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Germany Starts Meteorological Winter Mild as DWD Flags Ongoing Ice Risk in the South

A southerly airflow, driven by an Atlantic low plus an eastern Europe high, is steering milder air across most regions.

Overview

  • The weather service issued Red-level freezing-rain alerts in southeast Bavaria on Saturday morning, and police reported crashes including an overturned lorry on the A3 near Regensburg.
  • Though the acute warnings were later eased, the DWD cautions that freezing rain and early-morning glaze remain possible in the south with local frost and fog.
  • The North and West stay mild, windy and at times wet with highs around 10 to 12 degrees, while colder pockets persist in the South and Southeast.
  • As rain retreats to the Alps, snow falls above roughly 800 meters with up to about ten centimeters in high-elevation upslope areas.
  • Forecasts for the first December week point to a predominantly mild, gray pattern with limited winter impacts and little chance of a nationwide cold outbreak through mid‑month.