Storm cell with heavy rain passed over Bavaria: thunderstorm break until Monday

Created: 05/16/2022, 05:00

By: Katarina Amtmann, Thomas Eldersch

On Friday, the weather in Bavaria showed itself from two sides.

The north could look forward to sun and a cloudless sky.

In the south it cracked properly.

Update from May 13, 4:13 p.m .:

The storms over southern Bavaria have disappeared.

The sun has already made its way through the clouds in many places.

With temperatures around 20 degrees, it will also be a very pleasant Friday afternoon.

A good foretaste of the weekend.

Because the sun shines brightly on both Saturday and Sunday.

It's getting warmer every day.

Peak values ​​​​on Sunday are 24 to 26 in the northern half of Bavaria.

It is similar in the south.

In the state capital of Munich, the thermometer will probably rise to 24 degrees.

New thunderstorms are possible on Monday.

Update from May 13, 11:48 a.m

.: There has just been a red alert in Munich!

The DWD has issued an official severe weather warning for severe thunderstorms and heavy rain and hail.

It says: “There are local thunderstorms coming from the west.

There is heavy heavy rain with precipitation amounts between 25 l/m² and 40 l/m² per hour as well as gusts of wind with speeds of around 70 km/h (20m/s, 38kn, Bft 8) and small-grain hail."

Red alert in Bavaria: Storm warning of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain and hail

• district and city of Munich

• District of Aichach-Friedberg

• district of Fürstenfeldbruck

• district of Starnberg

• district of Dachau

• Freising district

• Erding district

• district of Ebersberg

• district and city of Rosenheim

• Mühldorf am Inn district

The warning is valid until 1:30 p.m.

Official severe weather warning for severe thunderstorms and heavy rain and hail © Screenshot DWD

Update from May 13, 11:35 a.m

.: The weather warnings for severe thunderstorms (see previous update) were extended until 1:30 p.m., including in Munich.

In the state capital, however, there is no longer a warning of heavy rain.

The warning now also applies to the district and city of Rosenheim, the districts of Traunstein, Altötting, Mühldorf am Inn, Rottal-Inn, Dingolfing-Landau, Kelheim, Starnberg, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Donau-Ries and Ostallgäu.

The same applies to the districts/cities of Landshut and Augsburg and the city of Memmingen

Storm cell over Bavaria: Official weather warning for Munich and the surrounding area

Update from May 13, 10:50 a.m

.: There is currently an official weather warning for severe thunderstorms in parts of Bavaria.

It is valid until 12 noon.

It says: “Individual thunderstorms are approaching from the west.

There are gusts of wind with speeds of around 70 km/h (20m/s, 38kn, Bft 8) as well as heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 25 l/m² per hour and small-grain hail.”

Heavy thunderstorms in Bavaria: These districts are affected by the DWD warning

• district and city of Munich

• district of Ebersberg

• Erding district

• Freising district

• District of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

• district of Dachau

• district of Fürstenfeldbruck

• district of Landsberg

• District of Aichach-Friedberg

• District and city of Augsburg

• District of Dillingen

• Guenzburg district

• District of Neu-Ulm

• District of Unterallgaeu

Weather warnings in Bavaria: DWD warns of heavy rain in Munich

In some districts - including Munich and Erding - there is also a warning of heavy rain.

25 liters per square meter are possible.

There is an official severe thunderstorm warning.

© Screenshot DWD

Update from May 13, 9:05

a.m .: The DWD warning card for Bavaria is currently completely green, which means: No warnings.

Update from May 13, 7:33 a.m .:

Munich and the surrounding area are back in the green.

Warnings for severe thunderstorms only apply in the districts of Freyung-Grafenau, Regen, Cham, Straubing-Bogen and the city of Straubing (until 8.30 a.m.).

Update from May 13, 6:20 a.m .:

The German Weather Service is currently warning of severe thunderstorms in parts of Bavaria.

Munich, Erding, Freising, but also Ansbach, Günzburg and Neu-Ulm are affected.

The warning initially applies until 7:30 a.m.

It says: "Thunderstorms are coming.

There is heavy rain with precipitation amounts of around 15 l/m² per hour and wind gusts with speeds of around 60 km/h (17m/s, 33kn, Bft 7)."

Heavy thunderstorms at the start of the weekend: Bayern card split – DWD warns

First report from May 13, 6 a.m.:

Munich – The first summer week in Bavaria 2022 is in the books.

Plenty of sunshine was the motto in many parts of the Free State.

And the weekend will continue to be warm and sunny.

Undisturbed summer feeling already in May?

Not quite.

Friday pretends to be a spoilsport.

But things don't get uncomfortable everywhere in Bavaria.

Weather in Bavaria: Thunderstorms and storms south of the Danube

Already on Thursday evening, May 12, the first thunderstorms moved across the Free State.

However, these were largely limited to Swabia and the region around Ingolstadt.

Here, the German Weather Service (DWD) warned of strong thunderstorms with gusts of wind around 75 km/h and rainfall of around 20 liters per square meter.

It also hailed occasionally.

The north was spared from the storms.

On Friday, the division into north and south as far as the weather is concerned will remain.

While the Franconians and Upper Palatinate can enjoy an almost cloud-free sky with lots of sunshine, it looks uncomfortable in the south.

Showers can occur again and again in a band from Augsburg to Passau and in the direction of the Alps.

"From noon, thunderstorms are more frequent, especially in the Alps and in the southern foothills," warns the DWD.

Overall it will remain warm with 22 to 23 degrees in the north.

South of the Danube, the values ​​on the thermometer in the rainy foothills of the Alps climb to just under 20 degrees.

Things are no different in the state capital of Munich.

Temperatures on Friday in Bavaria (source:

):

• Würzburg: 22 degrees

• courtyard: 20 degrees

• Bamberg: 22 degrees

• Nuremberg: 23 degrees

• Regensburg: 23 degrees

• Passau: 24 degrees

• Landshut: 23 degrees

• Augsburg: 22 degrees

• Munich: 20 degrees

• Kempten: 20 degrees

• Berchtesgaden: 19 degrees

Weather in Bavaria: Sunny weekend forecast

Saturday starts again dry and sunny in many places.

Only in the vicinity of the Alps can there be isolated showers and thunderstorms from midday.

The values ​​are rising again and leveling off between 21 and 27 degrees.

The sunny early summer weather will not change much until Monday.

Only in the course of the day do the first thunderstorms move from the west in the direction of Freistaat.