The British Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for the first time in its history. The DWD expects up to 40 degrees in Germany next week.
Offenbach – The sweltering heat in Europe is now reaching Germany. It’s getting very hot. Temperatures are soaring after rather cooler weather over the weekend. Hoch Jürgen, with its center over Ireland, is already expanding its influence to Central Europe. Cooler air hardly ever flows to Germany. The heat wave is coming, that’s for sure. But will she stay?
Heat wave in Germany – up to 40 degrees possible next week
According to the German Weather Service (DWD), the 40-degree mark could just about be reached next week. A heat peak is currently emerging for Tuesday (July 19). In the southwest and west, the values sometimes reach 39 degrees. This emerges from the 10-day forecast of the DWD (as of July 15, 1:30 p.m.). The DWD weather experts are expecting maximum values between 32 and 36 degrees. The temperatures are therefore only below the 30-degree mark in the extreme north and north-east.
Weather forecast for Germany
| Monday 18 July 2022 | Maximum temperature 27 to 33 degrees. In the west and south-west partly up to 36 degrees. Not quite as hot on the coasts with 21 to 26 degrees. |
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| Tuesday 19 July 2022 | Highs spread between 32 and 36 degrees. In the southwest and west partly up to 39 degrees, |
| Wednesday. July 20, 2022 | Maximum temperatures between 30 and 36 degrees. Directly on the coasts 27 to 29 degrees |
Extreme heat in Germany: “The air will be bone dry”
“The air will be bone dry,” emphasizes meteorologist Fabian Ruhnau in the video on the weather portal wetterkanal.kachelmannwetter.com . There is no trace of sultriness. It’s a bone-dry heat. According to Ruhnau, 38 to 40 degrees are possible on Tuesday. The ECMWF weather model indicates a temperature of 21 almost 22 degrees in the west at an altitude of 1,500 meters.
Other weather models indicate up to 24 degrees at an altitude of 1,500 meters. “That would then mean up to 40 degrees on the Lower Rhine, along the Rhine and on the Moselle.” In his opinion, it was a bit difficult. But the trend towards a “hotter solution” could prevail. From Wednesday there would be “huge uncertainties” as to whether the heat would only behave as a short, intense peak or whether the heat would continue. Even a thunderstorm situation is still difficult to assess.
Heat wave in Germany: will it be over on Wednesday?
Thunderstorms and individual showers will move up from the west during the day on Wednesday, according to the DWD forecast. East of the Elbe it is still dry. The DWD weather experts only expect showers and isolated thunderstorms there during the night. Maximum values are between 30 and 36 degrees. On the coast at 27 to 29 degrees. Lows at night between 19 and 13 degrees. The temperature level with maximum values around 25 degrees on the coasts and up to 33 degrees on the Upper Rhine is maintained. The next few days will show how the situation develops.
Heat in Germany: Hoch Jürgen causes “roaring heat”
“Our all-time record is 41.2 degrees. It cannot currently be ruled out that this value could be reached,” says meteorologist Dominik Jung from the Q.met weather service. “Very exciting, at least from a meteorological point of view, just blazing heat for ordinary people.” Jung is far less reserved with his heat forecast. According to weather expert Jung, the heat seems to keep coming back, especially in southern Germany, “and not just until Friday next week, maybe even longer.” However, the massive drought is a very big problem. “Hardly anything falls from the sky.”
Spain and Portugal have also been suffering from an extreme heat wave for days. The jet stream plays a special role in this. It is also expected to be extremely hot in the UK on Monday (July 18) and Tuesday (July 19). The British weather service Met Office expects temperatures of up to 40 degrees: there is a red alert. (ml)
