Meteorological chaos in the Alps: “The heaviest snowfall in years”: the situation there is getting worse

Update from December 5 at 6:22 pm.: Parts of the Switzerland, Austria Y Italians sink already on Saturday under a meter high The snow cover. And it should keep snowing until Monday. Up to four meters of fresh snow can be reached at the end of the weekend. Nothing works anymore in many regions. Train connections are interrupted and Streets blocked. Also around the Brenner winter services wrestle with the Snow massesreported wetteronline.de. Plus, that increases almost every hour. Avalanche risk. It is snowing most productively right now. Osttirol. More and more places are sinking under a white blanket.

the South germany it is currently safe from such amounts of snow. It often occurs at lower altitudes. Sleet or freezing rain. For this reason, meteorologists advise driving carefully in the coming days. Roads can become slippery, especially when the temperature is around zero.

Weather: snow and storm in southern Germany

Update on December 5 at 12:08 pm: Specially in Southern germany does the weather what it wants. At the moment, the alpine climate surprised with the increase in temperatures. One Hurricane foehn in the Alps, temperatures in the south had risen. On Saturday, however, it will be colder again and he will leave it too. snow don’t wait long.

There is an official one for the Bavarian capital, Munich. German Weather Service Warning before easy Nevada In front. It says: “During the warning period, there are light snowfalls with many 1 cm and 5 cm in. Quantities of up to 10 cm are achieved in retracted positions. Will spread soft. “The warning remains valid until six in the afternoon on Sunday. Come to the southeast and into the Alps Showers and black ice additional.

Weather in Germany: Intense snow chaos expected in the Alps

Update on December 5 at 9:39 am: The weekend starts in most of Germany wintry and gloomy with maximum values ​​of 10 degrees in Upper Lusatia, otherwise 1 to 7 degrees, and in Bergland to the 0 Grad. While i’m in the mountains snowing constantly and wet snow falls from the sky in southern Germany, more likely than elsewhere cloudy and rainy. But there is still a bit of sunshine in it: especially in the Eastern Bavaria and Eastern Lower Ranges as well as completely in West stays dry.

the mountains meanwhile they are getting whiter and whiter. In the Alps a heavy snow chaos expected. Up to two meters of fresh snow is expected in the Southern Alps. The Austrian and Swiss Alps are particularly hard hit, but Germany is also gaining something snow since. In the southern low mountain range, the DWD also expects some freezing rain and local rain on Saturday. Ice formation. Spatial distribution of the icy precipitation and amount of Snow line it is still uncertain.

Towards Sunday it is released East Y West then continue. In a strip from north to south, however, they still stretch Clouds through that to regional rain and in Mountainous snow to import. At minimums of +3 to -3 degrees, There is a risk of ice in many places. Around Monday, rainfall in the south and the Alpine region gradually decreased.

Meteorological chaos in the Alps: “The heaviest snowfall in years”, also consequences for Germany

(First report) Munich – In the first days of December there were in some parts of Germany Fresh snow. While white was quickly a thing of the past in many places, it remains in the mountains, and how. At Alps threaten a real one on the weekend Snow chaos. “The heaviest snowfall in years occurs in the Alps zu, ”explains Jan Schenk, meteorologist for“ The Weather Channel ”.

Weather in the Alps: forecast for heavy snowfall, up to four meters of fresh snow

One from the Mediterranean Deep sits since Friday in the Alps firmly and bring the Start of winter with the same. The result: heavy snowfall, especially in the south of the mountain range. From the Maritime Alps in Italy to the Tauern Mountains in Austria’s Central Alps, there is up to three meters of fresh snow. If the snow cover holds, there is a risk of up to four meters during the week.

Weather in the Alps: worries about days of chaos

The locals are already preparing intensively for the weekend and expect uncomfortable hours. There are already numerous in the southern alpine region. Severe Weather Warnings active. It is feared that individual places may be cut off from the outside world and that roofs will collapse due to heavy snow masses.

Furthermore, there is a threat that some important alpine passes like this one will be blocked. Brenner, so that the alpine transalpine traffic would face problems. the snow sometimes it could turn into rain, making it very heavy very quickly. An additional foehn storm also guarantees one meter high snow accumulations.

Climate: chaos in the Alps also affects Germany

The clear start of winter in the Alps it also has an impact on the meteorological situation in the Federal Republic. There is snowfall across the country towards the end of the weekend. But it cannot be sustained everywhere. at north There’s probably no Monday morning snow more, but there is a risk of slipping. at West, the Low mountain ranges and especially the south although it seems to remain white. In Southern germany a layer of snow of 20 to 30 centimeters is possible.

So it will remain cold in Germany for now. The highs come from northern Germany at the beginning of the week. Ten degrees in Rostock or eight degrees in the Kielfjord. In the rest of the country, temperatures remain just above freezing. Three degrees in Munich, Stuttgart or Frankfurt I promise icy times. (as)

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