Cold snap
Rain and snow in Germany – maps show where it gets particularly cold
The weather is sometimes cold and wintry, but in some places it also rains. Snow and slippery conditions are affecting traffic in parts of the country. A live version of the map can be found in the article
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The German Weather Service expects mainly showery weather next weekend. On Monday night the temperatures will drop to around zero degrees. The live maps provide an overview.
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Polar air from the Arctic has spread into Germany. “And there is currently nothing to indicate that this will change so quickly,” said Felix Dietzsch from the German Weather Service (DWD) on Friday. This weekend, the DWD expects mainly showery weather. Short thunderstorms with sleet are also possible. Only in the east does the sun shine briefly through the cloud cover. It was said from Offenbach that not much would change in the current weather until the middle or even the end of next week.
On Friday the snowfall limit was 800 meters, and by night it was expected to drop to just under 400 meters. In some low mountain ranges it will probably be white again, said DWD meteorologist Dietzsch. “From Monday night at the latest, people will have to talk about the frost everywhere,” he said. The temperatures drop to around zero degrees, but often things go even further downhill. Near the ground it cools down to minus eight degrees in places.
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Frost and snow: no end to the cold wave in sight
“So anyone who has already moved their garden plants outdoors should make sure that they don’t fall off the shelf in the next few days,” said the meteorologist. “It remains unstable with only moderate temperatures during the day with temperatures at most just under double digits and cold nights sometimes reaching frost.
The maps below show the current weather events, Current severe weather warnings from the DWD can be found here.
Weather map I: Rain, hail, snow: Current types of precipitation in Germany
The map below shows the current types of precipitation in different colors. It depicts lightning ice, sleet, hail, Rain, snow and sleet. In regions with sleet it can become dangerously slippery.
The map is provided by the wetter.de portal, which, like stern, belongs to RTL Deutschland.
Weather map II: Where it is currently raining or snowing
The interactive map below shows where precipitation is currently falling. You can also view the forecast for a later date using the timeline at the bottom of the graphic. At the top right, the level displayed can also be changed to, for example, temperature or wind.
The service is provided by Windy.com. The makers use the model from the “European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts” for their representations and forecasts.
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