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Weather in Bavaria: "Then it really bangs" - experts with scary forecast for the end of the week

2022-05-18T13:21:39.837Z


Weather in Bavaria: "Then it really bangs" - experts with scary forecast for the end of the week Created: 05/18/2022, 15:14 Bavaria is facing a real extreme weather situation (symbol image). © Panthermedia / IMAGO Towards the end of the week things will get really hot again in Bavaria: there is talk of a “highly explosive situation” in terms of the weather. When a thunderstorm is triggered, it


Weather in Bavaria: "Then it really bangs" - experts with scary forecast for the end of the week

Created: 05/18/2022, 15:14

Bavaria is facing a real extreme weather situation (symbol image).

© Panthermedia / IMAGO

Towards the end of the week things will get really hot again in Bavaria: there is talk of a “highly explosive situation” in terms of the weather.

When a thunderstorm is triggered, it "bangs".

Munich – In Germany the most severe storm situation of the year so far is looming.

While it will initially be hot and muggy well over 30 degrees, large parts of Germany are expecting extreme thunderstorms from Thursday, according to

weather.com

.

In addition to hail and squalls, heavy rain is also possible, which can cause flooding.

According to the forecast, the thunderstorm line will reach the center and south of Germany between Thursday and Friday.

Weather: Super cells and tornado danger - severe thunderstorms in Bavaria

In the latest video of

Germany's Weather Channel

, meteorologist Jan Schenk shows on YouTube what weather conditions Germany can expect in the coming days.

Above all, northern Germany must be prepared, supercells and tornadoes cannot be ruled out here - real thunderstorm clusters would move from Cologne to Berlin from Friday morning, Hamburg is also tinged threateningly dark blue on the weather map of the forecast.

But there is also a dangerous weather situation around Nuremberg.

Extreme weather conditions are particularly dangerous in northern Germany.

© Screenshot / Weather Channel Germany / YouTube

And the rest of Bavaria?

According to the expert, it will be really uncomfortable here during the course of Thursday.

"In the evening it will be really dangerous again in the south, there is even a threat of severe or very severe thunderstorms," ​​says Schenk in the video.

According to the forecast, this will primarily affect the south of Bavaria, but also the state capital Munich itself.

Severe to severe thunderstorms threaten in Munich during Thursday evening.

© Screenshot / Weather Channel Germany / YouTube

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Heaviest thunderstorms on Friday – weather in Bavaria “highly explosive”

On Friday everything that storms have to offer, especially in the north and east of Germany, writes

weather.com

.

Wind gusts of up to 120 km/h, extreme rain, floods, large hail.

The risk of tornadoes is also increasing.

If a thunderstorm comes up, you shouldn't stay outdoors - it can quickly become life-threatening, the experts warn urgently.

For Bavaria, the prognosis is more difficult: According to current forecasts, there are hardly any thunderstorms in Bavaria, but: "The atmosphere is highly explosive".

If it is enough to trigger a thunderstorm in Bavaria, then "it really bangs".

Therefore, the experts also write that the south is also “greatly worried”.

The German Weather Service (DWD) puts it a little more soberly: "Only isolated thunderstorms, but if they are also sometimes strong, over southern Germany with the potential for severe weather, mainly due to heavy rain and hail." The experts agree: the weather situation must be closely monitored, in Bavaria there is much to be said for a more than uncomfortable end to the week.

(fhz)

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