Frosty temperatures, glittering flakes and slippery roads: In the coming days, not only will snow fall, but freezing rain will also pose a threat.
The news ticker for the weather.
Germany is facing the first major snowfall
(see first report)
.
The chances of a white Advent season are also good.
But even before the snow, freezing rain threatens a great danger
(see update from November 23, 9.45 p.m.)
.
Update from November 24th, 10:00 a.m .:
Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians
watch out:
Since Wednesday morning (
November 24th,
2021) it can be very slippery on the streets in Germany (see update from November 23rd).
As meteorologist Jan Schenk from
The Weather Channel
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
Wetter.com, the
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.
(Archive photo)
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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.
(Archive photo)
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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
The Weather Channel
.
That already applies from Wednesday morning.
First report from November 23rd, 11.00
a.m
.
:
Munich - Just in time for the early start of the pre-Christmas period, a meteorologist
announces
cold and snow
via
Wetter.com
.
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
wetter.com
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.
(Richard Strobl, Lara Listl)
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