Cold drop: rain threatens the south-east of France, Spain and Valencia on alert again

Cold drop, the sequel. As expected, a cold drop cross the Francebringing cold and rain in its wake, all the way to the south ofSpain. But as far as France is concerned, the forecasts have softened since this Sunday.

Indeed, certain models predicted significant storms and heavy accumulations on the plain of Roussillon and the Pyrenees-Orientales. Ultimately, the cold drop should cross the country faster than expected. As a result, severe bad weather is still possible but at a much lower level than those experienced recently.

Orange alert

This Tuesday, it is the south-east of the country which is mainly affected, with in particular 80mm “possible” in the west of the Var, according to Guillaume Séchet. “In the border Alps, the PACA region and Corsica, the morning promises to be disturbed with an overcast sky and precipitation sometimes marked, sometimes stormy near the coast. On the Alpine terrain, snowfall occurs from 1200 m above sea level. altitude, whitening the ground well from 1300 m. In the afternoon, the rains extend towards Languedoc, they are sometimes intense and stormy at the coast, on the other hand. in the east of PACA the precipitation is decreasing”specifies Météo France which announces rains on Perpignan this Wednesday morning.

In Spain, on the other hand, AEMET (the equivalent of Météo France) has placed several sectors in orange alert this Tuesday. The regions of Valence et Alicante are concerned. Accumulations could reach 40 mm there. Precipitation which could cause considerable damage to land devastated by floods.

The bulk of the precipitation is forecast for the Balearic Islands, also on orange alert. 100 mm of accumulations are planned.

Note that an orange alert also runs in Catalonia, a wave alert which can reach 6 to 7 meters.

Finally, a few snowflakes fell in Font-Romeu and in Andorra as evidenced by the images from Météo Pyrénées published on the social networks