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Bitter prognosis: Green instead of white Christmas? Weather expert fears bad weather

2022-12-15T11:29:44.346Z


Bitter prognosis: Green instead of white Christmas? Weather expert fears bad weather Created: 2022-12-15, 12:14 p.m By: Marc Dimitriu The German Weather Service is currently warning of black ice in many parts of Germany. But at Christmas the forecast could be warmer than hoped. (Iconic image) © Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa/Iconic image At the moment the freezing cold is reigning in Germany and the


Bitter prognosis: Green instead of white Christmas?

Weather expert fears bad weather

Created: 2022-12-15, 12:14 p.m

By: Marc Dimitriu

The German Weather Service is currently warning of black ice in many parts of Germany.

But at Christmas the forecast could be warmer than hoped.

(Iconic image) © Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa/Iconic image

At the moment the freezing cold is reigning in Germany and there is plenty of snow.

But that doesn't stay that way for long, the thaw is coming and could ruin another white Christmas for us.

Munich – December is half over and turned out to be very different from what was forecast.

It should actually be two degrees warmer than the average climate for the years 1991 to 2020.

"But the month so far has been around two degrees colder than the climate mean," explains qualified meteorologist Dominik Jung, managing director of the weather service Q.met, to the weather portal

wetter.net

.

Cold and black ice until the end of the week - spring-like temperatures ruin a white Christmas

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, down to -17 degrees were even measured last night.

The freezing rain caused black ice, especially in the south, and as a result numerous car accidents and disruptions to train traffic.

And according to Jung, it should stay that cold for the time being, it should only get milder at the end of the week.

But that could cause freezing rain again on Monday night.

But then the thaw will probably finally set in.

Jung told

wetter.com

: "On Monday it will be warmer everywhere, in the west up to 10 degrees, on Tuesday even 13 or 14 degrees along the Rhine.

There is thaw up to the highest altitudes.

The cold situation then relaxes significantly.

It's also windy, pretty stormy by the sea and in the mountains."

Over the Christmas holidays, it usually stays in the lowlands in wet and cold, dingy weather around 2 to 7 degrees.

Dominik Jung

White Christmas?

Thaw coming early in the week – chances are falling

Does the almost spring-like weather mean that we won't have a white Christmas again?

Meteorologist Jung explains: "Towards Christmas Eve it's getting colder again, but not necessarily cold.

Even over the Christmas holidays, it usually stays in the lowlands in wet and cold, dingy weather around 2 to 7 degrees.

On the other hand, there may be snow again at higher altitudes.

However, it is currently not possible to predict whether the snowfall line will drop to low levels over the holidays.” At the moment, the signs are pointing to a green instead of a white Christmas.

“A white Christmas is also unlikely in 2022 and that when December got off to such a 'promisingly wintry' start.

It is currently the coldest December in 12 years.

The last time it was very cold and snowy was 2010,” explains Jung.

At that time there would have been a lot of snow in Germany even at Christmas.

"That won't be the case this year.

But: There is still more than a week until Christmas Eve.

Maybe there will be a surprise after all.”

Source: merkur

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