Strong hurricane deep over NRW: violent rains and storms in sight!

Strong hurricane deep over NRW: violent rains and storms in sight!

An Arctic polar vortex is currently moving to the North Rhine-Westphalia region (NRW), which leads to significant changes in weather. According to t-online.de an Atlantic hurricane deep is reached, Cologne and the surrounding areas. Strong rain showers and wind speeds of up to 100 km/h are forecast, especially for today.

The hurricane deep will move towards Europe until the weekend, while even hurricane gusts of about 140 km/h are expected on the Dutch North Sea coast. Several weather models, including the ECWMF model, expect strong gusts of wind in North Rhine-Westphalia that will be deducted to the east.

storm forecasts for Cologne

For the Cologne surrounding area, storm gusts will be expected on Sunday and the beginning of the next week around 100 km/h. In the city of Cologne itself, stormy gusts are expected at speeds between 60 and 70 km/h, whereby the values ​​can vary depending on the district. A long -term trend of the DWD shows that steady rain showers will arrive from Wednesday, but it remains uncertain about the coming weekend.

The temperatures could increase by up to 11 degrees. Due to these warmer air, snowfalls in higher locations are not to be expected. This is contrasting to the extreme weather events from last year, when storm low "Boris" in Central Europe resulted in scatter -like rains. A report by tagesschau.de emphasizes that climate change has doubled the likelihood of such extreme weather events.

climate change in focus

The World Weather Attribution initiative recently warned that climate change leads to a significant intensification of extreme weather events. The past summer was the warmest ever measured in Europe, and the weather conditions could also be reinforced by warmer water in the Mediterranean and cold polar air. Experts cited this, among other things, as the cause of the extreme precipitation, which many European countries brought in trouble in 2024.

The warnings of the increasing risk of flood events and other natural disasters are urgent. Maja Vahlberg from the WWA calls for adjustments to the land use planning and recommends reducing the development in flood -prone areas. The European Union has already provided ten billion euros for emergency repairs.