Kassel in the weather chaos: frost and smoothness before milder days!

Kassel in the weather chaos: frost and smoothness before milder days!

The weather conditions in Kassel and North Hesse have changed fundamentally. After a cold phase that caused frosty temperatures, meteorologists announce a "weather turn of the extreme". By Tuesday at 11 a.m., the German Weather Service (DWD) of frost and smoothness. In the last few days, the weather conditions have been cold and dry, the temperatures fell to minus six degrees and locally even up to minus eight degrees in protected valley layers of the mountain country.

The acute warnings of smoothness, which are to be expected due to freezing moisture and ripe, apply from Monday evening to Tuesday morning. A possible light rain from southwest could bring with it in the later hours of freezing rain, especially in cold valley layers where black ice formation is not excluded.

weather forecasts and changes

From the middle of the week, milder temperatures and increased precipitation can be expected. Meteorologist Dominik Jung points out that the air pressure drops rapidly, which indicates upcoming weather changes. A warm front of a deep above the North Sea spreads to Hesse. The temperatures could increase up to ten degrees by the weekend.

Nonetheless, the gladious risk of smoothing will also have to drop after the fog is dissolved on Monday. At the same time, rainfalls have been announced for the coming days. Highly cloudy conditions are expected on Thursday, while on Friday and Saturday, slight rain is forecast. Temperatures will vary between 5 and 13 degrees.

Connection with climate change

The latest weather events are part of a larger trend that is influenced by climate change. According to a report of the World climate (IPCC), which was published in August 2021, new research data show a dramatic increase in Sall surface temperatures and an increase in extreme weather events such as heavy rain and extreme heat. Human activity is the main cause of these changes.