According to various weather models in Europe and Germany, December 2022 should actually be too warm. Now there is talk of a snowstorm and up to minus 20 degrees.
Berlin – What will the weather be like in December 2022 in Deutschland? Various weather models clearly show: the winter potential is great. Do we even have a white Christmas? It cannot be dismissed out of the proverbial hand: It is getting colder and more permafrost is expected. So it might cold days in Germany queue. However, the chances of a longer period of mild weather are said to be negligible.
Weather in December 2022 in Germany: Cold peak “Erik” might cause icy temperatures and snow
As reported by the German Weather Service (DWD), among others, a Siberian cold peak is moving closer to Europe. All previous long-term forecasts regarding the weather in December are thus thrown overboard. We are talking regarding the cold peak “Erik”, which would send a lot of cold to Europe once more and once more. It threatens “Bibber Winter” in Germany.
Northern Europe is particularly affected. But even in Central Europe, cold air masses would arrive once more and once more. Snow would fall all the way down. In Thuringia, Saxony, Bavaria, Hesse, Berlin and Brandenburg there is a possibility that it will snow. There would also be a risk of slippery roads in places. The lows in early December are usually around zero degrees Celsius.
The German Weather Service (DWD) expects the most wintry December in Germany since 2010
The current Early winter in Europe, or rather in Germany, but might only be a taste of what’s to come. Because within a week more cold air is supposed to make its way to Germany. The DWD expects more snow in this context. Overall, the signs would point to the most wintry December in Germany since 2010.
The European weather model has even calculated a snowstorm for Friday, December 9th. According to this, a low from the north-west would pull over Germany and bring with it massive cold air and a lot of snow. However, this is only a snapshot, reports daswetter.com. At least the large potential on the weather map would point to this scenario.
As for the snowstorms and the minus 20 degree thesis from the weather model of the ECMWF (European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) that daswetter.com has published, says qualified meteorologist Dominik Jung, managing director of the weather service Q.met, to the weather portal wetter.net: “The ECMWF has calculated a real snowstorm in parts of Germany for Friday next week: 20 to 40 centimeters of fresh snow and lots of wind and storms.”
Jung also puts the -20 degrees from the weather model and the snowstorms in the same order: “This calculation seems extremely bold and bold. It keeps disappearing and then popping up once more. At least that shows that the weather models currently see a lot of winter potential,” he explains.
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On the second weekend in Advent: snow in Lower Saxony – and shooting stars from the Geminids in the sky
Snow has fallen at least once in parts of Lower Saxony on the second weekend in Advent. Wintry weather is to be expected, especially in the Harz region, said a meteorologist from the German Weather Service DWD, according to the German Press Agency (dpa). In Braunlage, snowmen can already be built with seven centimeters of snow. There is also regarding three centimeters of snow in southern Lower Saxony and one centimeter in Göttingen. A few snowflakes may still fall on Saturday evening, December 3, 2022, but no major amounts.
On the night of December 4th, when the shooting stars of the Geminids appear in the sky, it cools down to minus two and in the Upper Harz to minus five degrees. Also on Sunday, December 4, 2022, the temperatures will rise to a maximum of two degrees.
