The weather on Tuesday will be marked by significant storms in the south-west of the country where four departments will be on orange alert from 6 p.m., Météo-France announced.
The departments concerned are Gironde, Dordogne, Landes and Lot-et-Garonne, said the meteorological service, specifying that hail and heavy rain are also expected.
In the morning, the stormy rains overnight over the northwest and center will quickly shift northward and evacuate into Belgium at midday.
Rain from north to west
Light rain will persist throughout the day along the Channel, accompanied by a strong north to northeast wind. Behind this first stormy burst, the sky will be cloudy from the Atlantic coast to the northeast, the weather will be calm in the morning.
In the afternoon, the weather will get worse and thunderstorms will break out over New Aquitaine, then spread to the center at the end of the day, and in the evening to the Paris basin then the north-east.
These storms will often be strong with a risk of hail and heavy rain. In New Aquitaine then the center, they will be followed in the evening and night by more regular rains.
Quiet weather in the southeast
In the south-eastern half of the country, from Occitanie to the Alps and Alsace, the weather will remain calm, warm and sunny despite high cloud banks. The south to southeast wind will be weak in general, moderate in the Autan area and in the Rhône valley.
Minimum temperatures will range from 12 to 16 degrees in the northern half, 15 to 19 in the south. The maximums will vary between 16 and 21 degrees in Brittany and along the Channel, 22 and 27 from Pays de la Loire to the Belgian border, and between 27 and 31 in the rest of the country, with local peaks at 32 or 33 degrees. in Provence.
