Overview
- A strong cold front will move across Germany from Wednesday night into Thursday, according to the Deutscher Wetterdienst and multiple regional forecasts.
- The front is expected to produce widespread rain with embedded thunderstorms and locally heavy convective downpours, with short-term totals up to about 30 liters per 12 hours reported for places such as the Black Forest.
- Coastal areas and exposed high terrain face strong to storm‑force gusts, with warnings for stürmische to stürmische Böen on mountain peaks and at the North Sea coast.
- Cold air behind the front will push the snowline down to roughly 1,500–1,000 meters, with forecasts of measurable new snow in high Alpine lee and stau zones and temporary dustings possible on some Mittelgebirge summits.
- A high pressure ridge is expected by the weekend, clearing skies and allowing nights to cool strongly so that valleys and basins may see air and ground frost from about Sunday onward.