Storm QUITERIA live ticker: Weather warnings for almost all of Germany

Tue November 19, 2024 | 12:45 p.m
– Editorial team – Source: wetter.com/dpa/DWD

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Storm and snow will sweep over Germany on Tuesday.

The first major storm of the fall is coming today on Tuesday. You can find out how the weather situation is developing, what’s going on on the train and what you should pay attention to in our live ticker.

Storm QUITERIA will reach us from the north today on Tuesday. There is a threat of stormy gusts, squalls and, at higher altitudes, even hurricane gusts in almost all of Germany during the course of the day. Road and rail traffic can be disrupted by falling trees. Click here for the storm schedule for Tuesday.

You can follow what’s currently happening here in our live ticker:

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

12:45 p.m.: Brocken – narrow-gauge railways are not running

The DWD warns of severe storms and hurricanes around the Brocken. Train traffic between Schierke and the Brocken was also stopped. Train traffic between Schierke and the Brocken has been stopped, as the Harz narrow-gauge railways announced. The railway does not want to start operating there again until Wednesday.

11:25 a.m.: Cemeteries in Erfurt closed

Stormy gusts and heavy squalls are expected in the Thuringian state capital during the day. The city announced that some cemeteries will be closed due to storm warnings from the German Weather Service (DWD). The main cemetery and the district cemeteries are affected. There is a risk that branches or tree tops will break off during strong gusts of wind and people will be injured as a result.

10:40 a.m.: The German Weather Service warns of storms and snow

A storm will cause windy and cold wet weather in large parts of the country on Tuesday. In the ridges of the low mountain ranges in the west and southwest there may be severe squalls. On some peaks, hurricane force gusts are even possible. The German Weather Service has the for large parts of the country second warning level called.

However, there is a warning of snowfall on a line from Hanover to Hamburg. It can get dangerously slippery here!

An area of ​​precipitation extends eastward from the west and northwest. In the north, snow or sleet can fall down to lower altitudes. The snowfall limit drops to around 400 meters in the evening. In the mountains, two to seven, locally even up to ten centimeters of snow can fall. There is a risk of slippery conditions on the roads. It will also snow for longer in the Alps, with up to 30 centimeters of fresh snow expected in some areas.

According to the forecast, it will rain heavily in the Black Forest and especially in the western and central low mountain ranges. Locally up to 50 liters of rain could fall within 24 to 30 hours.

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