Overview

• After DWD severe-weather alerts on Thursday for Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, police evacuated the Gillamoos fair in Abensberg and reports cited a blocked rail line near Ingolstadt and flight diversions around Munich.
• The warnings highlighted short-period downpours of 20–40 l/m², hail around 2–3 cm and severe to orkanartige gusts up to about 100–115 km/h.
• A short-lived high, Hoch Nina, is bringing widespread sunshine and 24–30 °C this weekend, with the southwest locally approaching 29–31 °C.
• Outlooks from DWD and meteorologists point to a west-to-east shift starting Monday, bringing showers and isolated thunderstorms and turning conditions cooler and more unsettled into midweek.
• Longer-range guidance cited by meteorologist Dominik Jung indicates September may run roughly 0.1–1.0 °C warmer than the 1991–2020 average, placing the swings in a milder-than-normal month.