Bavaria is deep in winter. There is likely to be more snow in the coming days. And the temperatures are falling even further.
Update from January 9th, 9:04 a.m.: During the night, a truck loaded with packages overturned on a snowy road in Middle Franconia. The fire brigade and police were on site. The B8 was closed for hours.
Weather warnings for Bavaria: It will be frosty in the Free State
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- Weather warnings for Bavaria: It will be frosty in the Free State
- Wild winter weather in Bavaria: No all-clear for the Free State yet
- Magical winter scenes on the Nymphenburg Canal: Munich residents enjoy the icy weather
- Bavaria is threatened with black ice and difficult road conditions – potential for severe weather
- Turbulent days in Bavaria: DWD with winter forecast for the Free State
- Danger from “freezing rain”: New snowfall is also causing slippery conditions in Bavaria
- Winter blast in Bavaria: snow over the weekend – and extremely sub-zero temperatures
Update from January 9th, 7 a.m.: Numerous warnings still apply in Bavaria. Severe frost threatens in many places until 11 a.m. The south and east are particularly affected, from the Oberallgäu and Rosenheim districts to Passau and Cham. In the rest of Bavaria there is a risk of slippery conditions, frost and light snowfall.
Wild winter weather in Bavaria: No all-clear for the Free State yet
The severe frost in Bavaria is over for now – but the all-clear comes too early. The German Weather Service (DWD) warns that there will be another threat of black ice and difficult road conditions on Friday night.
According to the DWD, temperatures are expected to settle between minus 4 and 2 degrees on Thursday. Initially the snowfall will move further east and to the Alps, but there will still be icy conditions in many areas. In some regions there will be slight permafrost during the day.
In the evening, new precipitation will reach the Free State from the southwest. The snow will turn into rain or freezing rain in many places on Friday night.
Bavaria is threatened with black ice and difficult road conditions – potential for severe weather
According to the DWD, there is a risk of black ice and difficult road conditions again, with the potential for severe weather in some places. According to the forecast, the lowest values on Friday night range from 5 degrees on Lake Constance and the Spessart to minus 3 degrees in the Fichtelgebirge and in the Lower Bavarian Danube region.
There may be moderate frost again in the eastern low mountain ranges and in the Bavarian Forest. More snow will fall in some areas, especially at higher altitudes, before temperatures move into the single-digit plus range throughout Bavaria over the course of the day. The DWD is expecting frost again towards the weekend.
Turbulent days in Bavaria: DWD with winter forecast for the Free State
First report from January 8th, 8:15 p.m: Munich – Bavaria are facing turbulent winter days. The German Weather Service (DWD) writes on Thursday, January 8th: “Over the course of Thursday, the warm front of a rapidly intensifying storm low will approach from the west.” This sometimes brings severe frost. There is also snow, slippery conditions and dangers.
Danger from “freezing rain”: New snowfall is also causing slippery conditions in Bavaria
Already during the night and into Thursday morning there is “widespread slippery snow” in Bavaria. According to the meteorologists, in some areas there is “up to 3 cm of fresh snow, in Oberallgäu around 5 cm”. There could also be slippery conditions due to snowfall later on Thursday. That’s why the DWD also warns of slippery conditions and frost in its warning map for the whole of Bavaria with levels one to two – an overview of all warnings can be found here:
It will also be dangerous on the night of Friday, January 9th. First of all, there is precipitation spreading from the southwest, write the meteorologists. “In the north and east of Bavaria there was snowfall for a long time with slippery conditions, otherwise there was an increasing transition to rain,” it continues. The danger: “In isolated cases, from the Alps across the foothills to Lower Bavaria, there is often black ice due to freezing rain!”
Winter blast in Bavaria: snow over the weekend – and extremely sub-zero temperatures
On Friday, January 9th, it will initially be a little milder during the day, with more precipitation coming down as rain. The maximum temperatures are between one and eight degrees. From the evening onwards there will be snow again due to the simultaneously falling temperatures. “On Saturday night there will be an increasing transition to snow or sleet with slippery conditions down to lower altitudes,” warn the meteorologists from the German Weather Service.
Between Saturday, January 10th and Sunday, January 11th, there will be snowfall throughout Bavaria, even at low altitudes. According to the DWD, this can be more severe at higher altitudes, and in the higher Alpine foothills, “snow drifts are likely,” warn the experts. The ten-day graphic from the German Weather Service also shows that meteorologists are expecting precipitation and snow throughout the coming week. The temperatures sometimes fluctuate around minus ten degrees. (Source: DWD)(fhz)