Mild, rainy, stormy: At the start of the meteorological spring at the weekend, winter returns to the mountains. On Friday, under the influence of an intermediate high, it remains mostly dry at highs between four and eleven degrees, as the German Weather Service (DWD) predicted on Thursday in Offenbach.
Around two and a half weeks after the storm “Sabine”, the German Weather Service (DWD) warns again of a hurricane. Stormy gusts on Thursday evening in parts of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg affected rail traffic. Between Nuremberg and Stuttgart, an IC train had to stop in Leutershausen in Central Franconia shortly before 8 p.m., as a spokesman for the Deutsche Bahn said. It was initially unclear how many travelers had to endure for at least an hour. The reason was a tree that had crashed into the track.
In the long-distance traffic, the route between Offenburg and Freiburg was also closed in the evening. According to the railway, the reason was a tarpaulin that the storm had blown into the overhead line. Several trains were waiting in the evening at various train stations in front of the closed section of the route, as the spokesman said. How many was unclear. The railways expected that the disruption could be remedied promptly. “The colleagues are on site, that should continue shortly,” said the spokesman.
In Hesse, motorists slipped in the evening rush hour due to snowfall and slippery roads. Especially in the Hochtaunuskreis, there were some massive traffic problems on some federal roads near Königstein, as a police spokesman for the German Press Agency said. There were a number of slippery accidents. Most of the time it was just sheet metal damage, the police spokesman also reported several lightly injured people. It was also smooth and slippery on many streets in central and eastern Hesse, especially in the higher elevations.
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On the Autobahn 48 near Ulmen in Rhineland-Palatinate, several trucks started to roll and turned sideways. As a result, traffic jams occurred in both directions on Thursday, as a spokesman for the Mendig motorway police said. “If we have snowfall in the Eifel, it’s like that.”
Meteorologists expect more severe storms and hurricanes in the night of Friday in Baden-Württemberg. On the mountains in the Black Forest, wind speeds of up to 130 kilometers per hour must be expected. The hurricane in the south of the country is stronger than in the north. There will also be snow in many places. There is a risk of frost, smoothness and slush. Drivers should prepare for this nationwide.
At night it gets frosty again in the east and southeast before it gets warmer nationwide at the weekend with daily maximum temperatures between eight and 16 degrees on Saturday and nine and 13 degrees on Sunday. Dry phases alternate with showers according to the forecast, it gets stormy. Snow only falls in the mountains. The meteorological winter ends in February on Saturday.
In Bavaria the maximum temperatures are between 2 and 8 degrees, in Baden-Württemberg between 1 and 7 degrees. There, sometimes heavy rainfall provides up to ten centimeters of fresh snow until Thursday evening. Winter also has a short guest appearance in North Rhine-Westphalia. Although new snow showers are announced for the lowlands on Thursday evening, the temperatures will rise again towards the weekend.
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