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Siberia high “Erik” pumps cold air to Europe – weather conditions in Germany change

2022-11-30T12:40:12.707Z


Siberia high “Erik” pumps cold air to Europe – weather conditions in Germany change Created: 11/30/2022 13:18 By: Martina Lippl Siberia High Erik: cold air on the east covers Germany (symbolic photo). It's getting slippery on the roads. © Bihlmayerfotografie/imago The weather in Germany is still cloudy and grey. That changes right on time for the meteorological start of winter. There is an eas


Siberia high “Erik” pumps cold air to Europe – weather conditions in Germany change

Created: 11/30/2022 13:18

By: Martina Lippl

Siberia High Erik: cold air on the east covers Germany (symbolic photo).

It's getting slippery on the roads.

© Bihlmayerfotografie/imago

The weather in Germany is still cloudy and grey.

That changes right on time for the meteorological start of winter. There is an easterly wind and a deep snowstorm is approaching.

Offenbach – In winter, a lot is currently looking like a precision landing.

"The mild times are over for the time being," predicts qualified meteorologist Dominik Jung, managing director of the weather service

Q.met

.

There is still not much to see from the weather, but it will be colder at the beginning of December.

“The weather situation is tipping more and more in the direction of early winter.

By Friday at the latest, the daily values ​​are usually below 5 degrees.”

Weather in Germany: Snow depth on Friday (December 2, 2022)

Snow is on the way: According to the current model calculations, there could be snow in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.

According to weather expert Jung, things will start in the south-east on Friday afternoon.

The light snowfalls would then spread to the middle of the country and to the east.

According to the German Weather Service (DWD), drizzle and snow can already be expected on Friday night in northern and central Germany.

Locally there is ice.

Some of the values ​​drop to minus 4 degrees.

During the day on Friday rain will turn to snow over the center and south.

According to the DWD experts, the maximum values ​​are between 1 and 5 degrees.

In the east sometimes barely above 0 degrees.

Light permafrost is announced in the eastern mountains.

Hoch Erik forms an extensive high-pressure area centered over western Russia, as can be seen in the DWD graphic.

© Wetterpate.de

Winter weather in Germany: Extraordinary high in Siberia creates momentum

“The mighty Siberian High Erik pumps cold air to Europe.

It seeps into us, too,” explains meteorologist Dominik Jung.

In the current calculations of the weather models, major differences can still be seen for the coming week.

A trend is emerging.

"The monthly forecast for December has already been revised downwards again." The second weekend in Advent could be a bit colder than in the first forecasts.

"As long as the powerful Siberian cold high stays so close, new surprises are possible at any time, including white ones," says weather expert Jung. 

When does winter 2022/23 actually begin?

  • The

    meteorological winter

    always begins on December 1st.

    This has practical reasons for meteorologists.

    Statistics, monthly averages can be created more easily.

  • The meteorological winter includes December, January and February.

    The winter of the meteorologists then ends on February 28th or on February 29th in leap years.

  • The

    calendar

    or

    astronomical beginning of winter

    falls on December 21st or 22nd.

    Winter begins with the shortest day of the year.

    The winter solstice this year falls on December 21, 2022.

Weather in Germany: “Beast of the East” – December forecast 2022 is changing

Meteorologists all over Europe follow the calculations of the weather models very closely.

As already mentioned, Hoch Erik has built up over Russia, more precisely West Russia - and it is huge.

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Because, in the British Isles, the "Beast of the East" is feared.

A cold spell from the east with snowstorms paralyzed Great Britain and Ireland for days in the past.

The British weather service Met Office is currently not expecting a "Beast of the East".

But there could be snow in places and a cold east wind.

The high pressure area also directs icy air from Russia towards us.

However, there are still different scenarios for Germany.

Because it depends on the location of the high.

In addition, there are lows that could direct the mild, humid Mediterranean air to Central Europe.

Will a prominent air mass limit form again like in mid-November?

In any case, the weather forecast remains exciting.

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Source: merkur

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