In its latest report, Saturday August 31, Météo France placed a large part of France on yellow alert for storms. Only Brittany, the Grand-Est and the South-East are spared.
The end of a month of August that has not always kept all its promises from a climatic point of view. For this last weekend of the month before the start of the school year, Météo France announces that 53 departments are on yellow alert for risk of storms, Saturday August 31.
In detail, this concerns all the departments of mainland France, with the exception of Finistère, Morbihan and Côtes-d’Armor in Brittany, but also Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Vosges, Haute-Saône and the Territoire de Belfort for the Grand-Est. The entire Côte-d’Azur is spared, like a large part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and the north-eastern part of Occitanie.
Little improvement on Sunday
In terms of temperatures, only the Rhône and the Alpes-Maritimes are on yellow heatwave alert, with up to 33°C in Lyon and 30°C in Nice on Saturday afternoon. It will also be hot in Ajaccio, where 32°C are expected, as well as in Vichy. Everywhere else, the temperature should not exceed 30°C, according to Météo France forecasts.
On Sunday, September 1st, the country will be split in two regarding storm warnings, with the entire western half, from Calvados to the Pyrénées-Orientales, on yellow alert, with the exception of Finistère. The northern tip of the country is affected, as is the southeastern part of the country and Corsica. The Rhône and the Alpes-Maritimes will remain on yellow heatwave alert.
published on August 31 at 7:10 a.m., Théo Rampazzo, 6Medias
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