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Germany Braces for First Snow as Polar Front Ends Warm Spell

A polar front will snap the warmth, leaving mountain snow imminent with lowland impacts still uncertain.

Overview

  • The German Weather Service expects the first flakes early Monday in the Alps and higher Mittelgebirge.
  • Daytime temperatures drop to roughly 1–9°C with widespread overnight frost possible.
  • In exposed alpine and stau regions, forecasters expect 10–20 cm of new snow, with sleet or graupel elsewhere.
  • On Tuesday, lake-effect bands are likely over the North and Baltic Seas, bringing narrow, locally intense showers that may reach inland.
  • Midweek model runs hint at localized lowland snow, including parts of western and central Germany, but forecasters stress low confidence and warn of glätte and gusty winds in uplands.