Temps reach single digits in Germany

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As the sun comes up, frozen dew glows in the light Tuesday near Ramstein Air Base’s West Gate. According to the 21st Operational Support Squadron at Sembach Air Base, Germany, temperatures will stay in the teens this week.


Temps reach single digits in Germany
By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday-Thursday, December 31,2008-January 1,2009

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Old man winter has grown bitterly cold of late.

Blasts of cold air first from Siberia and then from Scandinavia have caused temperatures in parts of western Europe to dip into the low teens.

Early Tuesday morning, the thermometer read -9 degrees Celsius just outside Ramstein Air Base. That’s about 16 degrees Fahrenheit and part of some of the lowest temperatures felt in Ramstein this year. The low temperature on Tuesday was expected to reach a frigid 12 degrees Fahrenheit in the Kaiserslautern military community, according to the 21st Operational Weather Squadron’s Web site.

The low of 9 degrees Fahrenheit in Hohenfels seemed to be the coldest on Tuesday among U.S. military sites in Europe tracked by the weather squadron. In England and Italy, forecasted temperatures through Saturday range between the low 40s and mid 20s, according to the 21st OWS Web Site.

This time last year, temperatures did not drop so low, said 2nd Lt. Kari Kundert, northern Europe assistant flight commander at the 21st OWS.


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