A dark cloud front is coming up behind a dirt road still in the sun. +++ dpa-photo +++
Picture: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand
A dark cloud front moves up behind a field path still in the sun. +++ dpa-photo +++
Picture: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand
Update, 20.40 o’clock: It is an up and down: On Tuesday evening, it may well crack again in the Allgau, the German Weather Service warns at this time of strong thunderstorms throughout the Allgau. Only over the district of Lindau the thunderclouds are probably moving away.
Update, 6 pm: As fast as it came it is gone again: Already in the early evening the German Weather Service has lifted the storm warning for the Allgau region. Only for the Unterallgau warns the DWD still before "strong thunderstorms".
Update, 17.30 o’clock In the early evening the thunderstorms also reach Kaufbeuren and the Ostallgau , reports the German Weather Service.
Update, 16.20 o’clock: The first thunderstorms are coming up in the Allgau: According to the German Weather Service (DWD) on Tuesday afternoon, especially the Unterallgau, Memmingen , the Lindau district and the Oberallgau will be hit by severe thunderstorms. The DWD warns especially of lightning strikes.
Weather on Tuesday: Warm temperatures in the Allgau region
The weather in the Allgau remains unstable. According to the German Weather Service (DWD), this includes not only many clouds, but later also rain and sometimes heavy thunderstorms. "A consistent area of high pressure over Germany is not in sight", said the meteorologist Simon Trippler in Offenbach.
Storm Nadia spares the Allgau – fresh snow expected
There is a lot of sunshine throughout the day in the extreme east and southeast of Germany, but also in the Allgau hot summer weather is announced on Tuesday. Temperatures are often around 25 to 30 degrees.
In the second half of the day, the DWD expects again strong thunderstorms, first in Franconia, later also in the south of Bavaria . Once again, heavy rain, gusts of 85 kilometers per hour, and small-grained hail are possible. Especially in the Alps and in the foothills, local thunderstorm-like developments with heavy rain, larger hail, and hurricane-like gusts must also be expected, according to the DWD.
In the night to Wednesday between Allgau and Fichtelgebirge heavy rain between 20 and 30 liters per square meter in six hours is possible in some areas.
Weather in the Allgau: Thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible again in the evening
In the east and southeast it rains also on Wednesday morning, in the afternoon the weather improves. In the other areas it is mostly dry. The day will be coolest in the Eifel region with 20 degrees, people in southeast Bavaria can be happy about the highest temperatures with 27 degrees.
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Brutal force of nature: facts and figures on thunderstorms
For some, they are a fascinating natural spectacle; for others, they command respect: Thunderstorms. Here are exciting facts about lightning.
Image: Nicolas Maeterlinck, dpa
For some, they are a fascinating natural spectacle; for others, they command respect: Thunderstorms. Here are some exciting facts about lightning.
Image: Nicolas Maeterlinck, dpa
Thunderstorms usually announce themselves in the summer already during the day with muggy, humid air. If already at noon small spring clouds pile up, this can be a sign for a thunderstorm in the evening. Shortly before the thunderstorm, the typical piled-up clouds will form.
Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, dpa
In summer, thunderstorms usually announce themselves during the day with muggy, humid air. If small spring clouds are already building up at noon, this can be a sign of a thunderstorm in the evening. Shortly before the thunderstorm, the typical piled-up clouds form.
Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, dpa
The cause of summer thunderstorms is moist air on the ground, which is heated by the sun and rises upward. Winter thunderstorms occur during strong cooling at high altitude. The warmer air cools down slowly and forms high piled up clouds at an altitude of several kilometers.
Picture: Valentin Gensch, dpa
The cause of summer thunderstorms is moist air on the ground, which is heated by the sun and rises upwards. Winter thunderstorms develop with strong cooling at altitude. The warmer air cools down slowly and forms high piled up clouds at an altitude of several kilometers.
Photo: Valentin Gensch, dpa
Within the clouds, electrical voltages are generated that discharge like a short circuit. The result: Lightning flashes and cracks in the sky.
Photo: Christoph Schmidt, dpa
Inside the clouds, electrical voltages are created that discharge like short circuits. The result: lightning flashes and crackles in the sky.
Image: Christoph Schmidt, dpa
According to DWD data, about two million lightning strikes occur in Germany every year.
Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, dpa
According to DWD data, about two million lightning strikes occur in Germany every year.
Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, dpa
Lightning can whiz back and forth between clouds, but it can also strike the earth.
Image: Patrick Pleul, dpa
Lightning can whiz back and forth between clouds, but it can also strike the earth.
Image: Patrick Pleul, dpa
This spectacular picture of thunderclouds over Kempten was taken by our photographer Ralf Lienert.
Image: Ralf Lienert (Archive)
This spectacular picture of thunderclouds over Kempten was taken by our photographer Ralf Lienert.
Image: Ralf Lienert (Archive)
When lightning discharges, currents can reach up to 400.000 amperes are generated. If a person is struck by lightning, it can lead to cardiac arrest or severe burns. Brain and nervous system can also be damaged by the electric shock.
When lightning discharges, currents of up to 400.000 amperes occur. If a person is struck by lightning, it can lead to cardiac arrest or severe burns. Brain and nervous system can also be damaged by electrocution.
In Germany, an average of four people die in lightning accidents each year, 110 are injured. This is what the VDE Committee for Lightning Protection and Lightning Research reports.
Picture: Patrick Pleul, dpa
On average, four people are killed and 110 injured in lightning accidents in Germany each year. This is reported by the VDE committee lightning protection and lightning research.
Image: Patrick Pleul, dpa
Thunderstorms can also be dangerous for grazing animals. It happens again and again, for example, that cows die because lightning has struck next to them.
Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, dpa
Thunderstorms can also be dangerous for grazing animals. Time and again, for example, cows die because lightning has struck next to them.
Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, dpa
In a fraction of a second, a lightning strike can cause temperatures of around 30.000 degrees Celsius can be generated. The air heats up and expands explosively – depending on the distance, you can hear a rumbling or loud crashing sound.
Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, dpa
In a fraction of a second, lightning can cause temperatures of about 30°C.000 degrees Celsius can develop. The air heats up and expands explosively – depending on the distance, you can hear a rumbling or loud crashing sound.
Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, dpa
Since sound is slower than light, the distance of a thunderstorm can be estimated from the distance of lightning and thunder. If three seconds pass, the storm is about a kilometer away.
Image: Fabian Sommer, dpa (Archive)
Since sound is slower than light, the distance of the thunderstorm can be estimated from the distance between the lightning and the thunder. If three seconds pass, the storm is about one kilometer away.
Image: Fabian Sommer, dpa (Archive)
Buchen sollst du suchen, vor Eichen sollst du weichen – heibt es zumindest im Volksmund, wenn ein Gewitter aufzieht. But this is wrong. Since lightning usually seeks out tall objects, trees are not good protection. Experts advise at least ten meters distance to keep and squat preferably in a hollow.
Image: Matthias Balk, dpa
Look for beech trees, avoid oak trees – at least that’s what the saying goes when a thunderstorm is approaching. But this is wrong. Since lightning usually looks for high objects, trees are not a good protection. Experts advise to stay at least ten meters away and to crouch in a hollow if possible.
Photo: Matthias Balk, dpa
The car is a safe place during thunderstorms. The car body forms a so-called Faraday cage and deflects the lightning. Cars with many plastic parts or convertibles, however, offer far less protection.
Image: Patrick Pleul, dpa
The car is a safe place during thunderstorms. The bodywork forms a so-called faraday cage and deflects the lightning. Cars with lots of plastic parts or convertibles, however, offer far less protection.
Image: Patrick Pleul, dpa
On Thursday, it rains from the southwest to the center of Germany for a long time and sometimes heavily, in the afternoon it also gets wet in the northeast. In the west and northwest the weather is friendlier, but showers and thunderstorms are possible here as well. Mainly dry in the north. Highs range from 20 degrees in the western mountains to 28 degrees in the east and southeast.
More about the weather in the Allgau with rain radar and severe weather warnings can be found in our current Allgau weather special.