Strong winds and heavy rainfall are expected on Wednesday in western France. According to Météo-France forecasts, “on Wednesday at the end of the day, the Ciaran depression centered in the south of Ireland will bring turbulent weather to the west of a Poitou-Charentes / Hauts-de-France axis, with strong gusts of wind for the evening and the following night, and sometimes sustained precipitation.
An episode which can become dangerous, particularly given the risk of falling trees with gusts around 150 km/h, according to France 2. “With the recent rains, the saturation of the surface soil with water makes it more malleable: this encourages the trees to fall,” explains Serge Zaka, “storm chaser” and member of the Infoclimat association. “With the exceptional mildness (still ongoing) of autumn, the trees are about ten days behind their winter dormancy. The leaves remain present on many species. The wind resistance is therefore stronger and this will encourage the fall of trees,” he adds. on.
The phenomenon is expected to continue on Thursday, with “a strong gale likely over the north-west quarter of France”, continues Météo-France. If the public meteorological organization has not yet issued any particular vigilance, it affirms 20 minutes that he will soon communicate about the phenomenon.