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Storm to bring wintry Easter weekend

Just in time for Easter, the German weather service has announced a storm warning for the biggest winter storm of the season.

Published: 20 March 2008 15:02 CET
Storm to bring wintry Easter weekend
Photo: DPA

The German weather service (DWD) has announced a storm warning set to begin Thursday evening at 6 pm. The storm front called “Melli” will effect mid-altitudes and above in the states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse, Thuringia, Saxony, Bavaria, and Baden-Württemberg.

Bavaria can expect heavy snow storms and drifting until afternoon of Friday, the DWD said in Offenbach on Thursday. Travelers should expect and roads and railways to be impassable. Some trees may also be damaged by the weight of the new snow, DWD added. More than 20 centimetres of accumulation is expected.

According to the agency, the storm will be a “massive wintry spell unlike any we’ve seen in the winter of 2007-2008.”

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‘Turbo spring’: Germany to see temperatures above 25C

Germany is set for a blast of warm weather in the coming week as the colder spell eases off.

Published: 26 April 2024 16:56 CEST
'Turbo spring': Germany to see temperatures above 25C

“The late winter weather of the past few days with frost and snow is a thing of the past for the time being, and spring will kick into turbo gear over the next few days,” said meteorologist Adrian Leyser from the German Weather Service (DWD) on Friday.

Temperatures are expected to rise sharply over the weekend with plenty of sunshine, forecasters said. In Germany anything above 25C is classed as a summer day. “The summer mark of 25C will be cracked regionally as early as Sunday,” said Leyser.

It comes as snow and hail hit Germany last week, and temperatures fell below freezing in some places.

But showers and thunderstorms are still possible in the west and north of Germany. Maximum temperatures there are expected to reach around 20C. 

According to the DWD, spring will get a little damper on Monday, with a few rain spells.  “However, the next low pressure system over Western Europe is preparing to turn on the warm air jet again from Tuesday,” said the meteorologist.

On Wednesday – which is a public holiday across Germany for International Workers’ Day – temperatures could soar nearer 30C. 

“In the south and east, we are even approaching the 30C mark,” said Leyser. However, the weather will remain “susceptible to disruption”, said Leyser, especially in the west where there is a risk of isolated and sometimes severe thunderstorms.

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