Overview
- Germany faces widespread ice warnings, with severe alerts for parts of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria from Sunday evening into Monday morning as precipitation spreads east and south.
- Forecasters expect snow to turn to rain that freezes on contact with ground frozen to around 15 centimeters, creating mirror-smooth surfaces and rapid ice accretion.
- Highest risk zones include the Südpfalz, Schwarzwald and Schwaben as well as areas south of the Danube into Oberschwaben and southeast Bavaria; farther north, several centimeters of snow are likely.
- Police and weather services report numerous weekend crashes and a fatality in Leer and advise reducing speed, using winter tyres, avoiding non‑essential travel and heeding official updates.
- Conditions should ease gradually on Monday and Tuesday for many areas, though fresh systems could bring renewed snow at the Alpine edge Tuesday into Wednesday and lingering slick spots elsewhere.