Winter comeback in Bavaria: DWD warns of storms, fresh snow and thunderstorms - thousands without electricity

Created: 04/11/2022 04:53

By: Franziska Konrad

In a nutshell: the weather in Bavaria will remain very uncomfortable over the weekend.

Sun, snow, storm and thunderstorm alternate.

A region in Lower Franconia was particularly hard hit.

Update from April 9, 4:05 p.m .:

The German Weather Service expects snow and snow showers again in parts of Bavaria for the night of Sunday.

In some places it can also be smooth, as the DWD announced on Saturday.

In the south and in the Alps, the meteorologists are expecting 10 to 15 centimeters of fresh snow by Sunday morning and up to 20 centimeters in the northwestern areas.

However, snow could also fall in northern Franconia and in the eastern low mountain ranges.

Update from April 9, 11:10 a.m .:

The sometimes severe onset of winter in Bavaria is not without consequences: heavy snowfall caused power outages in numerous towns in the Miltenberg district in Lower Franconia.

There were several road closures.

After the onset of winter, the fire brigade in the district of Miltenberg had to go on numerous snow operations.

© Ralf Hettler/dpa

 On Saturday morning, 15 towns and around 7,500 people were still without electricity, said District Administrator Jens Marco Scherf.

It could sometimes take until the afternoon before the power supply is completely restored.

Onset of winter in Bavaria: 7,500 people without electricity - several road closures

According to the district administrator, the road closures were invariably caused by fallen trees.

Not only the amount, but also the type of snow was problematic.

Scherf: "It was extremely wet and heavy snow, which pushed down many trees."

The fire brigade is on the B469 near Laudenbach after the onset of winter and is removing a fallen tree.

© Ralf Hettler/dpa

Scherf warned against removing roadblocks by hand.

It had happened several times during the morning that the barriers had simply been pushed aside.

The district administrator warned that this was "dangerous and selfish" because you not only endanger yourself, but also following drivers.

Original article from April 9th:

Munich – The April weather in Bavaria goes into the next round.

Heavy storms followed by snowfall and thunderstorms, then suddenly the sun came out again.

All in all, however, the weekend in Bavaria remains uncomfortable.

The German Weather Service issued several official severe weather warnings for Saturday, April 9th ​​alone.

Especially on Saturday morning, the DWD warns of snowfall and severe storms in southern Bavaria.

© Screenshot/DWD

A look at the DWD warning map on Saturday morning shows: A large part of the Free State is colored yellow (weather warning level 1).

From the north, through the middle to the south-east of Bavaria, the meteorologists warn of violent gusts of wind with speeds of up to 55 kilometers per hour.

The official severe weather warning is valid from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the time being.

The only reasonably windless corner of the Free State is Swabia on Saturday.

Weather in Bavaria: DWD warns of striking weather - up to 15 centimeters of fresh snow

For the south of Bavaria, around Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the DWD warns of striking weather (orange).

In the Bavarian Alps, the gusts of wind reach up to 75 kilometers per hour.

There is also an official severe weather warning for light snowfall.

This is valid until 5 a.m. on Sunday morning.

Between five and ten centimeters of fresh snow is expected in the affected regions.

Up to 15 centimeters of snow can fall in traffic jams.

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To top off the uncomfortable weather, isolated thunderstorms have been announced, especially in northern Bavaria.

All in all, the weather on Saturday shows its capricious side.

Rain, snow and sleet alternate.

In between there can always be thunderstorms.

After all, the temperatures remain in the plus range and vary between three degrees on the edge of the Alps and 11 degrees on the Lower Main.

April weather in Bavaria: It's supposed to snow on Sunday too - the sun is showing up occasionally

In the night to Sunday it should continue to snow in the foothills of the Alps.

Drivers beware: the roads can then become dangerously slippery again.

Apart from that, it will also remain very cloudy on Sunday, with snow and sleet showers announced again, especially in the east and in the Alps.

However, during the course of the day the sun appears more often from the west.

April just keeps doing what he wants.

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