The weather is a little milder this Thursday. The weather will be marked by a snowy episode in the morning over part of Occitanie, and will be rather sunny in the north, according to Météo-France forecasts, although an orange flood watch will be maintained over Pas-de-Calais. .
Six departments are, however, placed on orange snow-ice alert: Aude, Aveyron, Cantal, Hérault, Lozère and Tarn. “Difficult traffic, be careful,” warns Météo-France. “Roads officers ensure that traffic conditions are maintained. Let’s respect them! »
Freezing rains towards Poitou
In the morning there will still be rain on the Mediterranean border. The precipitation will take on a wintry character as soon as it enters the land on an axis which goes up towards the mouth of the Loire, with snow all the way to the plains in eastern Occitanie, and possible small freezing rains. towards Poitou and the south of Pays de la Loire.
The layer of snow will be particularly heavy from the first hills in the departments placed on orange alert. The axis of precipitation will gradually fall towards the Pyrenees, losing its intensity in the afternoon. On the other hand, the rains will increase and will give high accumulations on the Isle of Beauty.
Up to 15 degrees on the Côte d’Azur
Further north, beautiful clearings will be present from the morning north of a line linking Normandy to Burgundy-Franche-Comté, apart from in Val de Saône, where the fogs will be locally freezing. These clearings will widen towards the south over the hours. Despite everything, certain areas of Auvergne will sometimes remain under the gray for quite a long time. The tramontane will rise during the day with 60 to 70 km/hour, then the mistral will locally gust to 80 km/hour.
Minimum temperatures will often be between -5 and -1 degrees in the northern half, between -1 and 2 degrees in the south, with 3 to 6 degrees along the Mediterranean. The maximums will gain a few degrees to the north, with overall 2 to 4 degrees north of the Seine, 3 to 6 degrees in the West, 4 to 8 in the South-West and up to 15 degrees on the Côte d’Azur.