The arrival of the cold will not have escaped anyone. After the fresh gust of wind on Tuesday November 19, temperatures fell in Sarthe this Wednesday November 20, 2024, not exceeding 4°C upon waking. And the mercury will come even closer to 0°C tomorrow, Thursday November 21… In the early morning, Météo France is forecasting only 2 to 3°C under shelter throughout the department and 4°C in the afternoon. Temperatures will only rise again from midday on Saturday.
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But then, very low temperatures mean risk of frost and snowfall… What is expected in Sarthe?
Expected flakes
Météo France placed the department on orange snow and ice alert this Wednesday, November 20, 2024. In all, 24 French departments are concerned, diagonally from Manche and Côtes-d'Armor to Doubs and Haut-Rhin.
The cause: the Caetano depression which will cross the country in the center, from west to east, and create a major air mass conflict. “North of this depression, snowfall down to the plains is expected between the end of the night from Wednesday to Thursday and the evening of Thursday, from Brittany to Center-Val-de-Loire, via Normandy. »
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What to expect in the Sarthois sky?
According to the forecasts published this Wednesday morning, the sky will be cloudy all day this Thursday and a few snowflakes are forecast everywhere in Sarthe. In the afternoon, rain mixed with snow should fall around Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Écommoy and Loué while flakes will continue to settle in the rest of the territory.
The sky will clear in the evening which will not warm the temperatures (0 to 1°C) but will stop the snow until the next morning when new flakes are expected.
This weekend, the frost will be back almost everywhere in the department. Be careful of ice if you have to take the road. On its Facebook page, the Sarthe gendarmerie calls for proof “patience and prudence”.
