Overview
- Snow has already fallen in the Alps and several Mittelgebirge, with winter services deployed and first glätte-related accidents reported in some regions.
- The German Weather Service has active warnings for frost and icy roads across multiple areas, and authorities caution drivers to expect delays and hazardous travel.
- From Tuesday night into Wednesday, snow showers may reach low elevations in the north and west — including Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and northern Lower Saxony, as well as parts of Rhineland-Palatinate, southern NRW and the Saarland — with a narrow Emsland–southern Schleswig-Holstein belt at risk for a few centimeters of wet snow.
- Through late week the snowline generally hovers around 300 to 600 meters but can dip lower in heavier bursts, while the Alps and higher ranges see the most accumulation with roughly 10 to 20 centimeters possible in the Alps and locally in the Black Forest.
- Temperatures are set to step down each day, with some southern highlands facing daytime freezing later this week, and models diverge on how cold it gets next, prompting calls for winter tires and close attention to updated advisories.