Snow at the weekend: It will be white in these regions – onset of winter next week?
Created: 12/03/2022, 12:08 p.m
By: Kathrin Reikowski
Thuringia, Erfurt: Snow lies on a hut on the Christmas huts on the Wenigemarkt.
© Michael Reichel/dpa-Bildfunk
The snow is moving from the east to the north: from Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt across the low mountain ranges to the north.
For the coming weekend, some models will see more snow.
Munich – Snow and minus 1 degree in Berlin, snow in Kassel and Rostock: Some regions of Germany are expecting new winter weather on Saturday, as
wetteronline
predicts.
As early as Friday morning, people in parts of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia woke up with snowflakes: Between eight and 15 centimeters of fresh snow were measured, according to the
German Weather Service (DWD)
, which caused traffic disruptions.
The road maintenance departments are once again making sure that the roads are free this year.
However, there are also a number of things to consider for road users.
© Symbolic picture: Picture agency PantherMedia/olko1975
On Saturday the snow will then move from east to north: According to
wetter.de
, the central low mountain ranges will initially get some snow.
Towards the north, however, the precipitation turns from snow to rain - so that the coasts do not see snow, but do see rain showers.
No snow in the rest of Germany yet: dry weather despite fog and clouds
The rest of Germany will remain mostly dry on Saturday, despite lots of clouds and fog.
According to
wetteronline
, the northwest and west even get to see some sunshine thanks to loosening.
The maximum values are +6 degrees in the west, otherwise at minus one to plus two degrees.
Cold east wind cools the coasts.
According to wetteronline.de
, a little more sun can
be seen on the mountains in the south, on the föhn-like edge of the Alps the temperatures also rise to 3 to 5 degrees, while it is minus 5 degrees on the Zugspitze.
Germany weather: Will winter come with lots of snow next weekend?
The background to the snowy weather is air prone to high levels of fog from the western Russian high Erik, which lies over Great Britain together with the Gordon foothills.
After Saturday, however, the snow will subside, and no more snow is to be expected anywhere on Sunday.
Alternately humid and slightly colder air will come to Germany at the beginning of the week.
Wetteronline reports snow for southern Germany on Monday, and then again for eastern and central Germany on Tuesday.
In December, icy temperatures could set in in Germany (symbol image), say meteorologists.
© Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
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According to most weather models, a real onset of winter is not yet in sight, as wetter.de reports.
But the American weather model makes an exception: it is already predicting a sustained onset of winter for the coming weekend.
It remains to be seen whether the Christmas markets will then take place in the snow.
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