Sahara dust moves to Bavaria: Will the blood rain come at the weekend?
Created: 04/29/2022, 04:45 am
By: Tanja Kipke
Farewell to drought: After the dry phase, it's raining again in Bavaria.
Will there be blood rain at the weekend due to the coming Sahara dust?
Expert makes forecast.
Munich – The drought phase in Bavaria seems to be over.
After the driest March on record and very little rainfall in April, the rain is a blessing for nature.
The first communities had already called on their citizens to save water because of the drought.
Since Sunday (April 24) it has been raining in many places in the Free State, and according to weather expert Jan Schenk, it should stay that way in May.
According to the weather forecast, this will remain the case for the next few days.
In addition, however, there is Sahara dust, which is once again moving from Africa to Germany.
The precipitation can therefore lead to blood rain in Bavaria.
Only a few weeks ago, the phenomenon in the sky caused a stir.
Weather in Bavaria: Sahara dust is coming - blood rain is possible at the weekend
"From North Africa across the Mediterranean, a thick portion of Sahara dust is arriving here in Germany," explains meteorologist Dominik Jung in a video from
wetter.net.
The weather map shows that the dust is also spreading across Bavaria.
According to Jung, it should start on Friday.
According to Jung, it is the fourth or fifth time that Sahara dust has come to Germany within a few weeks.
Sahara dust is moving to Germany at the weekend.
Thunderstorms in Bavaria could cause blood rain.
(Archive image) © Sven Hoppe/dpa/ZUMA Press Wire/Lorenzo Carnero (photomontage)
The Sahara dust was still in the air on Saturday and Sunday.
The dust could then be washed out of the atmosphere by isolated thunderstorms in the south and come down from the sky as a rain of blood.
Bavaria in particular is affected.
Rain has been announced for Munich and the region for the whole weekend, according to
wetteronline
with a probability of 80 percent.
The result would be brown sand dust on the cars, as was the case a few weeks ago after the heavy rain of blood in Munich.
Weather in Bavaria: Experts make a summer forecast
According to the American weather model, June, July and August could be 0.5 to 1 degree warmer than the average climate for the last 20 years, explains Jung.
Good prospects for all summer fans.
"I don't see any extreme heat, but also no very cool months ahead of us," Jung summarizes his forecast.
Meteorologist Jan Schenk from
The Weather Channel
makes a very similar summer forecast: "It will be a cool June in northern Europe, while it will be warmer than normal in southern Europe." This is also evident within Germany.
According to Schenk, in the south it should already be summery and warm in June.
"July will probably be the best summer month." However, Schenk also points out that the dry soil increases the risk of longer heat waves and thus thunderstorms.
Especially the Bavarians have to be prepared for some summer thunderstorms.
(tkip)
