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It gets extremely windy in the country at Christmas - with gale-force winds

The Christ Child has a stormy arrival in the southwest this year. The German Weather Service warns of extreme winds - and advises people to take protective measures before Christmas.

A windsock blows in the wind in stormy weather. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
A windsock blows in the wind in stormy weather. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Weather forecast - It gets extremely windy in the country at Christmas - with gale-force winds

If you have a fir tree with fairy lights on your balcony, you should tie everything down tightly. According to the German Weather Service (DWD ), Christmas trees and decorations in Baden-Württemberg could well be blown away by the wind in the coming days. "Safety precautions should be taken", said a spokesperson on Tuesday. According to him, it will be extremely windy in the southwest for several days.

According to the forecast, it will begin on Wednesday night. Initially, there will be gale-force gusts of up to 65 kilometers per hour at high altitudes and gale-force gusts of up to 85 kilometers per hour at summit locations. On Wednesday, there may then be strong and stormy gusts of wind in the lowlands such as the Rhine Valley and especially in the north-east in Hohenlohe.

The wind speeds will continue to increase during the night into Thursday. On Thursday and Friday, it will blow really hard everywhere. Then, even in the lowlands, there will be gusts of wind, some of them severe. According to the DWD, even hurricane-force gusts cannot be ruled out in the lowlands. At an altitude of 1000 meters or more, the gale-force gusts can reach speeds of up to 130 kilometers per hour.

The wind will weaken on Saturday and Sunday nights - but only minimally. Even on Christmas Eve, there will still be gale-force gusts in the lowlands, with hurricane-force gusts continuing in the high altitudes of the Black Forest on the Feldberg, said the spokesman. The situation only eased on Boxing Day.

According to the DWD, a lot of rain will fall with the wind and river levels are expected to rise again. In the Black Forest, there may be continuous rain from Thursday to Saturday. There will probably not be a white Christmas: only at altitudes of 1200 meters and above may there be a few snowflakes mixed in with the rain.

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Source: www.stern.de

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