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For this Saturday of the big start to the summer holidays, the weather promises to be very hot and sometimes heavy and stormy, especially in the northwest with the passage of a disturbed front.
To remember
– strong heat (T°C>30°C) over 3/4 of the country in the afternoon
– start of a heat wave episode in the south-east: up to 36-37°C in Vaucluse
– thunderstorms in the northwest and as far as the west of Ile-de-France with locally intense rains
Thermal indicator of the day (average temperature over 30 cities in France)
Minimum temperature: 18.9°C
Maximum temperature: 31.7°C
Average temperature: 25.3°C or +4.9°C compared to normal (20.4°C)
Evolution compared to yesterday:
The weather is getting heavier and heavier with a more humid air mass infiltrating through the English Channel and the Atlantic. From the morning, a rainstorm front gives stormy rains between Pays-de-la-Loire, the Rennes basin and Lower Normandy. In the afternoon, the stormy showers spread towards the Paris Basin and Upper Normandy, circulating very randomly. The Hauts-de-France will be affected at the end of the day by storms.
Details by regions :
From Brittany and Pays de la Loire to Normandy, the weather is unstable this morning with chaotic skies and stormy rains between eastern Brittany, Pays de la Loire and western Normandy. The weather remains dry with sunny spells over eastern Normandy. In the afternoon, fine clearings returned to western Brittany and the Pays de la Loire coast. Elsewhere, the weather remains unstable with sometimes heavy stormy showers.
Min: 17 to 20°C Max: 21 to 31°C
From Centre-Val de Loire to Ile-de-France and Hauts-de-France, the weather is dry and sunny spells dominate this morning. In the afternoon, the weather becomes very hot and heavy and thunderstorms break out in places. These storms circulate randomly so that their precise location is difficult to predict. They can be accompanied by intense rains and locally by a little hail.
Min: 17 to 20°C Max: 27 to 33°C
From the Great East and Burgundy-Franche-Comté to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, it’s a very hot, summery day that accompanies you with sunshine, but also a few cloudy buds. The temperatures are very mild this morning and strong heat settles in the afternoon.
Min: 16 to 21°C Max: 30 to 36°C
From New Aquitaine to Occitania, the sun dominates in a sky sometimes a little veiled by high clouds. The high temperatures remain relevant, except near the Atlantic coast where the air is a little more breathable.
Min: 17 to 22°C Max: 27 to 35°C
From PACA to Corsica, the sun remains generous and the summer conditions with very high temperatures in the land. It is in the lower Rhône valley and the Provençal hinterland that the temperatures are the highest, sometimes exceeding 35°C. The temperatures are lower on the coast with the sea wind which moderates the heat a little.
Min: 18 to 24°C Max: 30 to 37°C
Later evolution :
Heavy and stormy weather will affect many parts of the northern half this Sunday. Thunderstorms may locally be strong with intense rain, hail and strong gusts of wind. In the south, the weather will remain dry and still very hot, especially in the south-east with peaks of 38°C in the Vaucluse.