The thermometer will slowly start to come down this Friday. The red heat wave vigilance will be lifted from 6 a.m. in the 17 departments concerned , indicates this Thursday Météo France. During the night from Thursday to Friday, the temperatures will be “down in the south-west compared to the day before, but still very warm, especially in the departments in red”however, warns the organization.
Heatwave red vigilance will be lifted in the following departments: Ain, Ardèche, Aveyron, Drôme, Gard, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Isère, Loire, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère, Rhône, Tarn, Tarn -et-Garonne and Vaucluse. Météo France does not specify for the moment how many departments will be affected by a possible orange heat wave vigilance on Friday. They are 39 in number this Thursday .
The storms are spreading
Orange thunderstorm vigilance, which concerns 37 departments this Thursday, will concern 40 departments over a large eastern part of the country this Friday, from the North to the Drome via Alsace and Nièvre. “A new stormy wave will be organized in the afternoon over Auvergne then reach the Rhône valley, the Lyon region, Burgundy and the north-east of the country., indicates Meteo France. Thunderstorms “sometimes violent” or accompanied by hail and strong gusts of around 100 km/h.
The 40 departments concerned by the orange vigilance for thunderstorms on Friday are the following: Ain, Aisne, Allier, Ardèche, Ardennes, Aube, Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Drôme, Isère, Jura, Loire, Haute-Loire, Marne, Haute -Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, Puy-de-Dôme, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire , Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Somme, Vosges, Yonne, Territory of Belfort, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d’Oise.