Overview
- Widespread frost persists with overnight lows generally between -1 and -9 °C and locally near -12 °C in the east, as most lowlands stay dry through the holidays.
- Official warnings cover slippery roads and gusty winds, with strong to stormy gusts up to roughly 70 km/h in exposed uplands and at the coast.
- Many areas see sunshine, but persistent high fog lingers in parts of Swabia and Upper Bavaria, where morning frost and glätte remain a concern.
- Through Friday and into the weekend, the north turns cloudier with patchy drizzle and localized ice risk in the Mittelgebirge, while NRW faces nocturnal glätte under fog and subfreezing air.
- Models and the DWD now flag a possible winter outbreak around New Year that could spread snow into low elevations, a scenario still uncertain; some runs show 5–20 cm in lowlands with higher totals in the mountains.