Overview
- Germany’s weather service (DWD) expects widespread rain to spread from the west on Saturday after a frosty, locally slippery start, with official frost and glätte warnings in places such as Hessen and brief light snow in parts of Bavaria.
- Forecasters say a pronounced warm‑air dome over Central Europe will lift values to 10–15°C nationwide Monday to Wednesday, with peaks near 17–18°C in the southwest and a potential for record‑level December anomalies.
- Meteorologists attribute the surge to Atlantic lows and a strong jet stream drawing mild air from the south and southwest, bringing periods of wind alongside the rain.
- Existing snow in mid and higher elevations is likely to melt quickly under the mild, windy pattern, reducing wintry conditions after the weekend.
- Operational models broadly keep the mild regime in place through about December 18, while guidance for the Christmas period remains uncertain and a colder turn is presently considered unlikely but not excluded.