Overview
- The DWD projects daytime highs slipping to roughly 1–7 degrees Celsius with nights near or below freezing, bringing frost and slick conditions early next week.
- Snow is likely in the Alps and higher ranges as the snow line falls to about 500–1,000 meters, with 10–20 centimeters possible in orographic hotspots.
- Strong gusts are expected in exposed high terrain, including around 60–70 km/h in the Alps, while the north sees showers with graupel and isolated thunderstorms.
- Several models hint at lower-elevation snow later next week, including parts of NRW and the Mittelgebirge, but meteorologists emphasize these scenarios remain uncertain and model-dependent.
- Saharan dust may color skies and be washed out as so‑called ‘blood rain’ when showers arrive, and experts have pushed back on media claims of uniform 20 centimeters of snow across Germany.