Smoke from Canada colored the sky over Bavaria Miligmig-Grau!

Smoke from Canada colored the sky over Bavaria Miligmig-Grau!

Bayern, Deutschland - In the past few days, a milky-gray sky has shaped the picture of Bavaria, which missed many the usual blue sight. Sun and moon shone down in bright orange and red tones. The reason for these unusual colors are heavy forest fires far away in Canada, as [Br.de reports] (https://www.br.de/nachrichten/wissen/waldbraende-in-kanada-schleieren-den-Himmel-ueber-ueber-bayern ,unnt5gi). These fires, especially in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, cause more than 200 fire at the end of May and early June. The rising smoke found its way to Bavaria through western winds.

A look at the weather maps clearly shows that a west to northwest flow has carried the smoke-loaded air mass over long distances to Europe. The particle concentration was particularly high in altitudes between five and six kilometers before it lowered to two to three kilometers in lower layers. Despite regional and short -term increase in fine dust pollution in Bavaria, some of the ash clouds have been washed by rain. However, larger parts have moved further towards Eastern Europe.

a milky veil about Germany

The German Weather Service (DWD) has the Situation in view. A cloud of smoke over Germany has been visible since the beginning of the week and has also reached parts of France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. The DWD has located this "milky veil" to several hundred kilometers, which is not fully pulled down to Europe at the same time, as süddeutsche.de explains. Satellite images from the EU-Erd observation program Copernicus confirm the extent of this phenomenon and show how the smoke has overlaid the Alpine region since Monday.

The effects on the air quality near the ground are to be assessed as low. While the days appear cloudy and the sunsets shine in impressive red and orange, the DWD will not expect a complete clearing out of the smoke in the Alpine region at short notice. Apart from that, the upcoming southwest winds could also make Saharast dust on the way to us, but in a significantly lower density than the smoke from Canada.

a ray of hope?

In the next few days, the wind from northwest should turn to southwest, which ensures warmer weather and better view. The sky could soon accept its usual blue dye, even if it could become more dust again towards the weekend. The current weather situation remains exciting: While Bavaria can look forward to light -flooded days, the signs of weather development will be in the near future. It will be interesting to see whether the clouds will soon disappear or whether the milky veil will accompany us for a while.