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Winter Storm Nadia, January 30, 2022

End of January shores at the Northern Sea and stretches in different countries were hit by winter storm Nadia. This was a low pressure system which changed weather condition in Germany after a quiet period with high pressure. Most of the days there were low hanging mist, some snowfall and lots of sun in the Alps. The weather change is not unusual for this time of the year. Winter Storm Nadia did serious damage on the island Langeroog, Hamburg and Berlin. In Langeroog the sand of a shore was swept away and what was left was some kind of newborn cliff.

Windy Sunday Morning: Fast moving clouds, waves and snow on the hills in the background

In Southern Germany there was a windy night between January 29 and January 30. The wind calmed down a bit in the morning of Sunday, January 30. There were moderate winds at the Lake Ammersee. Temperatures were up a bit after some cold days. The snow remained in the higher places of Upper Bavaria. As often there were interesting atmospheres and cloud patterns during that stormy winter day. Even the wind was only moderate on the ground, the clouds were moving fast. It was a quick change of conditions with sunlight and overcast sky. The air was very clear This is always a condition after a storm and very useful for taking pictures or taking videos.

The winter times and morning hours are also a good time for pictures and videos, since the sun is not heigh up in the sky. Therefore there are interesting cloud colours and a crisp blue sky between the fast moving clouds. It is good to avoid walks through forest even after a frontline or a storm has passed. Open places like meadows, hills or the shoreline of a lake are safer places to capture some pictures.

Driftwood after the storm night

The shoreline on the Eastside of the lake Ammersee, the second biggest lake of the so-called “Fünf-Seen-Land” south of Munich is a popular spot for photographers. It is close to the nature reserve “Ammersee West” and there is a sense of wilderness there. There is always driftwood and whole trees scattered around. If the branches or trees last longer in the water they can turn into sculptures. Nature is an artist here.

Thus it was the idea to take a stroll at the shore of lake Ammersee near that nature reserve and take some pics with the fast moving clouds on Sunday morning. It was only a quieter moment between two storm systems. The wind was taking up again on Monday, January 31. Temperatures dropped again and snow as falling. Series of storms are not unusual for this period of the year. However, we see now unusual extremes at any time of the years in some parts of the world. Whereas winter storm Nadia was more or less a “normal” storm, the U.S. was hit by extreme winter conditions. the same time.

After a cloudy morning there were more and more blue skies. In January the winter sky has that special blue color. After the front had passed the day before it was dry til the next day. Wind and waves changing the appearance of this special shore all the time.

Peter Engelmann, 31.01.2022

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16. bis 18. Januar: Friederike stärkster Wintersturm seit Kyrill

Nach einem ruhigen, aber grauen Wochenende und ruhigem Montag frischte der Wind am Dienstag, den 16. Januar 2018, auf. Am Dienstagmorgen war der Himmel turbulent mit rasch ziehenden Wolken in Südbayern. Jedoch am nächsten Tag, als die Öffentlichkeit bereits über den Orkan Friederike informiert wurde und Unwetter erwartet wurden, wurde das Wetter in manchen Teilen Deutschlands bereits extremer. Bereits in der Nacht ereigneten sich durch Wintergewitter zahlreiche Unfälle

In Oberbayern war es ganz am Mittwochmorgen immer noch relativ ruhig, aber im Fünf-Seen-Land war es auf einmal so, als würde um 8.00 Morgens die Nacht wieder hereinbrechen.

Plötzlich wurde es immer dunkler. Ein Schneesturm mit Blitz und Donner setzte ein. Binnen Minuten waren die Straßen glatt und eine Menge Schnee fiel. Es hagelte sogar. Nach zehn Uhr klarte der Himmel auf und die Sonne war zwischendurch immer wieder zu sehen, aber es kam zu zahlreichen weiteren Schneeschauern.

 

In Dießen schneite es etwas weiter in der Nacht. Am Morgen danach war es wärmer. Dann nahm der Wind mächtig an Fahrt auf. Sturmwarnungen waren längst ausgesprochen worden. Die Wettermodelle waren immer noch etwas unterschiedlich. Aber der stärkste Orkan zog dann genau wie erwartet über Nordrheinwestfalen und Mitteldeutschland. Auf dem Brocken im Harz wurde anders als die angekündigten 160 Stundenkilometer, sogar über 200 Stundenkilometer gemessen. Aber auch in Süddeutschland waren sehr starke Sturmböen zu bemerken.

Schon bald wurde Friederike als der stärkste Wintersturm seit Kyrill angenommen, der auch ausgerechnet auf einen achtzehnten Januar damals fiel. Tatsächlich verursachte auch dieser Sturm viele Unfälle und viele Schäden bei seinem Zerstörungszug durch Deutschland.

Am frühen Nachmittag gab es noch immer etwas unterschiedliche Vorhersagen, ob sich der Sturm in den frühen Abendstunden abschwächen oder halten würde. Viele Schulen wurden für den Nachmittag geschlossen, Flüge vom Flughafen München storniert, Züge hatten Verspätung. Am späten Nachmittag stellte die Deutsche Bahn den Fernverkehr ein.

Um 16.30 am 18. Januar war der Himmel überwiegend klar, aber der Wind war immer noch sehr stark. Der meiste Schnee ist wegschmolzen und das so schnell, dass ganze Bäche die Straßen hinterflossen.

Die Folgen: als sich das Wetter in der Nacht beruhigte kamen immer mehr erschütternde Nachrichten über die kolossalen Zerstörungen, die “Friederike” angerichtet hat. Durch die Windspitzen hat es der Orkan in die Top-Fünf der stärksten Stürme der letzten 30 Jahre geschafft.




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January 16-18: “Friederike” Strongest Winter Storm In Germany Since Kyrill

After a calm but grey weekend and a calm Monday, the wind freshened up on Tuesday, January 16. On Tuesday morning there was a turbulent sky with fast moving clouds in Southern Germany. There was rain in the afternoon. But on the next day with the public in the wake of Winterstorm Friederike, which was announced to arrive on Thursday, weather in many parts of Germany was getting extreme. Already in the night, there had been accidents due to winter-thunderstorms.

In Bavaria, Wednesday morning started still relatively calm but in Southern Bavaria around the lakes and in the South-West it was already day when it looked like the night would fall again at 8.00am in the morning.

Suddenly it became darker and darker. A snowstorm set in and there was lightning and thunder. Within minutes a lot of snow fell and streets became slippery. There was also hail. After ten in the morning the sky cleared up, even the sun was shining shortly but it was a day with many more showers. It was windy all the day.

 

There was a bit more snow in the night. In the morning it felt warmer. Then, on Thursday, the wind was picking up speed. Storm-warnings were issued before. Weather models did still slightly differ on Thursday morning but the storm hit mostly the middle of Germany as expected. But also in Southern-Germany, there were really strong winds.

Friederike was soon suspected to be the strongest winter storm since Kyrill which was exactly the same day, on an Eighteen January. Indeed, the storm already caused many accidents and did damage even before it crossed over Germany.

In the early afternoon, there were still different forecasts if the storm would increase in the early evening hours or if the weather would calm down. Many schools were closed for the afternoon, Flights from Munich got canceled, trains were delayed. In the late afternoon, Deutsche Bahn shut down its long-distance travel.

At 4.30pm, Januar 18, the sky is mostly clear, but the wind is still very strong. Most of the snow is molten away and a brook is running down the street.

The aftermath: As the weather calmed down in the night, the news showed the colossal damage which Friederike did. Due to its extreme wind speeds, it made it into the top five of monstrous windstorms in Europe over the last 30 years.

By Peter Engelmann




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