Weather
First storm surge on the North Sea – temperature drop in the southwest
View of the fish market in Hamburg flooded with Elbe water. photo
© Georg Wendt/dpa
Now autumn is here in Germany. In Hamburg the fish market is flooded, in Baden-Württemberg people now have to take out sweaters a few days after record highs.
A Scandinavian low is expected to bring stormy and cool weather this weekend Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein are taken care of. The first storm surge of the season occurred on the North Sea coast and on the Elbe.
The fish market in Hamburg was flooded on Saturday afternoon. According to the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), the water in the Elbe rose to 1.82 meters above mean high water at around 5:30 p.m. Early on Sunday morning, the peak in St. Pauli remained below the storm surge mark of 1.50 meters.
On Saturday night, a cold front with thunderstorms and sometimes strong gusts passed through Schleswig-Holstein. A storm caused serious damage in Cashagen near Lübeck. Several roofs were covered and trees were torn down, as a spokesman for the rescue control center in Bad Oldesloe said. People were not harmed. Looking ahead to the next few days, the all-clear has already been given: According to the BSH’s water level forecast, no further storm surges are expected for the time being.
Meanwhile, in Baden-Württemberg, people experienced a special drop in temperature following recent record values. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), the highest temperatures recorded in the second decade of October in Germany since weather records began in 1881 were 30.1 degrees on Friday. According to data from the DWD, only around eight degrees were measured at Stuttgart Airport early on Sunday afternoon, while it was around 13 degrees near Karlsruhe. The DWD even announced the first autumn frost for Monday night.