Overview
- Multiple stations set December records, including exceptionally warm nights in Bremen and Dresden, while even high peaks such as the Zugspitze rose above freezing and Hohenpeißenberg topped 17°C.
- Major models, including NOAA’s CFS and European ensembles, have raised their projections, signaling positive temperature anomalies and little chance of a sustained pre‑Christmas cold outbreak.
- National and regional outlooks keep the pattern mild into next week, with a brief dip toward the weekend bringing more fog, pockets of frost and isolated glätte rather than widespread wintry weather.
- The German Weather Service issued low‑level warnings for dense fog and overnight frost in parts of Bavaria and the southwest, as many lowlands stay gray under persistent high fog.
- Snow cover continues to retreat in the Alps and Mittelgebirge, and forecasters in NRW and Bavaria report low odds for a white Christmas, though confidence for the period after Christmas remains limited.