Onset of winter in Germany in just a few days – weather experts are expecting snow across the board

Created: 11/28/2022, 2:21 p.m

By: Jennifer Lanzinger

The weather in Germany could soon bring snow in many places, a weather expert does not rule out a widespread onset of winter.

Offenbach – Just in time for the meteorological start of winter on December 1st, the big onset of winter in Germany could be imminent.

As the German Weather Service explained on Friday, Germany may face a widespread onset of winter with snow and ice in the next week.

A high pressure area is expected to build up over Russia and Scandinavia on Monday, which will increasingly allow cold air to flow towards us from the east.

Onset of winter in Germany is coming: experts expect snow even at low altitudes

"In the nights there is widespread frost and during the day the temperatures rise to just above zero degrees, especially in the eastern half," said a DWD meteorologist on Friday in Offenbach.

A lot of precipitation is not expected - "but when it does occur, it then increasingly falls as snow down to lower altitudes".

Could it be before December 1st?

Is the onset of winter imminent in Germany?

(Iconic image) © Matthias Bein /dpa

Until then, the mostly wet, cold and dingy weather of the past few days will remain in Germany.

On Saturday there will be dense clouds and rain in the eastern half, while the sun will appear in the west.

On Sunday it will be cloudy to heavily cloudy.

Towards evening, clouds will gather in the west and north-west, bringing rain in western Germany on Monday night.

Weather expert speaks of a massive cold air break in Germany

Diplom meteorologist Dominik Jung from the weather service Q.met (www.qmet.de) also speaks to the weather portal 

 of a real drop in temperature: "The forecasts indicate a massive advance of cold air masses from north-eastern Europe".

The extensive onset of cold air would therefore also bring permafrost for Germany.

According to the expert, the cold winter weather could linger over Germany a little longer, because freezing cold is likely until the third Sunday in Advent.

The previous forecasts would therefore even suspect night values ​​below minus 10 degrees.

Germany hasn't really seen a lot of snow this fall.

Even a white Christmas is once again uncertain.

A weather expert classifies the current forecast.