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Storm peak is approaching - the end is not yet: "Almost all warning parameters of the DWD exhausted"

2022-02-07T05:03:33.435Z


Storm peak is approaching - the end is not yet: "Almost all warning parameters of the DWD exhausted" Created: 2022-02-07 05:48 By: Franziska Konrad Snow, continuous rain, storms: weather warnings apply to almost all regions in Germany today. © Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa Hurricane gusts, snowfall, continuous rain: the DWD issued several official weather warnings on Sunday. A storm surge is thre


Storm peak is approaching - the end is not yet: "Almost all warning parameters of the DWD exhausted"

Created: 2022-02-07 05:48

By: Franziska Konrad

Snow, continuous rain, storms: weather warnings apply to almost all regions in Germany today.

© Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

Hurricane gusts, snowfall, continuous rain: the DWD issued several official weather warnings on Sunday.

A storm surge is threatening again in northern Germany.

  • The weather in Germany remains uncomfortable - there are official severe weather warnings for almost everywhere

    (see first report)

    .

  • In the north, people have to prepare for a storm surge again

    (update from February 6, 3:36 p.m.)

    .

  • The storm warning for all of Germany will remain in place until midnight (

    update from February 6, 7:15 p.m.

    ), the German weather service sees almost all warning parameters of the warning catalog exhausted on Sunday (

    update from February 6, 1:18 p.m.

    ).

  • This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from February 6, 9.45 p.m

.: The weather situation in Germany has still not calmed down.

The situation is still tense, especially in southern Bavaria, and there is still an official severe weather warning.

On the other hand, the storm is slowly easing in the middle and west of the country.

But the relaxation only lasts for a short time here: Also on Monday there will be stiff or stormy gusts of up to 70 km/h in large parts of the country.

On the coasts and in the mountains it storms even stronger.

Only for the southwest of Germany there are no more wind warnings on Monday.

The chance of thunderstorms will also decrease on Monday.

During the day there is still light snowfall in the Alps, in the Ore Mountains and in the Rothaar Mountains, in the low mountain ranges the DWD expects heavy rain.

Update from February 6, 7.40 p.m .:

The storm warning for almost all of Germany is valid until midnight.

Especially in the south of Germany it storms strongly.

According to the German weather service, the gusts of wind in the foothills of the Alps reach up to 100 km/h.

The warning level two for stormy gusts also remains in the middle of the country, in the north the DWD even warns of a storm surge (

see previous update

).

The peak of the storm is expected in the south on Monday night.

Then Deep Roxana brings showers and snow to large parts of Germany, and fresh snow is even possible at higher altitudes.

There are isolated thunderstorms, especially in the north and north-west, which will also move south in the course of the evening.

Weather in Germany: Another storm surge threatens in the north

Update from February 6, 3:36 p.m .:

Germany does not come to rest in terms of weather.

It has been just a week since the north was overrun by a tidal wave, and Hamburg was also under water.

At the beginning of the week, people on the North Sea coast have to brace themselves again for a possible storm surge.

According to a forecast by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) on Sunday, the water level there could rise about one and a half meters above that of normal high water on Monday morning.

In the Weser and Elbe area, it can rise up to two meters above it.

According to the DWD, the wind should pick up again on Monday night.

On the coast, gusts of wind up to force nine can be expected at times, a spokesman said.

Isolated thunderstorms and sleet are also possible.

The meteorologist expected the weather situation to calm down temporarily on Monday afternoon.

The next rainy area is expected on Tuesday night.

Weather in Germany: DWD extends warning - meteorologist explains cause

Update from February 6, 1:18 p.m .:

The weather situation in Germany has worsened.

The DWD is now also warning of severe weather (orange warning level) in the regions around Hamburg and Bremen.

Heavy rain threatens there until 5 p.m.

The area around the Schleswig-Holstein port city of Husum has now also turned orange on the warning map.

Here, the DWD warns of severe gusts of wind until late in the afternoon.

Incidentally, the storm low Roxana over Scandinavia is responsible for the turbulent weather in the Federal Republic, a DWD meteorologist explained to the dpa on Sunday.

Therefore, "this Sunday almost all warning parameters of the warning catalog of the German Weather Service will be exhausted: Storm*, rain, snow*, thunderstorms and on Monday night there will be frost and ice."

Weather in Germany: DWD warns – hurricane-like gusts and continuous rain threaten

First report from February 6th:

Berlin – stormy, heavy rain, isolated thunderstorms *: Germany is facing an uncomfortable Sunday.

The DWD has also issued several official severe weather warnings, some of which are threatened by hurricane-force gusts of wind.

A look at the warning map shows that a large part of the Federal Republic is colored orange and red on Sunday morning.

Means: Here the DWD warns of striking weather.

A colorful mix of all uncomfortable weather conditions: in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse there is a threat of continuous rain until Monday night, in Saxony and in eastern Bavaria there is an official warning of snowfall, in many other regions it gets really windy and gusts of wind can reach speeds of up to 85 kilometers achieve per hour.

This affects the areas around Magdeburg, Dresden, Potsdam, Wiesbaden, down to the south of Germany, to Stuttgart and Munich.

Said warnings are mostly valid until midnight.

A colorful mix of uncomfortable weather awaits Germany on Sunday.

© Screenshot/DWD

Occasionally, the storms can develop into hurricane-like gusts with a speed of up to 100 kilometers per hour.

These severe weather warnings apply until early Monday morning in southern Baden-Württemberg, between Freiburg and Villingen-Schwenningen.

But the south and east of Bavaria is also affected by the red DWD warning level*.

Weather in Germany: Thunderstorms and snowfall on Sunday

In addition, there can be occasional thunderstorms, first in the north, during the day the storms will move to the central part of the country.

A small ray of hope in all these rather gloomy prospects: at least the temperatures remain reasonably pleasant today, with values ​​between three and ten degrees.

By the way, at the start of the new week the weather remains changeable: A mix of snow, sleet and sleet showers is sweeping across Germany.

It will continue to be stormy.

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Source: merkur

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