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Offenbach (dpa / lhe) - Heavy snowfall, black ice and rain - the people in Hesse have to be prepared for an uncomfortable weekend.

The German Meteorological Service warned on Saturday that there could be “extremely strong snow drifts” and that it should spread smoothly.

«Roads and railways can be impassable.

Avoid all car journeys! ”Read the warning message.

Already for Sunday night, the meteorologists in the north of the country expected stormy snowfall.

Up to the middle of Hesse the precipitation could come down partly as snow, partly as freezing rain, in the south rain was expected.

The lowest temperature is expected to be 0 to minus 8 degrees, in the south to 0 degrees.

In addition, a moderate to fresh east wind should blow.

Strong to stormy gusts were expected for the north and in high altitudes, which could cause heavy snowdrifts.

The DWD expects more snowfalls this Sunday, which will be storm-like in the north and are likely to be accompanied by drifts.

In the south, however, it should rain.

You can expect freezing rain with black ice in the morning.

During the course of Sunday evening, the snowfall should then move northwards.

The maximum temperatures in the north should be between minus 4 and minus 1 degrees, otherwise 0 to 5 degrees.

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For Monday, the DWD expects changing to heavy cloud cover and only occasional light snowfall.

It is common to expect permafrost with maximum values ​​between minus 5 to 0 degrees, in northern Hesse sometimes also minus 8 to minus 6 degrees.

Also on Tuesday it should snow lightly locally with maximum temperatures in the north of minus 8 to minus 4 degrees, in the south from minus four to minus 2 degrees.

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