Overview

• The German Weather Service issued yellow-level frost alerts for the night into Sunday across large eastern areas and most of Bavaria, with lows around −5 °C and ground frost locally near −7 °C.
• Rain advances from the west overnight into Monday, with prolonged and at times heavy precipitation expected especially in western Germany and the Mittelgebirge, reaching roughly 50 liters per square meter through midweek in some areas.
• Winds strengthen as the week progresses, with widespread strong southwesterly gusts expected and storm-force conditions likely on coasts and mountain peaks; the DWD warns of possible hurricane-force gusts at exposed sites later in the week.
• Regional forecasts highlight a wet, unsettled start in NRW and the southwest, stürmische Böen on higher terrain such as the Feldberg in the Black Forest, and locally higher rain amounts possible in Schleswig-Holstein.
• Meteorologists and major models indicate the potential for the season’s first snow at higher elevations later in October, while daytime temperatures early in the week remain generally mild despite the unsettled pattern.