Temperatures continue to cool in France, resulting in frosts over most of the territory.
After a particularly mild start to winter, snow has arrived for the first time this year in the central and eastern regions of France. And this, to the plain.
four departments,‘Allier, the Loire, the Puy-de-Dôme and the Saône-et-Loire are on snow orange alert, according to the latest press release from The Weather Channel*.
Heavy snowfall on icy ground is also expected in the Vosges, the Haut-Rhin, the Haute-Saône, the Doubs, the Côte-D’Or, the Ain, the Creuse, the Puy-de-Dôme, the Rhône, the Isère and the Territoire de Belfortpushing Météo France to place them also on orange alert.
As for the western and southern regions, swept successively by the two storms Gérard and Fien, the weather is improving with a relatively sunny sky in the morning. Temperatures are below normal for the season. In the afternoon, the sun and the clouds alternate in the whole country even if the showers persist in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, which have also been placed on orange rain alert, and in Corsica, according to The weather channel *.
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The snow that fell throughout the night is present this morning in the regions of Great East, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpesin the Jurain Burgundy as well as in the Limousin. The flakes were deposited massively on the roads, in particular on the A89, leading to sand removal missions even before daybreak. Vinci Autoroute called on users to be careful.
Temperatures are cold and between -3 and 0°C minimum and maximum between 2 and 5°C. The snow is therefore likely to stay on the ground even on the plain in the morning, but is reduced to a few flakes in the afternoon.
The weather is still restless in the Pyrenees with showers that turn to snow from 400 meters above sea level. These rains should be spaced out throughout the day except in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques. Temperatures remain positive with a minimum that varies between 1 and 3°C and a maximum between 4 and 7°C.
In the West, the weather is fairly overcast but sunny spells are appearing. In Finistère, some rains are present. The sun is returning along the Atlantic coast, from the Gironde to the region Center. In terms of temperatures, the minimums remain cold, between -1 and 3°C. The maximum is between 4 and 8°C. The wind is present on the coasts and blows at 60 km/h.
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The weather also varies between clouds and clearings of the Ardennes to the Normandy passing through the region Ile-de-France. Temperatures are cold and oscillate between a minimum of -2 to 0°C and a maximum of 3 to 6°C.
In the South, the sun is shining in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. On the other hand, the mistral and the tramontane always blow with winds up to 100 km/h. Temperatures are at least between 0 and 3°C and at most between 7 and 9°C.
The rains continue in Corsica despite improvement. Thunderstorms are expected over the west of the island. Minimum temperatures are between 2 and 5°C and maximum between 9 and 11°C.
*The Weather Channel is a property of the Figaro group.
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