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After the heat: This map shows where thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected
Storm: A thunderstorm over Bavaria in early August. In the south of the republic it could now thunder and lightning again
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In Germany, regional storms are to be expected on Friday. Problem: When there is heavy rainfall, the soil, which is sometimes bone-dry after the drought, cannot absorb the water quickly enough.
After weeks of drought and severe forest fires, the German Weather Service (DWD) warned on Friday of locally strong, sometimes severe thunderstorms with heavy rain in the east and north-east. Occasionally there could also be hailstorms and gusts of wind. In the evening more shower and thunderclouds are expected from the west and north-west. Here, too, stormy developments cannot be ruled out. The map below shows the current thunderstorm warnings based on DWD data:
In bad weather: dry soil cannot absorb water quickly
According to previous information, the precipitation in the south of the country was not as heavy as feared on Friday night. The police and rescue workers in Upper Bavaria only occasionally reported flooded basements and flooded underpasses. After the long drought, the soil in some places could not absorb the water quickly enough, which is why the water could only run off superficially, as a police spokesman said. There was also rain in Berlin and parts of Brandenburg on Friday night – but so far there have been no operations, said a spokesman for the Berlin fire brigade.
But there can be no question of an all-clear: On the night of Saturday it should be very cloudy from the Alps to the eastern low mountain ranges to Lusatia – here too there could be thunderstorms and thunderstorms due to the heavy rain. Changeable weather is to be expected in the south-east half of the country on Saturday – partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. South of the Danube there can also be prolonged rainfall. Otherwise it should be variable or slightly cloudy. Especially in the North Sea area, it should mostly stay dry – with lots of sun.
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