Heat and thunderstorms are announced for the Pentecost weekend. Not only at some music festivals it could be uncomfortable on Friday evening.
A particularly large number of people are looking at the weather at Pentecost this year: Not only are there numerous festivals taking place, but the 9-euro ticket also lures people to travel by train throughout the country. In northern Germany it should be mostly sunny and pleasantly warm. But the further south you go, the greater the risk of getting caught in a severe storm.
The experts at “Wetter.de” warn that visitors to festivals should be particularly careful. In the west, for example, thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail could fall on Friday evening, among other things, via the “Schlossgrabenfest” in Darmstadt, the Düsseldorf “Jazz Rally” or “Rock am Ring” in the Eifel.
The German Weather Service (DWD) also writes that locally severe thunderstorms can discharge in the entire southern half of Germany from Friday evening. During the night it is likely to crack and rain heavily, only in the second half of the night would the thunderstorms move north, according to the current DWD forecast. On Saturday morning, there is still a risk of storms, especially in the south-west, while other parts of the country should be prepared for a mix of sun and rain.
The map shows the forecast for Friday 3 June. Clicking on the map takes you to the provider “Wetter.de”.
This hot and wet mix is likely to determine the Whitsun weather throughout the country. However, according to several forecasts, the situation in the north is likely to be a little more relaxed than in the south and west, where it will be hot and muggy at times and then thunderstorms again. Festivals in the south and west are likely to be hit by storms again and again throughout the weekend.
Weather at Pentecost in Germany very different
In general, according to the DWD, the weather situation is determined by a high over the North Sea. It directs relatively cool and dry air masses to northern Germany. In the south, on the edge of a low over France, more and more muggy, warm and thunderstorm-prone air is flowing. This will also spread to the north on the Pentecost weekend.
For Saturday, the DWD and “Wetter.de” predict sun for the north and east – in the south it can be thunderstorms again. In the southwest and in the regions around the southern mountains, the experts expect stronger storms. During the day, the thermometer climbs to 29 degrees in the thundery regions, estimates the DWD.
The DWD estimates that the north northeast of the Elbe should get a lot of sun on Pentecost Sunday. There is still a risk of storms in the south-west – the experts at “Wetter.de” warn that Pentecost Sunday is the most stormy day of the long weekend in some regions of Germany. “Apart from the north and east, where there is still a lot of sun, the risk of severe weather increases significantly in the muggy summer air from midday,” writes meteorologist Björn Alexander. The amount of rain that is possible within a short period of time is likely to be between 20 and 40 liters per square meter, and sometimes even more, the expert estimates. “This also means that local flooding cannot be ruled out”.
On the night of Whit Monday, the remnants of the storm are likely to move further east, and fewer storms are expected overall for the day, according to several weather forecasts. According to the DWD forecast, thunderstorms are also possible locally on Whit Monday.
Sources: “Wetter.de”, forecast at “Wetter.de”, DWD.de
