We announced it this weekend: the arrival of snow in the plains is becoming clearer. It should fall tomorrow, Thursday November 21, 2024. The cause: the Caetano depression which crosses the country and “will cause snowfall to the north of its trajectory on an axis going from North Brittany/Normandy to the Grand-Est”specifies Météo-France, which speaks of a “early winter episode for the regions concerned”.
49 departments on orange alert
Thus, this Wednesday, November 20, Météo France placed 49 departments on orange snow and ice vigilance from Thursday 6 a.m. including the Loir-et-Cher, the Vienna, and Deux-Sèvres.
“We expect 2 to 5 cm in the plains, locally up to 10 cm above 200/300 m, and up to 15 to 20 cm in the east of Franche-Comté.specifies Météo France. In Île-de-France, we expect 1 to 3 cm, locally 5 to 7 cm in the south of the region. » Difficult traffic conditions will have to be expected. “An extension of this vigilance to some neighboring departments remains possible in future updates”adds Météo France.
The rest of the departments are on yellow alert for wind and rain, except Aude, Pyrénées-Orientales, Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse and Somme.
“In this episode, we expect gusts generally between 100 and 120 km/h on the coast of the departments placed on orange vigilance, and even occasionally up to 130 km/h possible on the exposed islands and capes. Inland, gusts are generally around or exceed 100 km/h in the departments on orange alert, with peaks around 110 km/h more occasionally. »
France
