Extreme heat is once again spreading in Bavaria. Bad luck for everyone who has to sweat at work during the week: At the weekend there will probably be no more lake and outdoor pool. But the dog days are not over yet.
Munich (dpa/lby) - Spaghetti strap tops, shorts and cooling foot baths are likely to be booming again in Bavaria in the coming days: in bright sunshine, the temperatures will again reach midsummer values from Wednesday. According to the forecasts of the German Weather Service (DWD), a cooling is only in prospect on Friday afternoon.
A south-westerly current is increasingly bringing subtropical air into the Free State, explained a DWD expert. "Which means temperatures will continue to rise and we're headed for the next heat wave." Already on Wednesday the temperatures climbed from 30 degrees on the edge of the Alps to 35 degrees on the Lower Main.
On Thursday it will be even hotter: 32 degrees even in the Alpine valleys, 36 degrees are expected on the lower Danube, in northern Bavaria it is even up to 38 degrees. "Sometimes 39 degrees are not excluded on the lower Main itself," emphasized the meteorologist.
The all-time heat record of the Free State, which the city of Kitzingen set on July 5, 2015 with 40.3 degrees, is unlikely to be broken. "But in places, record temperatures could occur at some stations based on August." The previous maximum value in August for the station in Kahl am Main in Lower Franconia was 39.3 degrees.
"Thursday is the peak of the heat wave, but Friday is still hot throughout Bavaria with 30 to 36 degrees in places on the lower Danube, around Regensburg," added the expert. However, it will be a bit cloudier on Friday, "a cold front is approaching from the west again and is gradually displacing the hot air to the east/southeast."
It is not yet clear what will happen next, the weather models still show uncertainties. "But from the second half of the day there could be the first showers and thunderstorms, which can also be stronger," said the DWD expert. "Saturday and Sunday it will be mostly changeable, with more showers and thunderstorms." However, the dog days are not over yet and could bring more hot days afterwards.
