the essential
The weather in France is expected to deteriorate next week due to disruptions caused by Storm Kirk, which is gaining intensity in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Kirk ready to hit France next week? If it is currently evolving in the Atlantic Ocean, the latter is closely monitored by forecasters. Le Parisien, which cites the American Hurricane Center (NHC), explains that the storm is heading towards the North Atlantic.
A major hurricane, that is to say at least category 3 out of 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, Kirk could however evolve by next week. Indeed, early next week, upon contacting cooler waters, Storm Kirk is expected to weaken and become a Category 1 or 2 hurricane again, meaning it would no longer be considered a hurricane. major.
Will Kirk turn the weather upside down in France?
Major hurricane Kirk is developing in the Atlantic, below 20°N this Thursday.
Next week it should make its extratropical transition (and therefore no longer be a hurricane) north of the Azores and could be taken over by a vast Atlantic trough towards Europe… pic.twitter.com/stWIek5JI8— Keraunos (@KeraunosObs) https://twitter.com/KeraunosObs/status/1841744261215117549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Keraunos, the French observatory for tornadoes and violent storms, argued that with the exception of two models which predict Kirk’s landfall in Spain and France, most forecasts indicate that it will instead head towards the English Channel, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Whatever happens, France and the northern part in particular will be affected by heavy rainfall and powerful winds.
The most powerful winds are expected near the English Channel on Thursday October 10, with gusts ranging from 70 to 80 km/h. This remains below the storm threshold, set around 100 km/h on land.
