Summer on the weekend, thunderstorms and squalls at the start of the week - April does what it wants, but these days it shows that particularly clearly.
Update from April 15th, 8:45 p.m
.: Late on Monday evening, the DWD warned of “gusts of wind” and “severe squalls” for the entire Free State. Depending on the region, the warnings expire overnight on Tuesday. The storm warning from early evening is now no longer valid.
Snow comeback from Tuesday night – forecast for the coming days
Regarding the outlook for Tuesday: It will remain wet, windy and cold in large parts of the Free State. In some places even the snow is making a comeback: “In the second half of Tuesday night and in the morning above about 800 m, there was partly slippery conditions due to slush. In the Alps by Tuesday morning between 1 and 5 above approx. 1000 meters, and up to 10 centimeters of fresh snow above 2000 meters,” writes the DWD. On the night of Wednesday, April 17th, the snowfall limit even drops to 600 meters.
Update from April 15th, 7:46 p.m
.: The DWD has now canceled the severe weather warning for parts of eastern Bavaria. The meteorologists are now warning of “strong thunderstorms” in the regions around Pfarrkirchen and Passau. Thunderstorms also occur in the extreme northwest of Bavaria - Aschaffenburg, Karlstadt and Miltenberg are affected.
For the rest of Bavaria, the warning for squalls and severe squalls applies without exception. According to the DWD, these will only subside later in the night on Tuesday.
Warning level two throughout Bavaria – severe weather warning in the east
Update from April 15th, 7:23 p.m
.: The DWD warning map for the entire Free State now lights up in orange - with the exception of the still valid red severe weather warning in eastern Bavaria. The German Weather Service is warning of squalls and severe squalls throughout Bavaria on Monday evening.
Update from April 15th, 6:52 p.m
.: The DWD warning map has been updated - the severe thunderstorm is moving on. The severe weather warning from the meteorologists of the German Weather Service now affects Landshut and the regions to the west of Landshut. It now includes parish churches, and Dingolfing is also affected. The time has also been extended - the warning now runs until 8 p.m.
Update from April 15th, 6:43 p.m
.: In the early evening the weather situation in the Free State is now getting massively worse. Within a few minutes, the German Weather Service's warning map for Bavaria turned almost solid orange (warning level two). Here the DWD warns of gusts of wind that can reach 70 km/h. Warning level one (“warning of gusts of wind”) only applies in parts of eastern Bavaria.
DWD warns of “heavy rain, hail and hurricane gusts” – severe weather warning now in Landshut
Things get even more dramatic in Landshut and the surrounding area. As of now, the German Weather Service is warning of “severe thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds” until 7 p.m. – this is a severe weather warning, the second highest warning level from the DWD. “There are local thunderstorms coming from the west. There are hurricane gusts with speeds of up to 120 km/h as well as heavy rain with precipitation amounts of up to 20 l/m² per hour and hail,” says the DWD warning.
First report from April 15th
: Munich - Almost 30 degrees attracted people in Bavaria to the sun in droves over the weekend. On Monday, April 15th, this picture may have changed suddenly. Instead of temperatures in the high 20s, they plummeted to below 20 degrees and the sun was hidden behind a thick wall of clouds and rain. But it's far from over.
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Sudden weather in Bavaria – DWD warns of storms and gusts of wind in Bavaria
The meteorologists from the German Weather Service (DWD) warned of squalls and gusts of wind throughout Bavaria on Monday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. The southwest and northeast of the Free State in particular are affected by the level two weather warning: “Storm gusts are occurring at speeds between 60 km/h and 70 km/h. Gusts of up to 80 km/h must be expected near showers and in exposed locations,” writes the DWD. The state capital Munich is also affected by this warning. It is valid from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16th.
In the rest of Bavaria, including the cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg, a wind gust warning is in effect: “Gusts of wind are occurring at speeds of around 60 km/h. Gusts of up to 75 km/h must be expected near showers and in exposed locations,” writes the DWD.
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There was a crash south of Munich on Monday evening - further warnings from the DWD
From 4:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon it is supposed to get really uncomfortable south of Munich. “There are local thunderstorms coming from the southwest. There are gusts of wind with speeds of around 75 km/h,” warn the DWD experts. The warning initially applies from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and especially for Starnberg and Weilheim.
It is expected to remain uncomfortable throughout Bavaria in the coming days. On Tuesday night, “rain with temporarily strong to stormy gusts, locally squalls” will move across the Free State. The snowfall line drops significantly to 600 to 800 meters - as a reminder: Munich is already at 520 meters. “Showers moving through from the west on Tuesday, some as snow in the mountains. Isolated thunderstorms,” writes the DWD for tomorrow. The weather will remain similarly wet, cold (temperatures around 15 degrees) and thundery until at least Thursday, April 18th.
(fhz)