Overview

• The DWD forecasts showers and thunderstorms will persist across Germany into early next week.
• Bavaria faces localized severe weather warnings with potential hail and gusts up to 80 km/h.
• A 24-hour downpour of around 50 L/m² recorded at Hohenbucko station has eased drought conditions and cut Brandenburg’s forest fire risk to its lowest level.
• State-by-state outlooks vary from cooler, storm-ridden days in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to rain-and-storm forecasts for North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
• Meteorologists caution that a significant midweek heat wave could drive temperatures toward 40 °C nationwide.