Low temperatures and freezing rain could make roads dangerously slippery in many places in Germany in the coming days. The German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach and the meteorologists from ntv warn of possible storms and black ice. The prospects for the coming days in detail:
Tuesday
According to the ntv weather team, it will remain quite friendly in large parts on Tuesday – the sun will shine, especially in a wide strip from the north-west to the south-east. After a mostly clear start it will be cloudier towards the southwest and it could snow in the evening from Breisgau to Lake Constance.
Clouds will gather in the north-east and isolated light snow showers will fall. Showers are moving from the North Sea to the north of Schleswig-Holstein, but mostly as rain near the North Sea. Permafrost is more widespread with a maximum of minus 5 to 0 degrees, on the Lower Rhine and in the Ruhr area as well as on the North Frisian Islands up to 2 degrees. A fresh south-west to south-east wind ensures cool temperatures on the coasts.
Wednesday
Danger! It will be smooth on Wednesday. The snow low is approaching from the west, bringing snow and sleet with it. Precipitation turning to rain in the south means there is a risk of black ice on the cold ground! The maximum values ??are minus 3 degrees and in southern Western Pomerania up to 5 degrees on the southern Upper Rhine.
Thursday
There is also a risk of ice on Thursday: Freezing rain is possible in the south-west in particular, and snowfall in the south-central centre. Only the southeast will remain dry. Showers are possible on the North Sea coast up to the northern half of Schleswig-Holstein. The maximum values ??are around minus 2 degrees in Lusatia and 6 degrees at Lake Constance.
Friday
In the south, as well as on the Baltic Sea and in the Eifel, it is snowing heavily. In the north-west, only mild snowfall and longer sunny periods await us. The maximum values ??are around minus 3 degrees in Görlitz and up to 4 degrees on the East Frisian Islands.
weekend
Staying at home is the order of the day at the weekend: Because in the eastern low mountain ranges, severe frost is gathering with temperatures below minus ten degrees. In the night to Sunday it can even get cold down to minus 20 degrees locally in the south and south-east.
Conclusion
Winter is going into overtime this week as well, as weather expert Björn Alexander reveals. First with regional snow and ice, before it becomes more stable and then more varied again. In the middle of the week, the weather computers let a low move to Germany, which could have plenty of snow in its luggage.
Many of us are also concerned with the question of the White Christmas. But it can be answered at the end of the week at the earliest. Because there are signs of an exciting development and a possible course setting by Christmas.
(This article was first published on Monday, December 12, 2022.)
