent, Ms. Holle unpacks the snow cannons.

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Weather: “Snow bombs” hit cities in Germany - before that there is another major threat

Update from November 24th, 10:00 a.m .:

Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians

Since Wednesday morning (

2021) it can be very slippery on the streets in Germany (see update from November 23rd).

As meteorologist Jan Schenk from

announced, the rain in the low mountain ranges meets the cold air on the ground, which threatens freezing rain.

At the same time, the temperatures drop.

According to

Franconian cities of Nuremberg and Bamberg experienced

the coldest nights since March 2021 with minus five degrees.

Similar frosty temperatures are also expected in the coming nights.

For example, the values ​​in southern Germany could fall to minus 6 degrees at night when the sky was clear.

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Winter is approaching: In some regions of Germany, icy temperatures and snowfall are arriving.

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The German Weather Service (DWD) also warns of slippery weather in the south, light frost in places in central Germany, and regional fog in southeastern Bavaria.

Weather: Snowfall in some regions of Germany

Update from November 23, 9.45 p.m.:

As early as the end of the week, there may be snowfall in some regions of Germany (see first report).

The basic requirement for this is that the temperatures go into the basement.

And this process has already started.

Especially in the south, temperatures will drop to minus six degrees in the coming nights.

In the north it stays a little warmer.

This is also due to the fact that clouds are gathering here, which more or less cushion the temperatures.

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Not only in Munich, but all over Germany, the Advent season could begin with snow.

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But that also harbors great dangers: Even small amounts of rain can mutate into freezing rain or freezing drizzle, especially in the low mountain ranges, and make the roadways as smooth as glass, as

forecast

by meteorologist Jan Schenk from

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That already applies from Wednesday morning.

First report from November 23rd, 11.00

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Munich - Just in time for the early start of the pre-Christmas period, a meteorologist

cold and snow

via

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The chances of white-covered treetops are comparatively high in some regions of Germany.

In parts of Bavaria, ice and frost already caused slippery roads in the Free State on Tuesday night (23.11.2021).

Weather conditions in Germany indicate a high probability of flakes

The weather situation is similar in other federal states.

According to the meteorologist, the first snow will soon be arriving in many regions in Germany.

From the 1st of Advent on November 28th, a "strong low pressure area" in the northwest is likely to tap into polar and humid air masses.

In the mountains it will be wintry.

In Frankfurt am Main, temperatures at an altitude of 1500 meters fell to below zero degrees at the beginning of the week.

However, no snow is expected there until the 1st of Advent.

Snow in Germany: So are the chances of a white Advent season

However, if the thermometer readings drop below minus five degrees in the coming days, it could soon snow properly in the mountains.

In the lowlands, on the other hand, it would take around minus seven degrees for the white flakes to trickle down into the northern German lowlands.

That could also happen around the 1st of Advent.

The chances of a white Advent season in the various regions of Germany are given by

in its "Snowflakes 16-Day Trend" (as of November 19) as follows:

• Hamburg:

  20 percent

• Berlin:

  50 percent

• Brocken

  (Berg in Saxony-Anhalt): 100 percent

• Ore Mountains:

  100 percent

• Cologne:

  25 percent

• Stuttgart:

  45 percent

• Munich:

  75 percent

• Zugspitze:

  100 percent

Weather in Germany: Meteorologist predicts a lot of snow in December

At the beginning of December, the cold air will slide back to the Mediterranean and create a low pressure area there.

According to the meteorologists, it is precisely this that could then become the snow depth.

Which could lead to a blanket of snow several centimeters high in the south and east.

In the higher mountains, the snow could then pile up to half a meter.

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