Sturm warning for the Birkenfeld district: Secure your outdoor furniture!

Sturm warning for the Birkenfeld district: Secure your outdoor furniture!

On April 2, 2025, an official weather warning recorded the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate. This warning, which was published by the German Weather Service (DWD) at 11:18 a.m., applies until 8:00 p.m. and announces wind gusts from an eastern direction at speeds between 50 km/h and 60 km/h (BFT 7). In exposed locations, even gusts of up to 70 km/h (BFT 8) can occur. In this context, the DWD warns of flying lighter objects.

The weather forecast shows a temperature of 11 ° C for today, with a humidity of 62%. The wind is currently blowing at a speed of 27 km/h and the UV index is 2.86. According to the hourly weather development, citizens in the Birkenfeld district can expect a temperature range from 12 ° C to 16 ° C during the day. The wind is expected to remain constant, distributed with slight fluctuations between 23 km/h and 29 km/h throughout the day.

recommended measures

Due to the upcoming weather conditions, the DWD gives various recommendations for action. Citizens are called up to secure loose objects outdoors and attach tents and covers. The warning level was set to yellow, which signals a general weather warning. In order to clarify how weather warnings are categorized in Germany, the DWD distinguishes four warning levels: yellow (general weather warning), orange (increased weather risk), red (storm warning) and dark red (extreme storm).

As the warnings prove to wind gusts, different warning levels based on the wind speed apply. Warning level 1 is output for gusts over 50 km/h at a height of 10 m. Higher levels are defined for increasingly dangerous gusts between 65 km/h and over 140 km/h, with special individual decisions to be made in summit fields. For today, the warnings of wind gusts can be found in numerous counties, including Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, as can be read on Wetter.com.

frost warnings the following day

for the night of April 3, 2025, there are frost warnings in several counties. This applies in particular to the regions in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which will fall under the influence of the cold from 03:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. This could also have an impact on agricultural activities nationwide.

Overall, the situation illustrates how changeable the weather in April can be and how important it is to regularly find out about current weather developments and warnings. The German Weather Service remains a central point of contact for such information.