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High winds and storms expected to put an end to summer

Enjoy the sun while it lasts...because forecasters predict strong winds and storms are on the way.

Published: 19 September 2018 17:00 CEST

High winds and storms expected to put an end to summer

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Significant gusts are expected to hit northern Germany towards the end of the week, according to forecasters.

The country has enjoyed a sweltering hot and long summer – but it’s reportedly going to turn “turbulent” from Friday.

Bild reports that the north of the country could be hit by stormy weather through the weekend. The mercury is expected to sink on Friday in the rest of the country, as well.

“Starting Friday it will be quite turbulent,”meteorologist Dominik Jung from weather portal wetter.net told the newspaper.

“The temperature is going down, it's getting cooler on the weekend and then we could have a heavy storm on Sunday night.”

“Gale-force gusts up to 110 km per hour are possible” in coastal regions, said the forecaster.

Elsewhere, wind speeds could reach 88 km per hour.

It’s also set to become a bit colder. Early next week it is forecast to be around 16 degrees.

As we reported earlier this week, temperatures have crept up again as Germany enjoys a late surge of sun.

The temperature hit 28C in Berlin on Wednesday and 29C in Baden-Baden.

Our advice: enjoy the sun while it lasts.

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Severe weather warnings issued as Germany braces for more storms

Severe weather is expected in the southwest of the country on Friday, with the heaviest rain expected in Saarbrücken, as well as the surrounding areas of Saarland and southern Rhineland-Palatinate.

In these areas Germany’s weather service (DWD) has level 4 warnings in place – meaning that the rain is expected to be extremely heavy (more than 40 litres per square metre in an hour, or 60 litres per square metre in 6 hours).

Slightly less severe, but still heavy continuous rain can also be expected in the surrounding regions, extending as far as Stuttgart and Mainz.

Speaking to Bild newspaper, Climatologist Dr. Karsten Brandt suggested that the heavy precipitation and thunderstorms will continue to move northwest, even into southern North-Rhine Westphalia (Aachen).

There are also wind warnings in parts of the country, with squalls expected on the Brocken and the Fichtelberg mountains, as well as in the Black Forest and in the Alps.

Currently, the highest wind warnings are in Dresden and southern Bavaria near the Alps.

Friday’s weather warnings come in the wake of chaotic weather that flooded Nuremberg and parts of Bavaria Thursday night, where many roads flooded. Cars were submerged in water and bus routes were cancelled.

A number of household cellars also flooded as well as a large underground car park at the Technical University.

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What will the weekend bring?

Beyond the area of severe weather warnings but not beyond the reach of the storm, Cologne will have some rain on Friday which may continue on through the weekend.

Germany’s northern and eastern regions have dodged the recent bout of storms so far, but in Berlin scattered thunderstorms can be expected to move in by Sunday afternoon. This may put a dampener on the Karneval der Kulturen parade.

In Bremen and Hamburg, residents can expect some rain showers on Sunday and Monday, with a chance of thunderstorms as well.

In Munich and Nuremberg, it looks as if the worst is over. Some small showers may continue into Saturday, but Bavarian residents can look forward to a sunny Sunday ahead of the public holiday on Monday for Pentecost.

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