It flashes, thunders and rains: the summer of 2021 is a thunderstorm summer.
The meteorologist Markus Übel from the German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach compares the weather situation with a saucepan: “There is a lot of energy and moisture in the air.
It starts to boil, at some point the bubbles burst.
Warm air masses above the ground would be pushed up on a broad front, where they would cool down.
The resulting clouds grow into thunderstorm complexes, which are discharged in many places with heavy rain, as the meteorologist explained on Saturday.
Little will change in this regard in the coming days.
It remains volatile.
While it is getting hot northeast of the Elbe with temperatures around 30 degrees, the next storms are brewing over Baden-Württemberg.
There is a threat of thunderstorms and heavy rain.
According to the DWD forecast, the storms move northwards from around Tuesday.
Markus Übel explains that this year's summer is perceived as a thunderstorm summer with the distribution of lightning and thunder.
“Otherwise, thunderstorms tend to drop selectively.
That is why many people do not notice when there is a crash in the neighboring town. ”This time it is different: Heavy rainfall as well as thunderstorms and changeable weather are part of a summer.
Compared to the two previous very dry years, “the precipitation seems like a lot,” he admits. So far it has rained above average. But evil does not want to speak of a record. "There is still room for improvement."