Overview
- The German Weather Service warns of widespread gale conditions through Monday, including Alarmstufe Rot on the Brocken with gusts near 110 km/h.
- Fire services and rail operators report damage and disruption, including a lifted church roof on Borkum and a blocked line between Leer and Oldenburg after a tree strike.
- Alpine and high-terrain zones face significant early snow, with the DWD forecasting 10–20 centimeters above roughly 1,000 meters and up to 30–40 centimeters in the Allgäu high Alps.
- Regional alerts span Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin/Brandenburg and the northern coasts, with 60–90 km/h gusts in lower elevations and 100–115 km/h on exposed peaks.
- Forecasts show the storm’s influence fading from midweek as temperatures climb into the mid-teens and locally approach 20 degrees around the month’s turn, while experts dismiss claims of a looming “century winter” as speculative.