Storm Gerrit is arriving in the northwest, what to expect?

The weather will be marked this Wednesday by the arrival of a new disturbance with winds over Brittany up to 70 to 80 km/hour, or even 90 to 100 km/hour in the west, according to Météo-France forecasts. . It is the arrival of storm Gerrit, as it was named by the British weather services, which will affect the north-west of France.

At the start of the day, from Brittany to the Belgian border, the sky will still be overcast and some light rain or drizzle will be possible, before a temporary calm. But around midday a new disturbance will arrive on the Breton tip, the south wind will strengthen to 70 to 80 km/h and the rain will become more pronounced. In the afternoon, over Brittany then from Pays de Loire to Normandy and the west of Hauts-de-France, a rainy spell will circulate, accompanied by a strengthening of the south to southwest wind. Gusts will reach 70 to 80 km/h, or even 90 to 100 km/h in the west of the Breton peninsula.

Pays-de-la-Loire, Hauts-de-France and Normandy also affected

At the start of the day, from Brittany to the Belgian border, the sky will still be overcast and some light rain or drizzle will be possible, before a temporary calm. But around midday a new disturbance will arrive on the Breton tip, the south wind will strengthen to 70 to 80 km/h and the rain will become more pronounced. In the afternoon, over Brittany then from Pays de Loire to Normandy and the west of Hauts-de-France, a rainy spell will circulate, accompanied by a strengthening of the south to southwest wind. Gusts will reach 70 to 80 km/h, or even 90 to 100 km/h in the west of the Breton peninsula.

Over the rest of the northern half, there will still be many clouds in the morning but the weather will be calm. The minimums will be between -2 and +3 degrees from Nouvelle-Aquitaine to Franche-Comté and the south-east of the country, with frequent frosts, between 4 and 9 degrees in the north, even 10 degrees in Brittany and Normandy. The maximums will range from 7 to 12 degrees from the Grand-Est to Burgundy and Lyonnais, locally 5 or 6 under stubborn fog, from 10 to 15 degrees elsewhere in general, and up to 16 to 19 degrees at the foot of the Pyrenees and in Corsica.


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