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Cold Front Triggers Showers and Alpine Snow Alerts as High Pressure Takes Hold

Inversions return under high pressure, favoring sun on hills over fog in basins.

Overview

  • - The DWD reported showers with isolated short thunderstorms and gusts up to about 60 km/h on Sunday across Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and the Frankfurt region.
  • - County-level alerts in southern Bavaria flagged light snow above roughly 1500 meters through early Monday, with 5–10 cm expected and up to 20 cm in windward spots.
  • - In the highest Alpine elevations, forecasters expected 20–30 cm of fresh snow above around 2000 meters as the snow line sank toward 1400 meters, with an official warning in effect until Monday 07:00.
  • - After the front, a ridge brings milder, drier conditions aloft this week, persistent fog in lowlands, and nighttime lows near 7–3 °C with a risk of ground frost in sheltered areas.
  • - Regional outlooks highlight a gray but unusually mild week in the north and sunnier breaks in Baden-Württemberg where fog lifts, while model guidance tentatively signals a possible Arctic surge around November 10–15 that remains uncertain.