Weather chaos in Northern Hesse: frost, smoothness and dense swaths of fog!

Wetterwarnungen für Nordhessen am 27. Dezember 2024: Frost, Glätte und Nebel gefährden Autofahrer in mehreren Landkreisen.
Weather warnings for Northern Hesse on December 27, 2024: Frost, smoothness and fog endanger drivers in several counties. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Weather chaos in Northern Hesse: frost, smoothness and dense swaths of fog!

On December 26, 2024, the German Weather Service (DWD) published weather warnings for northern Hesse. These warnings apply to the night of Friday and Friday morning, December 27th. In the areas concerned, frost, smoothness and fog is expected, which calls for drivers to adapt their driving behavior.

The districts of Kassel, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kreis Waldeck-Frankenberg and the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf are particularly affected. The smoothness warning is valid until Friday, 10 a.m. The frost warning also affects all northern Hessian counties and stops until Friday morning, 10 a.m. The temperatures can fall up to -3 degrees in these regions.

Details on the weather conditions

In addition, the DWD warning report noted that fog with visibility under 150 meters can occur in places on Friday and until Friday morning. Light frost is to be expected between 0 and -3 degrees, in the southern part of the Region even up to -5 degrees. Occasionally there can also be local smoothness due to freezing fog or ripe. The next weather update has been announced for Friday, December 27, 2024, at 4:30 a.m.
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