Super cells are moving to Germany: In one region "there is a particularly violent bang" - there is even a risk of a tornado
Created: 05/17/2022, 14:11
By: Martina Lippl
High "Yannis" prevails and ensures calm summer weather on Wednesday.
© DWD
Summer is really kicking in now.
Up to 30 degrees make us sweat.
The weather situation remains explosive.
After the muggy heat, heavy thunderstorms with thunderstorms are brewing again.
Munich – The temperatures are on record course.
Hot air masses are flooding Germany.
Wednesday promises great summer weather with 30 degrees.
High "Yannis" prevails in the weather in Germany.
It's just a mid-week breather.
Because on Thursday and Friday there is a
risk of heavy thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and gusts
.
Severe weather alert in Germany: thunderstorm with large hail and "tornado potential"
“The thunderstorms can organize themselves better.
Individual supercells can occur and this increases the risk of severe weather," explains Lars Dahlstrom from
wetterkanal.kachelmannwetter.com
.
In addition to the heavy rain, there could also be violent gusts of thunderstorms, heavy gusts of wind and hurricane-force gusts in the strongest thunderstorms on Thursday.
Larger hail is also quite possible.
There is also some tornado potential in the West.
But more can not be said yet, emphasizes weather expert Dahlstrom.
It's not possible to say for sure two days beforehand.
"We're not spreading panic here," emphasizes Dahlstrom.
However, a local event of this kind cannot be ruled out.
The first thunderstorms are expected on Thursday, as does meteorologist Dominik Jung from the
q.met
weather service .
"Then it will become increasingly muggy to hot and then there will be a tremendous bang, especially in the west," predicts the weather expert.
The focus could be around North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) "with a full-fledged heavy thunderstorm situation that has it all."
Heavy rain, hail and squalls
would be possible here.
"Even the formation of tornadoes cannot be ruled out."
Storm situation in Germany: DWD warns of severe thunderstorms on Thursday and Friday
The German Weather Service (DWD) expects thunderstorms, some of them severe, with the potential for severe weather from later in the afternoon –
heavy rain, hail, gusts of wind and a high frequency of lightning
–
in the northwest and west.
Strong thunderstorms are also possible in the Black Forest and on the edge of the Alps.
Heavy rain, hail, squalls and a high lightning frequency.
In the night to Friday, the strong thunderstorms spread to the central parts of the country.
After a brief calming of the weather in the second half of the night, new thunderstorms with thunderstorms will appear during the course of the day on Friday.
Center of gravity over the middle of Germany.
"Again significantly increased potential for severe weather," says the current DWD forecast.
According to the DWD, there is only a “low thunderstorm potential” in the extreme north and in the south away from the mountains.
However, the exact trajectory of the thunderstorm responsible for this would still have to be awaited, can be read on the DWD website.
Weather in Germany: 30 degree mark will be cracked in the next few days
Wednesday (May 18th): The maximum values between 25 and 31 degrees on the Rhine and Moselle.
Only on the sea, in Western Pomerania and south-eastern Bavaria will it stay a little cooler at 19 to 24 degrees, according to the German Weather Service (DWD) in its forecast.
Thursday (May 19): muggy to hot – the DWD expects maximum values between 26 and 32 degrees on Thursday.
At the North Sea with onshore wind cooler with values around 20 degrees.
Friday (May 20): Highs in the north 20 to 25 degrees, in the middle 25 to 30 degrees and in the south up to 33 degrees.
According to current forecasts, it will be a little cooler in the north from the weekend.
It remains to be seen whether the summer air masses in the south can hold out longer.
"There are still uncertainties," says meteorologist Dominik Jung.
At the moment it looks like it will be quite a warm week.
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