Weather for this Monday, January 15: deterioration, watch out for ice and snow this morning in the east

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By Gilles MATRICONmeteorologist

This Monday, January 15, the cold weather persists in 3/4 of the country. But it gets wet in places. A little snow and ice are reported, which complicate the situation this morning between 6 and 9 a.m. if you are traveling between Hauts-de-France and the Grand Est as far as Seine-et-Marne.

To remember


– snow and ice north of the Seine this morning


– rainy degradation in the south linked to the arrival of an Atlantic disturbance


– temperatures still low for the seasonexcept in the southwest where the warm weather is accentuated




Thermal indicator of the day (average temperature over 30 cities in France)


Minimum temperature: 0.1°C


Maximum temperature: 5.3°C


Average temperature: 2.7°C (deficit of -3°C compared to normal)




Evolution compared to yesterday


What changes compared to yesterday is a deterioration, which arrives both from the northeast in the form of small snowfalls, and from the southwest where rains occur in softened air.




Details by region


On the regions north of the Loire, a disturbance coming down from the North Sea brings you small snowfalls north of the Seine as far as Alsace this morning. The quantities remain low. However, be careful until 10 a.m. with icy conditions generated by this light snowfall which falls on completely frozen ground. This afternoon, clearings return to the northwest where you will find blue skies after several days of gray.


Min temperature: -3 to 0°C Max temperature: 1 to 6°C




Of Aquitaine to Pyrenees until Roussillon, these are the rains that accompany you throughout your day. They are temporarily strong south of the Garonne, weak and scattered elsewhere.


Min T° 0 to 6°C Max T°: 6 to 12°C




Of Limousin to theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, in contact with cold air, a few flakes are observed from 500 meters altitude, under a very cloudy overcast sky. In the plains, there is rain, generally light.


Min temperature: -5 to 0°C Max temperature: 2 to 5°C




Near the Mediterranean, from Languedoc to Provence Côte d’Azur to Corsica, a veil of high clouds covers your sky. The westerly wind is noticeable on the Var coast and northern Corsica, reaching 80 km/h in gusts.


Min temperature: 1 to 7°C Max temperature: 9 to 13°C




Further trend : Tuesday, due to an anticyclonic surge, the weather becomes calm again, under variable skies across the whole of France. In the morning, you will have to be wary of the freezing fogs from the southwest plains to the Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes valleys as well as the Saône valley.


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