Météo France had warned: this Thursday and until Sunday inclusive, it will be cold in France. Expect temperatures ranging from three to six degrees in the morning, and up to ten degrees in the South. And for maximum temperatures, expect 14° to 17° in the northern half, and 17° to 22° in the South, i.e. five degrees below seasonal norms. Levels worthy of the end of October, specifies the official meteorological service.
Polar dropout
With the exception of the Mediterranean, some rain and showers, even a few centimetres of snow in the Pyrenees and the Alps are expected this Thursday. The sun will regain ground on Friday, with showers in the North of the country. And it will be nice this weekend, even if the air will remain cool. Some frost is even expected in the North-East and in the Massif Central, according to the latest weather report from Météo-France forecaster François Gourand, for the next four days. But how can we explain this cold snap?
This drop in temperatures is due to a polar shift. “Air coming from the North and which will hit the country,” explains the meteorologist. “The situation is blocked in the North-West, because of an anticyclone which is spreading towards the North of the Atlantic Ocean and a depression positioned on the Norwegian Sea. We are at the heart of the phenomenon this Thursday,” he explains.
A normal phenomenon
A drop in temperatures that in any case has no link a priori with climate change, reassures François Gourand. “It is a phenomenon that occurs every year, at one time or another of the year. The coolness is surprising because we remember a very hot September 2023,” he recalls.
In any case, temperatures should gradually return to normal during the course of next week.
