Sturm warning for East Westphalia: violent gusts and mild temperatures!

In East Westphalia-Lippe, mild temperatures are expected in the new week, after an icy weekend. The German Weather Service (DWD) has published an official warning of storm gusts for Bielefeld and the districts of Paderborn, Lippe, Gütersloh, Herford, Minden-Lübbecke and Höxter. This warning is valid from around 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and forecast gusts of wind with speeds between 70 km/h and 85 km/h from the southwestern direction.

As early as 8 a.m., the DWD warns of up to 60 km/h, with the possibility of local gusts. There are also warnings of gusts for the rest of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), whereby hurricane-like gusts are possible in the mountains. The DWD recommends securing freely standing objects and attaching covers to minimize the risk of falling branches and flying objects. The wind should let off again from Monday evening.

weather development in the region

The temperatures in Bielefeld and Gütersloh reach up to 13 degrees on Monday, in Paderborn, Höxter, Minden, Herford and Detmold up to 12 degrees. In the night of Tuesday, it cools down noticeably: a maximum of 7 degrees can be expected on Tuesday, and again colder with a maximum of 4 degrees on Wednesday. After the mild Monday it gets very windy again.

In addition, a weather portal reported on the storm deep that runs over southern Norway, and maritime polar air, which brings other gusts of wind on the lake and in the mountain country with hurricane -like gusts in North Friesland. Snow showers are possible in higher locations, as well as frost and smoothness, especially in the southeast, where black ice could occur at the beginning.

The snow forecast for the Alps and western low mountain ranges provides for 1-5 cm of fresh snow above 600 to 800 meters, while further rainfall from the southwest is expected on Wednesday night, initially in the form of snow. During the day, heavy gusts of wind and hurricane -like gusts on the North Frisian Islands can be expected near the coast and in the mountains. The wind will run away in the evening, while only on the coast and exposed mountain lines can occur at night, as wetterfahren.de reported.