After the rain comes the good weather. The many people who still have their feet in the water because of successive floods hope that this adage will come true. According to the weather forecast, precipitation should become rarer from December 15, 2023. The reason ? The arrival of“an anticyclonic potato”. It’s about a “vast area of high pressure which generally extends over thousands of kilometers and which will remain in this position for several days, even several weeks”explained Stéven Tual, meteorologist at Météo Bretagne, in an article of West France published on December 13, 2023. If this phenomenon was called potato, This is because on meteorologists’ maps, it would be shaped like a potato. This anticyclone will put an end to the rain which has continued to fall in many regions of France for several weeks. The phenomenon could continue until Tuesday. Despite everything, just because the rain will be rarer does not mean the weather will be fine.
Rain is expected for Christmas Eve
In fact, the sun’s rays will have a hard time breaking through. “With the humidity of the soil, brought by the rains for several days, and the stability of the atmosphere, brought by the anticyclone, the situation is conducive to the development of low clouds, grayness and fog”, can we read in the last bulletin from Météo France. Therefore, there should be morning mist almost everywhere in the territory during the weekend. In the afternoon, in areas where the clouds have cleared, the weather could be brighter. Concerning temperatures, they will be seasonal with frosts expected in the morning in the East. Once the “anticyclonic potato” has left, precipitation should very quickly return to France. Moreover, for Christmas Eve, the weather forecast predicts very humid and unsettled weather. Only the Mediterranean rim should remain dry. Snow is also expected in many resorts to the delight of those who have planned to go skiing between two holiday meals.