It’s not yet spring. The accumulations should be abundant.
It was expected ! The weather conditions are getting worse at the end of March. With a mercury which has already lost nearly ten degrees in several regions of France. A descent of fresh air coupled withsevere weather in the southeast quarter with a new Mediterranean episode on the menu, the 5th of its kind since the beginning of February.
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Weather: “Heavy stormy rain expected in Occitania”, the 5th Mediterranean episode since February announced at the start of next week
A phenomenon which should strengthen this night. It is the department ofHérault, located in the axis of the vein of strong winds, which will be most affected by the phenomenon. It was placed in orange alert for the “wave submersion” risk. The departments ofAudeof Gard and Bouches du Rhône are impacted to a lesser extent by the surges of these strong waves from the East to the South-East, combined with high sea levels, and placed on yellow level wave-submersion alert, forecasters detail. On the other hand, strong easterly winds generate an east to north-east swell propagating to the coast of the Roussillonplaced on wave-submersion alert at yellow level.
10 days of rain
But this is clearly only the beginning. Indeed, the different models predict rain at least until the month of April: 10 days of rain according to La Chaîne Météo which suggest accumulations “abundant almost everywhere”specifies meteorologist Guillaume Séchet.
\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f The disrupted sequence is only just beginning and will last at least until the beginning of April 2024. The map below shows the accumulations of #rain expected over the next 10 days, abundant almost everywhere with risks of #floods to monitor. (via @wxcharts) pic.twitter.com/7HDlBIz47Q
— Guillaume Séchet (@Meteovilles) March 26, 2024
“Situation favorable on Saturday for showers and thunderstorms in Occitania in the north-east”predicts Extreme Weather. “Heavy stormy rain possible in the south-eastern quarter. Significant deterioration possible on Sunday in the second part of the day from the west and south, with sometimes sustained stormy rain”.
We are far from finished with bad weather. With more than a week to go, very significant amounts of rain are expected in almost all regions. Knowing that the disrupted period could extend beyond that.
On the menu :
– An occluded front tomorrow followed by showers… pic.twitter.com/EsRciZ8o4G— Extreme Weather (@ExtremeMeteo) March 26, 2024
Good news and bad news for drought-stricken regions like the Eastern Pyrenees. Because the accumulations are such that forecasters agree that the risk of raw is important. “Increasingly widespread river flooding and flooding seems likely as the days go by”confirms Extreme Weather.