The cold wave brought by storm Caetano also affects Occitania this Thursday, November 21. While twelve of its thirteen departments are placed on yellow alert, violent winds are forecast, and snowfall is also possible.
While the Caetano storm has arrived in France and is preparing to cross the country this Thursday, November 21, 2024, marked by both the arrival of cold, the first snows coupled with violent winds and rain, Occitanie will not will not pass between the drops.
Twelve departments of Occitanie on yellow alert
Almost the entire Occitanie region is placed on yellow alert for wind, snow-ice or rain-flood. Only the Pyrénées-Orientales are not affected.
- Aveyron (wind and rain-flood)
- Lozère (wind and snow-ice)
- Haute-Garonne (wind)
- Gers (wind)
- Ariège (wind)
- Hautes-Pyrénées (wind)
- Lot (vent)
- Tarn (wind)
- Tarn-et-Garonne (wind)
- Hérault (wind)
- Gard (wind)
- Aude (wind)
Lozère on yellow snow-ice alert
If Brittany and Normandy are already affected by snowfall, in Occitanie, the very cold air could possibly affect Lozère this Thursday, which is the only department in Occitanie placed on yellow snow alert. icy conditions in the area.
As reported by InfOccitanie forecasters, “snow could fall temporarily to low altitude between the morning and early afternoon. The rain-snow limit, around 600 to 700 meters in the morning between the Gard and the Lozère, will rise in the afternoon above 1,400 m before lowering again in the evening and the following night.
Document – Météo France
First snow on Aubrac and the Laguiole resort
As reported by Météo Aveyron 12 and Météo Sud-Aveyron, the first snow fell this Thursday morning on Aubrac.
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