Overview
- A pair of named lows crossed the country over the weekend, producing very high gusts and heavy rain with the Büsum station recording an 125 km/h gust and the first notable autumn storm surge on the North Sea coast.
- The Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie issued storm‑surge advisories that forecast water levels roughly 1 to 2 metres above mean high water for parts of the Weser, Elbe and North Frisian coasts, and the Deutscher Wetterdienst kept multiple wind, thunder and alpine warnings active.
- The storms caused tangible damage and disruption, including fallen trees, roof damage, transport delays, rescue operations and power outages affecting around 10,000 households in the Freiburg area.
- Forecasts call for a brief warm interlude on Tuesday with local highs near 20–21°C before a cold front overnight into Wednesday brings cooler air, light alpine snow above about 1,500 metres and an increasing risk of ground frost toward the end of the week; some Bavarian ski areas have announced provisional late‑November openings.
- Medium‑range model runs show a possible persistent high‑pressure pattern into mid‑November that would bring calmer, drier days and colder nights with more frost, but forecasters say that outcome remains uncertain and sensitive to future model updates.