Winter club causes a lot of snow and black ice: several regions affected

Berlin – Slippery, frost and fresh snow: At the beginning of the week, winter has unpacked everything it has to offer. But the fierce winter club is yet to come.

Germany has really slipped into the new week. Stays local the risk of slipperiness due to drizzle and freezing wet conditions.

Meteorologist Adrian Leyser Sturm from the German Weather Service told BILD: “There is a strip across the middle of the country, from North Rhine-Westphalia to Saxony, in which it can be slippery until Tuesday night.” As the night progresses, the precipitation shifts to the southeast and the drizzle turns into snow. “In the Erzgebirge, up to five centimeters of fresh snow fall,” says Leyser Sturm. This also increases the risk of slippery conditions there.

Where it gets particularly slippery

Overall it remains in the Tuesday night bitterly cold in Germany: temperatures are falling in the south and southwest Cold wave to -5 to -9 degrees, in the Alpine region to -10 degrees. In the rest of the country they are between -5 and 0 degrees Celsius.

Graduate meteorologist Dominik Jung told BILD: “It only remains frost-free on the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas.” The temperatures there are also around freezing point. It stays smooth too Tuesday during the day. Then especially in parts of East Germany, says Jung. Freezing moisture makes the roads slippery. Spreads in the mountains Snow and immerses even the lower altitudes in a wintery flair.

The weather on New Year’s Eve

After that it gets exciting: “The Weather situation is hot,” said climatologist Dr. Karsten Brandt to BILD New Year’s Eve morning begins in large parts with minus degrees:

• • Berlin: -2 degrees
  • Munich: -8 degrees
  • Freiburg: -6 degrees
  • Cologne: -1 degrees

During the day, warm, humid air reaches us from the north. This not only ensures milder temperatures between zero and three degrees, but also Snow on New Year’s Evewhich covers the entire country.

This is how the new year begins

The weather models are already set for the beginning of the year: Brandt to BILD: “At exactly 12:26 a.m. it will be overcast and dry in Berlin at 2 degrees. In Hamburg it will be raining at 4 degrees. In Cologne it will be cloudy at 2 degrees. In Bavaria there will be one to two centimeters of fresh snow.” On New Year’s Day According to Brandt, we can expect “dirty weather”. It will be uniformly cold at 2 to 4 degrees. In the mountains around 0 degrees.

Massive snowfall across Germany

On Thursday and Friday, warm Mediterranean air reaches us from the south and triggers even more snowfall across Germany. Brandt to BILD: “According to the current status of the German weather model, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria are on Saturday with massive snowfall to be expected. On Sunday also in Saxony, Hesse may also get a few more snowflakes. NRW, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin are left empty-handed.”

According to Brandt, the American model is even more promising: According to this, the snowfall area extends to Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia and the southern lowlands. Only Northern Germany is completely out of the snow.

Weather expert Brandt told BILD: “There is a lot of tension in the weather situation.” If you’re planning your trip home for the weekend, it’s best to leave as early as possible on Friday or as late as possible on Sunday, advises Brandt. Because: “It’s definitely going to be a party on the motorway, it smells like 100 kilometers of traffic jams.”