Fall of a tree: Not much left of this bus stop after a violent storm in Berlin-Charlottenburg

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Schwere Unwetter mit Starkregen und Sturmböen haben am Montagabend in Berlin für Aufsehen gesorgt. Viele Berliner fragen sich, ob das Wetter immer extremer wird oder ob es sich um normale Wetterphänomene handelt. Die B.Z. hat hierzu den Meteorologen Dr. Bodo Wichura vom Deutschen Wetterdienst befragt. Laut Dr. Wichura handelt es sich bei den Unwettern um natürliche Wetterphänomene, die nichts mit dem Klimawandel zu tun haben. Am Montag zog lediglich eine Kaltfront über Berlin-Brandenburg hinweg, die entsteht, wenn verschiedene Luftmassen mit deutlichen Temperaturunterschieden aufeinandertreffen. Hinzu kommen Windscherungen, also verschiedene Windgeschwindigkeiten in verschiedenen Höhen, die solche Unwetter ermöglichen. Die Regenfälle waren extrem …
Serious storms with heavy rain and gusts of wind caused a sensation in Berlin on Monday evening. Many Berliners wonder whether the weather is becoming more and more extreme or whether it is normal weather phenomena. The B.Z. has the meteorologist Dr. Bodo Wichura from the German Weather Service. According to Dr. Wichura is the storms of natural weather phenomena that have nothing to do with climate change. On Monday, only a cold front moved across Berlin-Brandenburg, which arises when different air masses meet with significant temperature differences. In addition, there are wind shears, i.e. different wind speeds at different heights that enable such storms. The rains were extreme ... (Symbolbild/MB)

Serious storms with heavy rain and gusts of wind caused a sensation on Monday evening in Berlin. Many Berliners wonder whether the weather is becoming more and more extreme or whether it is normal weather phenomena. The B.Z. has the meteorologist Dr. Bodo Wichura from the German Weather Service.

According to Dr. Wichura is the storms of natural weather phenomena that have nothing to do with climate change. On Monday, only a cold front moved across Berlin-Brandenburg, which arises when different air masses meet with significant temperature differences. In addition, there are wind shears, i.e. different wind speeds at different heights that enable such storms.

The rainfalls were extremely violent, within just ten minutes up to 25 liters per square meter of precipitation were measured. The wind speeds also reached over 90 km/h. Such events occur on average twice a year. They are less common in the summer months and occur about every three to ten years.

Contrary to the assumption of many, the number of such storms has not increased in recent years. On the contrary, there have been less than before in recent years. The storm on Monday was very strong, but such events of this size appear about every five years, emphasizes Dr. Wichura.

The Berliners can therefore be reassured that the current storms are not a sign of an increasing frequency of extreme weather events. These are natural weather phenomena that occur at certain intervals. The weather calms down again in the next few days and the Berliners can look forward to pleasant summer days.

Topics: Berlin weather, thunderstorm, climate, storm