Snow chaos threatens: thunderstorms and icy temperatures in Bavaria!

Snow chaos threatens: thunderstorms and icy temperatures in Bavaria!

The weather in Bavaria is currently evident from its rough side: a strong change in weather is in full swing, and the snowfall border is increasingly sinking. As Merkur is reported to 1800 meters, which is both in High mountains as well as in other regions could provide new snow until Wednesday morning. The Zugspitze in particular could suffer from violent snowfalls on Tuesday night.

The German Weather Service (DWD) also published warnings for a strong storm with gusts of up to 70 km/h and heavy rain of up to 20 liters per hour. This leads to the lowest level weather warnings in some regions, but are still particularly relevant for certain counties such as Altötting and Mühldorf am Inn.

strong snowfall and warnings

The current weather conditions enable considerable traffic disruptions and even snow breaks. On steephill center an overview of the heavy snow warnings in Bavaria is provided. These warnings are divided into preliminary warnings and acute warnings and take into account the changing intensities and directions of the snowfall. If the situation escalates, acute warnings are possible until shortly before the event.

The fact that the weather warnings are divided into three stages is particularly worrying: While level 1 shows general weather warnings, they can lead to extreme storms in more dangerous levels. So far, however, the uncomfortable thunderstorms and the snow have been the main actors.

What's next?

The weather forecast indicates that the next few days could be anything but boring: from Wednesday the weather could lighten up until the temperatures reach values up to 26 degrees on Thursday. Nevertheless, there is a certain risk of showers. Even for the next ten days, the forecasts not only show sunshine, but also a return to rainfalls and other thunderstorms to complete the day.

Current weather warnings in Bavaria can also be found under br . No severe storm warnings are currently active here, but the situation can change quickly. It remains to be seen how the weather situation will develop.