Overview
- A west-to-east rain band moved across Germany on Friday, prompting Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) strong‑rain warnings for several southern Bavarian counties during the morning.
- After the rain clears many low-lying areas are expected to develop fog or low stratus overnight into Saturday, which could sharply reduce morning visibility and affect drivers and commuters.
- Saturday — the Tag der Deutschen Einheit public holiday — should be largely dry and unusually mild in many regions but regionally divided, with sunshine in parts of the west and longer cloud or drizzle in some southern and Alpine‑foothill areas.
- Daytime highs will remain unusually mild for early October, generally around 18–23 °C across much of the country, with locally warmer readings near the Rhine and cooler valley readings in the Alpine fringe.
- Forecasts beyond the coming week carry uncertainty: some models suggest a colder air mass could arrive around October 9–10 that might bring early alpine snow at the highest rims, but that outcome is still developing and not yet certain.