Météo-France has placed forty-nine departments on orange alert for the risk of violent winds, snowfall and ice in a large part of central France, stretching from Brittany to the southeast and including the Ile de France, from Thursday to 6. am, according to the bulletin published on Wednesday, November 20. “On Thursday, the Caetano depression will cross France from west to east and cause snowfall” north of its path, even on the plains, which could be “important enough to make traffic conditions difficult”specifies Météo-France. The weather agency is also waiting. “Strong winds in the south” of the passing of depression.
Snowfall is forecast “between the end of the night from Wednesday to Thursday and the afternoon of Thursday” and the orange surveillance remains in place until at least midnight on Thursday. “We expect 2 to 5 cm on the plains, locally up to 10 cm above 200-300 m and up to 15 to 20 cm in eastern Franche-Comté”adds Météo-France.
The passage of this depression occurs within the framework of a “early winter episode” with the arrival starting Wednesday of a “polar air mass” causing temperatures to drop. These last “It should reach a maximum of between 5°C and 10°C at the best time of day, that is, values comparable to the January averages”according to Météo-France. The cold is expected to persist on Friday before a “powerful stronghold” It is expected during the day on Saturday.
In the southern part of the depression, more precisely on the Atlantic coasts from Aquitaine to the Pays de la Loire and to the Massif Central, strong gusts of wind capable of exceeding 100 km/h are possible.
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