Snowstorm on the Lower Rhine: Traffic calm despite violent snowfall!

Snowstorm on the Lower Rhine: Traffic calm despite violent snowfall!

Am Lower Rhine have been faced with strong winter weather since Wednesday evening, which started with snow and went into strong snowfall at night. According to a report by RP Online , the traffic situation in the district of Kleve remained surprisingly quiet on Thursday morning. The district police did not record a weather -related accident until morning.

Weather experts point out that further snowfall is expected until noon. In view of the circumstances, the police called on drivers not to set their vehicles in motion if possible. Bus and rail traffic also remained mostly stable on Thursday morning, although some connections, such as the Niersexpress, had delays.

snow warnings and effects

The storm center tunes the citizens on possible significant traffic disruptions and snow bruchs. According to Storm Center , snow and strong snow -fall warnings are divided into two main categories: preliminary warnings and acute warnings. While the preliminary warnings (yellow) indicate violent snowfalls that can change in their intensity, the direction and its time, acute warnings take place 1 to 12 hours before the occurrence of strong snowfalls and are output in three warning levels (orange, red, violet).

The forecasts are of great importance for winter service, traffic and insurance in North Rhine-Westphalia, since they are continuously updated by experienced meteorologists of the storm center. In the night of Thursday, the citizens in the affected areas could already expect considerable amounts of fresh snow.

Current traffic conditions

at the Gelderner train station there was a delay of a train towards Kleve of 35 minutes at around 10 a.m., due to a defect at a level crossing. This shows that special precautions are required due to the winter weather in the otherwise stable rail traffic.

For the next few days, snow continues to be predicted. A detailed estimate of the expected amounts of snow in centimeters stipulates that up to 40 cm or more fresh snow could fall on different days. According to Bergfex the next weather update will take place today at 1:39 p.m.

The winter weather situation keeps the population up to you, and it remains to be seen how the weather conditions will develop in the coming hours and days.