Overview
- The German Weather Service reports a gray, rainy Saturday with early frost and icy patches in places, plus wind gusts around 55 km/h and up to about 65 km/h in exposed areas.
- Temperatures begin to rise through the Second Advent, with 6 to 14 degrees on Sunday and the east and southeast warming more slowly.
- From Monday to midweek, forecasters expect widespread 10 to 15 degrees and locally 17 to 18 degrees in the southwest, with 15 to 17 degrees likely along the Rhine.
- Meteorologists attribute the surge to a stable warm‑air dome and a south to southwest flow, conditions that will also speed up snowmelt and strain winter‑sport prospects.
- Ensemble models favor the mild pattern into mid‑December, though experts caution that late‑December cold snaps remain possible and Christmas conditions are still uncertain.