Winter onset in the district of Kleve: Snowfall ensures calm traffic!

Winter onset in the district of Kleve: Snowfall ensures calm traffic!

Kleve, Deutschland - Winter weather has reached the Lower Rhine in the past few days. As RP online began on Wednesday evening with snowfall, followed by strong snowfall at night and on Thursday morning.

Surprisingly, the traffic situation in the district of Kleve was relatively quiet on Thursday morning. The district police had not registered a weather -related accident until morning. However, weather experts expect further snowfall until noon. Despite the winter weather, the police appeal to the drivers not to move their vehicles if possible. While bus and rail traffic went on Thursday morning without major difficulties, there were some delays in the Niersexpress. A train towards Kleve had a delay of 35 minutes at the Gelderner train station due to a defect at a level crossing.

weather warnings and possible effects

like Storm Center reports, there are current heavy snowfall warnings for North Rhine-Westphalia. An overview shows that strong and productive snowfalls are to be expected in the affected areas, which can lead to considerable traffic disruptions and snow breasts. The weather warnings are divided into two ways: preliminary warnings and acute warnings. Strong snowfall pre-warnings (yellow) indicate possible violent snowfall, while the acute warnings are differentiated 1 to 12 hours before the start of the event in three warning levels (orange, red, violet), depending on the expected amount of freshness.

Detailed weather forecasts are of great importance for winter services, traffic and insurance in North Rhine-Westphalia. The warnings are continuously adapted by experienced meteorologists from the storm headquarters in order to take the current weather in the best possible way.

-transmitted by West-East media