Almost 20 departments placed in vigilance this Friday, to what to expect

Like an echo last weekend, where several tens of thousands of lightning had struck France and where thunderstorms had caused many damage. In full bridge of May 8, 2025, the weather remains particularly unstable, between showers and thunderstorms.

Even if the sun answers the call this Friday, May 9, 2025 afternoon on the northern third of the country, thunderstorms sign their comeback. To the point that Météo France triggers yellow vigilance for 19 departments.

Return temperatures … and return thunderstorms

This new stormy sequence opens on Friday, due to a wind that rocks “in the southeast sector, Going up to France of the warmer air from North Africa, ”explained to actu.fr The meteorologist Yann Amice, in a previous article.

Temperatures will therefore go up after the freshness of the start of the week-caused by a polar flow and a north-north-east wind. But, cold air At altitude and hot air in the low layers, they will also be synonymous with thunderstorms.

The instability will return, due to the presence of cold air at altitude which will slide again from the West. New convergence phenomena in low layers will be monitored with risks of strong showers and hail in several regions during the weekend.

Between 4 and 8 ° C in the interior of the country

The morning on Friday promises to be calm, but in the afternoon, outside the sun installed “from Normandy, Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France and to the northeast”, the clouds will densify quickly.

“They give Stormy showers on all mountain ranges. In the plain, the showers are scattered, ”sums up the France Météo Bulletin Thursday, May 8, 2025. Watch out for thunderstorms on the Basque Country, therefore.

Temperature side, The freshness remains With “4 to 8 degrees in the interior and 8 to 12 degrees on the coastlines”, continues Météo France. As mentioned above, the maximums know a slight increase“With 16 to 19 degrees near the Channel and 19 to 23 degrees on the rest of the country”.

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