After mega summer and drought: weather expert with unusual autumn forecast

Created: 08/25/2022, 07:05

By: Vincent Fischer

The Frechensee near Seeshaupt in the Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau, which has almost completely dried up due to the heat wave.

A weather expert is now daring to make an unusual autumn forecast.

© IMAGO / Ulrich Wagner

The summer of 2022 is characterized by extremes.

Weather expert Brandt predicts the next.

The summery weather is expected to last into autumn.

Berlin – Lots of sunshine, record temperatures and hardly any rain.

The summer of 2022 in Germany will go down in history.

However, also with sad records.

The consequences are sometimes devastating.

Severe storms are one of the consequences.

The high temperatures also pose a health risk, especially for old and weak people. The Bonn climate and weather expert Karsten Brandt predicts that this summer could last for a long time.

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"I think we have a good chance of getting high pressure again in September - with very short phases that bring a few showers in between." The meteorologist even thinks it's possible that a total of 800 hours of sunshine will be achieved in Germany .

"Let's look forward to a few nice days." The meteorological fall actually begins on September 1st.

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The downside: drought and dryness that result in poor harvests and water shortages.

Brandt describes it as a "steppe summer, a wonderful, sunny, but unfortunately dry summer".

Because of the persistent drought, one could therefore also speak of a "weather event" that is due to climate change, according to the climate expert.

"We have had the problem for several years that we have rising temperatures, resulting in more evaporation and fluctuating amounts of precipitation." The drought and the resulting drought are not the problem of a single year, but the result of a longer period of time.

For several years we have had the problem that we have rising temperatures, which means more evaporation and fluctuating amounts of precipitation.

Weather expert Karsten Brandt

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Brandt does not give much hope for rain and relaxation, especially on the rivers, which are currently plagued by low water.

"If you consider that September is one of the driest months (...) of the year together with March and April, then that gives reason to fear - regardless of the weather development, which doesn't look good either: it looks more like high pressure , after dry, after continued summer weather - that we will get a longer period of low tide.

Not only on the Rhine, but also on the other rivers.

And maybe in November or December, then the water levels will rise again."