The first heat wave in Germany is over, the weather is bearable again. But the all-clear has not yet been given.
Offenbach – The first heat wave of the year made Germany sweat a lot. In the meantime, rain * and thunderstorms * have brought some cooling – but also new dangers that could determine the weather * in summer *.
At the beginning of the week, heavy hail * caused problems in the south of Germany. Violent thunderstorms with squalls, heavy rain and hailstones centimeters thick occurred. There is currently no all-clear: The weather situation will remain the same for the time being, according to weather expert Dominik Jung *. “The south is simply in a very unstable air mass,” said the qualified meterologist from the Q.met weather service on Wednesday.
Weather: The south of Germany is experiencing the worst storms
He also makes a current forecast * about where the risk of storms is greatest: Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg, southern Hesse and Bavaria are most affected by the storm. The center of the dangerous weather situation lies in southeast Bavaria. In the night of Thursday there could be more storms there.
“South of the Main line, the thunderstorm and severe weather situation continues today. In some places there is again considerable damage from overflowing cellars and houses,” Jung told wetter.net. “In addition, damaging hailstorms occur. This in turn causes severe damage to agricultural crops and can destroy entire harvests. ”The further south you go, the more extreme the weather can become. The expert also warns of an increased potential for the formation of tornadoes.
Weather in Germany: Expert predicts “stormy summer”
According to Jung, the humid thunderstorm air could stay with us for the next seven to 14 days. The expert speaks of a thunderstorm or even a storm summer. The reason for this: Germany keeps getting caught between the fronts. On the one hand cooler air masses, on the other hand warm and humid air masses. Central and southern Germany lie in between. And when these air masses come together, “then it pops,” says Jung. The expert also has a forecast for the weather: “That could happen very often this summer.”
- Wednesday: 20 to 26 degrees, especially in the south new storms, often friendly to the north
- Thursday: 20 to 25 degrees, lots of clouds, further thunderstorms to the south, otherwise occasional rain, in the far north mostly beautiful
- Friday: 19 to 23 degrees, rain to the east, otherwise mostly dry
- Saturday: 21 to 26 degrees, mostly nice, later thunderstorms in the west
- Sunday: 22 to 29 degrees, warm and beautiful in summer, later thunderstorms in the west
- Monday: 19 to 25 degrees, new showers and thunderstorms, in between sunshine
- Tuesday: 21 to 25 degrees, mostly friendly, showers in the afternoon
Stable high pressure weather * is not in sight for the next seven to ten days. We don’t have to freeze, but the weather shouldn’t get particularly warm or even hot again. Instead, the temperatures should be back to normal for the current season.
Weather in Germany is becoming more and more extreme
The basic tone of summer in Germany is changeable. At the end of June and beginning of July, the weather should be in a typical Central European summer. This means that some nice days alternate with showers and thunderstorms. At the moment it looks like this change will continue for the time being – that would correspond to a completely normal German summer.
“However, the effects of the storms have become more and more violent in recent years,” says Jung. “In almost every major thunderstorm, there is now severe damage from heavy rain and heavy hail. Behind this is probably climate change. The air masses have warmed up more and more in recent years. Warm air can hold more moisture than cold air. That means with heavy rain events more and more rain comes from the sky. That increasingly leads to flash floods. ”(Sebastian Richter) * op-online.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
How will the weather be in summer in Germany? One expert speaks of a “disaster summer”.
