To remember
– severe frosts on snowy ground, down to -15°C in the northeast this morning
– watch out for freezing fog this morning
– cold winter sun l‘afternoon
Evolution compared to yesterday
What changes compared to yesterday is the return of calm and dry weather to the whole country. But the temperatures are even lower this morning with frosts descending to the south.
Details by regions
Risk of freezing fog © The Weather Channel
Minimum temperatures Saturday morning © The Weather Channel
In the northeast, watch out for the cold this particularly sharp morning. Also beware of freezing fog and frozen ground this morning! In the afternoon, the clearings end up prevailing in the middle of a few high clouds.
Min: from -15 to -5°C in the plain Max: from -1 to 3°C
At North West, there too, it is cold with frosts this morning, sometimes severe in the center of Normandy. It freezes all the way to the seaside. The freezing fog this morning gives way to wide sunny spells in the afternoon.
Min: -7 to -2°C / Max: 1 to 6°C
On the Center-East, caution due to totally frozen ground this morning and freezing fog in the valleys. In the afternoon, a cold sun prevails. In the mountains, you benefit from superb weather, with snow on all the massifs, but beware of the risk of avalanche which remains high in the Alps.
Min: from -20°C in the mountains to -5°C on the Lyonnais / Max 0 to 3°C
At the South West, mists are numerous in the Garonne valley and on the Pyrenean foothills, sometimes freezing this morning. In the afternoon, the clearings prevail, and it must be very beautiful in the mountains.
Min: from -3 to 3°C / 5 to 10°C
Near the Mediterraneanif large cumulus develop from the Côte d’Azur to Corsica, the weather is fine elsewhere, despite some recalcitrant low clouds on the Vermeille coast, in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Min: from -2°C in the interior of the Var to 3°C / max: 9 to 13°C
Later Trend: Tomorrow Sunday, a rainy and windy deterioration will affect the north of the country with a risk of ice in the evening in the northeast. Elsewhere, the weather will remain dry, but it will be very cold again in the morning.