Winter in Germany brings frost, snow and slippery roads with it. Elsewhere, temperatures are dropping record-breaking.
Frankfurt – Since December 1st, winter has started meteorologically. Just in time for the start of winter, the weather in Germany will also be frosty. In the north of the country in particular, a low pressure zone ensures cold, wet and sometimes wintry weather. In Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, people have to reckon with frost, icy roads and snowfall. The German Weather Service (DWD) announced on Saturday.
According to the DWD, it will remain largely dry from the afternoon onwards. The maximum temperatures are between three and five degrees. It remains overcast on Sunday night. According to the DWD, rain or sleet comes from the southwest. After midnight, the rain over the Berlin area turns into mostly wet, sometimes heavy snowfall. In some places you can expect slippery ice and partly fresh snow between one and five centimeters. Locally, amounts of snow of up to five centimeters are not excluded. The lowest temperatures at night are zero degrees.
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In Saxony-Anhalt, people also have to prepare for the onset of winter. From Saturday, frost, slippery weather and snow in places can be expected there. In the Harz Mountains, fresh snow can be expected from a height of 400 meters. In light winds, the maximum temperatures are expected to be between three and six degrees and between zero and three degrees in the higher altitudes. While midday remains dry, according to the DWD, rain and snow fall in the Harz Mountains in the evening.
In the night to Sunday it remains mostly covered with rain flowing through from the southwest to the northeast. The lowest temperatures are expected to be between two and zero degrees. In the Harz it can be as low as minus two degrees. Sometimes it can become slippery. Squalls are to be expected on the Brocken.
The onset of winter hits the Siberia region in Russia * much more severely than Germany. In the northern regions there, temperatures below -50 degrees were measured in inhabited areas for the first time since records began. This is reported by the website wetter.com.
In Frankfurt *, the weather services expect comparatively mild temperatures of around 4 degrees on Saturday, December 4th. During the day it gets a little warmer. Precipitation can be expected throughout the day. (dil / dpa) * fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
