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- Is the fall out now?
- What does that mean for winter 2015?
- And was that already with autumn?
Is the fall out now?
During the night of 13th to 14th October the first snow fell in Germany. Snow early? Is this a sign of a mild or extreme winter 2015?
This morning, many wondered when they looked out the window: snow?!? Now???
Oh yeah! Blame is high "Oldenburgia", which brings us cold air from Siberia, and a low over northern Italy, which brings us moisture at the same time. Result: Snow in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony, next night it will snow in the Black Forest - and in the middle of October!
What does that mean for winter 2015?
Compared to the Munich evening paper says meteorologist Dominik Jung of wetter.net: "The statistics shows: In seven out of ten cases followed by an early winter break in October, a rather mild winter." But this is just a statistic, not a concrete prediction: "A serious prediction of winter weather is not possible anyway." At the most, one can orientate on climate trends.Two are currently on the market: one says one extremely mild, another an extremely snowy winter before. "
Frank Böttcher from the Institute of Weather and Climate Communication in Hamburg also confirms to us: "There is no indication of whether the winter will be rather mild or snowy - everything is still possible for this winter ."
And was that already with autumn?
No, Don `t worry. In the next few days we expect again milder weather. Fall is not just skipped over.
Frank Böttcher: "We already had golden autumn days and in the coming weeks mild days are possible again, although it is too cold for the season in some parts of the country, but in the fall there are always some weather conditions, the first snow in mid-October can bring. "
