Snow falls here at the weekend
Where will it be cold and white at the weekend?It will get colder everywhere towards the weekend. On Friday, the snow line will be just over 1000 meters, dropping to 700 to 800 meters at the weekend. This means that the first blanket of snow may also form at high altitudes in the low mountain ranges. There will be white flakes from the Erzgebirge mountains to the Harz mountains and the Sauerland to the Black Forest and the Bavarian Forest. On the Zugspitze, the highest point in Germany at just under 3000 meters, there is already almost 40 centimetres of snow.
But even at lower altitudes it will be cold, wet and uncomfortable with temperatures mostly in the single digits. It is essential to wear thick clothing under your cloak for the upcoming St. Martin's Day parades. The carnivalists and revellers who open the carnival season on 11.11. will also have to dress warmly in Cologne, Mainz or Düsseldorf or sway really warmly. Is this the start of colder weather?It will be milder again next week. But the risk of storms will increase. The snow line will rise significantly and the first hint of winter in the low mountain ranges will soon come to an end.However, the snow cover will continue to grow at higher altitudes in the Alps. This means that the starting point for winter with snow this year is rarely as good as in previous years. There was often a lack of a snow base in early winter and in some cases right up to the turn of the year, even at high altitudes in the Alps. What does December look like for snow lovers?December will be very exciting in terms of snow this year. The experimental long-term forecast currently rates the first month of winter as comparatively cold. Really frosty phases are currently calculated around St. Nicholas and right around Christmas. While in the first week of December only the cold wants to come to us, it looks like there will be precipitation just before Christmas, which could fall as snow in the lowlands. For most of the rest of the month, there will probably only be enough snow in the low mountain ranges.If it turns out like this, then the mountain winter will definitely go into extra time. Good for fans of ice and snow - bad for our heating bills. The winter outlook until the end of the year:
- First snow at the weekend, even in the low mountain ranges
- Snow line drops to 700 to 800 meters
- Only single-digit values in the lowlands too
- Return of mild and stormy autumn weather next week
- December brings excitement with snow for Christmas
- Mountain winter seems pretty certain
How does winter normally develop in Germany?
- Meteorologically, winter begins on December 1 and ends in February
- In calendar terms, the changeover takes place a good three weeks later. The reason for this is statistics and the comparability of seasons
- The last reasonably normal cold winter was 2012/2013; it was significantly too cold in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011, for example
- Winter usually brings the coldest temperatures at the end, when the northern hemisphere as a whole has cooled down considerably
- The lowest winter temperature in Germany was measured at -37.8 degrees in Wolznach-Hüll in Bavaria on February 12, 1929
- And even in December, Hüll is still the record holder with -32.4 degrees on December 29, 1929. In January, the lowest temperature to date was measured at -34.6 degrees on the Zugspitze on January 2, 1905
- The highest winter temperature was measured in Mülheim in Baden-Württemberg at 24.0 degrees on December 16, 1989
- Statistically speaking, we can hope for an average of around 181 hours of sunshine in Germany
- Rainfall averages around 156 liters per square meter
- The average temperature is around 1 to 2 degrees
This should be noted in the long-term forecast
Long-term calculations cannot be compared with traditional weather forecasts. Originally, they were used as a tool to help the energy industry, for example. Now computer calculations help us to assess long-term trends and weather conditions.
Given the text, here are two sentences that contain the words 'International', 'Weather', 'Extreme weather', 'Meteorology':
The meteorological predictions suggest an increased risk of extreme weather globally this winter due to changing climatic patterns. In recent years, there have been numerous discussions in the international weather community about the impact of human activities on extreme weather events.
Source: www.ntv.de
