New extreme after the heat wave: Enormous drop in temperature in Bavaria – the risk of severe weather remains after a thunderstorm night

Created: 08/08/2022 04:53

By: Tanja Kipke

After three days of heat, the long-awaited cooling will come on Friday evening.

And it's tough, the DWD warns of severe storms.

The weather will remain uncomfortable on Saturday as well.

• After the heat wave, thunderstorms are approaching Bavaria.

• On Friday, the DWD issued preliminary information about severe weather before severe thunderstorms.

• On Saturday the weather situation calmed down a bit.

• This news ticker about the weather in Bavaria is continuously updated.

Update from August 5, 8:16 a.m .:

Thunderstorms, some heavy, moved over Bavaria late on Friday evening and on Saturday night.

Also on board: lightning, thunder and heavy rain.

The weather conditions calmed down again on Saturday morning - the Free State is now facing a rather uncomfortable, gray and wet Saturday.

First of all, the sun is rare.

After all: Even the midsummer temperatures of the last few days have dropped.

Weather in Bavaria: Lots of rain and little sun on Saturday

The second piece of good news: According to the DWD, the rain showers should gradually retreat to the eastern edge of the Alps over the course of the day.

Nevertheless, it remains cloudy in almost all regions of the Free State today.

With 21 to 27 degrees it will be significantly cooler than the day before.

According to the DWD, there is a "low probability" of individual thunderstorms with heavy rain today only on the eastern edge of the Alps.

Update from August 5, 10:16 p.m .:

This is moving towards the state capital of Munich.

Storm clouds glowing red are moving east on the DWD warning map.

A wet and stormy night is in store for southern Bavaria.

Thunderstorms can also occur in the north from time to time.

However, the majority of the storms will probably move along the edge of the Alps.

Heavy heavy rain with precipitation amounts between 25 l/m² and 40 l/m² in a short time as well as gusts of wind with speeds of around 75 km/h (21m/s, 41kn, Bft 9) and small-grain hail are possible here.

More and more storm clouds are pushing towards Bavaria from the west.

© Screenshot DWD

Update from August 5, 8:55 p.m .: 

Storm clouds have now also reached Munich.

The DWD map is already colored orange in the regions south and west of the state capital.

In the affected areas there can be heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 25 l/m² in a short time as well as wind gusts with speeds of up to 60 km/h.

Weather in Bavaria: The first thunderstorms are moving across the Free State

Update from August 5, 8:17 p.m .:

The first thunderstorms have reached Bavaria.

On the map of the German Weather Service (DWD), red and orange spots can be seen in the Allgäu and near the Alps.

In the Allgäu, the DWD warns of "HEAVY THUNDERSTORM with HEAVY RAIN and HAIL".

In the region around Garmisch-Partenkirchen, there is initially a warning of severe thunderstorms.

It is not yet clear if and when the first drops will fall in Munich.

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First report from August 5, 10:43 a.m .:

Munich – The current heat wave seems to end on Friday evening (August 5).

Thunderstorms are moving to Bavaria, according to the DWD there should be a bang.

After the last hot days, the temperatures are expected to climb above the 30-degree mark throughout Bavaria on Friday.

The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of heat for the 3rd day in a row for Upper and Lower Bavaria, as well as Swabia and parts of Franconia.

Weather in Bavaria: The heat wave is followed by a risk of severe weather - DWD warns

The change in the weather - longed for by many - is evidently coming late on Friday evening.

"In the evening hours until Saturday night, heavy thunderstorms are spreading from the west," writes the DWD in its forecast.

The weather service has therefore issued advance information on severe weather before severe thunderstorms, which applies from Friday, 6 p.m. to Saturday, 3 a.m.

All of southern Bavaria is affected, from the Alps up to Augsburg and Landshut.

The DWD warns of heat in some regions of Bavaria on Friday.

In addition, there is a "preliminary information about severe weather" for the evening and the night.

© Screenshot DWD

The thunderstorms that are looming are tough.

According to the DWD, they are accompanied by “severe gusts of wind of around 100 km/h, hail of 2 cm and sometimes extremely heavy rain of over 40 l/m² within an hour.” Locally significantly higher amounts of up to 70 l/m² can fall over several hours .

In the second half of the night, the thunderstorms from the west gradually subside.

Weather conditions with "high storm potential"

The advance information serves as an indication of a weather situation with "high potential for severe weather".

It should enable the timely preparation of protective measures.

Thunderstorms with the side effects mentioned often only occur “very locally”, but usually hit these locations with full intensity.

Where exactly the thunderstorms will occur and at what time can only be predicted with the official warnings during the course of the day.

In the south of Bavaria, “heavy heavy rain” is to be expected on Saturday night.

© Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/Archive

But one thing is clear: It will be significantly cooler.

In the south of Bavaria, where the thunderstorms will hit particularly hard this time, temperatures will drop to maximum values ​​of around 21 to 23. The weekend will therefore be significantly cooler for at least half of Bavarians.

But even in the north there should no longer be 30 degrees, but only a pleasant 24 to 26 degrees.

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