Nord and Pas-de-Calais placed on orange vigilance due to the risk of snow and ice

Snowfall is expected in these two departments from the middle of the night from Thursday to Friday. Météo France predicts between 3 and 5 cm.

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The snow arrives from the north of France. Météo France placed, Thursday, March 31, the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais in orange vigilance because of the risk of snow and ice. Regular snowfalls are indeed expected in these two departments from the middle of the night from Thursday to Friday, according to Meteo Francewhich provides 3 to 5 cm, even 5 to 10 cm locally.

The orange alert could be extended during the day, in particular towards the Somme, this snowy episode progressing further south from the end of the night from Thursday to Friday. In the rest of France, rough weather should set in from Thursday afternoon in the west, with sometimes stormy showers. They could be accompanied by sleet or small hail.


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