After the heat wave, super cells are moving to Bavaria – weather warnings are already in effect today
Created: 05/13/2022 05:02
By: Tanja Kipke
Throughout Bavaria, the weather shows its summery side, in some regions it gets really hot.
After the heat comes the storms.
Update from May 11, 9.42 a.m .:
In many regions of Bavaria today is the warmest day of the week.
The DWD writes in its forecast: "Very warm at 25 to 30 degrees for the time of year".
The 30 degree mark could be cracked in Franconia am Main today.
But temperatures of around 27 degrees are also possible in Upper Bavaria and Swabia.
On Thursday and Friday, the heat brings thunderstorms with it, even severe storms are possible
(see first report).
The DWD is already warning.
From 11 a.m. on Wednesday there will be an official warning of gusts of wind.
Almost all districts in Lower Franconia and Upper Franconia are affected.
There, "gusts of wind with speeds between 50 km/h and 60 km/h from the south-west occur," according to the DWD.
"Stormy gusts of up to 70 km/h at the peaks of the Rhön." The warning is valid until 6 p.m.
The DWD has issued an official warning of gusts of wind.
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After the heat wave, super cells move to Bavaria – severe storms threaten
First report from May 10th:
Munich – It's finally getting warm in the Free State.
The "Ice Saints will become Sweat Saints", as meteorologist Dominik Jung predicted in a weather analysis.
And Bayern are feeling that at the moment too.
The sun is shining brightly across the country, causing temperatures to rise.
In some regions, the heat wave hits particularly hard and ensures values over the 30 degree mark.
However, the Sahara heat also brings thunderstorms with it.
After the hot days it can really crack.
Weather expert Jan Schenk from
The Weather Channel
even speaks of "supercells".
Weather in Bavaria: Where the heat wave causes summer temperatures
According to the weather forecast from wetter.com
, the warmest days of the week are
Tuesday and Wednesday.
It seems to be the warmest in Lower Franconia and Middle Franconia.
For Tuesday, the weather map in Würzburg and Erlangen shows maximum values of around 25 degrees.
For Augsburg and Munich only 23 degrees.
On Wednesday it should be a few degrees warmer:
Weather forecast for Wednesday (May 11):
Würzburg (Lower Franconia): 27 degrees
Erlangen (Middle Franconia): 27 degrees
Bayreuth (Upper Franconia): 25 degrees
Augsburg (Swabia): 25 degrees
Munich (Upper Bavaria): 27 degrees
Regensburg (Upper Palatinate): 26 degrees
Passau (Lower Bavaria): 26 degrees
"30 degrees are also possible locally," explains Schenk in a video.
Especially on the Main and "maybe also on the Alps".
The reason is warm air that comes from the Sahara to Germany.
On Thursday, the summer temperatures of around 25 degrees will be over in many places.
The temperatures tumble a bit and level off at around 20 degrees.
After the heat comes the thunderstorms.
Especially in the south it crashes on Friday.
Thunderstorms move over Bavaria after the heat wave: Even super cells are possible
While it will remain calm on Wednesday with no rain showers, the weather map for Thursday shows a completely different picture.
"Something's really going on there," explains Schenk.
"There are many thunderstorms and supercells are not excluded".
Supercells are the heaviest thunderstorms "that we know of," according to Schenk.
Above all, Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Upper Palatinate and Upper Bavaria are affected.
The people of Munich also have to be prepared for a lot of rain and thunderstorms.
“We have to assume that there can also be hail and squalls.” There will be lightning and heavy rain anyway.
"If there are thunderstorms in the south, there will soon be severe weather," warns Schenk.
In southern Bavaria, thunderstorms continue on Friday.
According to Schenk, thunderstorm activity flared up again in the morning.
That is very unusual, but according to the first forecasts, a lot of rain will fall from the sky.
At the weekend, Bavarians can look forward to sunshine and highs of around 21 degrees in most regions.
(tkip)