Thursday 21 – 11:45 a.m.
Due to the worsening of its initial forecasts, Météo-France raised today, and at least until this Friday 6 a.m., the level of vigilance for Seine-Maritime to Orange “snow-ice” vigilance, due to risk of freezing rain and snow. This deterioration in weather conditions led the prefect to take several traffic restriction measures.
Thus, collective transport of children and school buses and interurban collective transport are prohibited from 6 p.m. this evening. They will also be tomorrow morning, due to an episode of frost that the department will experience tonight.
In coordination with the National Education and Normandy region services responsible for this transport, the organization of early returns of students is underway. Communication from the establishments will soon be made directly to families.
From now on, and until further notice, overtaking heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes is prohibited on the entire road network and their maximum authorized speed is lowered by 20 km/h.
In addition, heavy goods vehicle storage areas will be opened on the edge of the Somme department. On the A28 in the Abbeville/Rouen direction, these are the Vallée de Bresle and Maucomble areas and on the A29, the Haudricourt-lllois-Ronchois area in the Amiens/Le Havre direction,
The prefect of Seine-Maritime calls on motorists to be extremely vigilant and recommends that they adapt their driving to local weather conditions and, as far as possible, limit their travel.
Read the decree relating to the exceptional regulation of the circulation of collective transport for children, school buses and interurban collective transport.
General advice to the population
These weather conditions call for increased vigilance on the part of everyone:
- Only undertake essential travel.
- In case of travel obligation
◦ Monitor the weather forecasts on the meteofrance.com website
◦ Inform loved ones of their movements
◦ Bring special equipment for the car (snow tires, chains, etc.)
◦ Strictly respect diversions and traffic instructions
◦ Turn on the low beam or fog lights.
- Use the ventilation and defrosting systems to allow the windshield wipers to operate properly. If the vehicle is immobilized while traveling:
◦ Do not run the engine to heat the vehicle, exhaust gases can cause suffocation.
Weather forecast
Thursday 21
The sky remains gray most of the day. The weather is humid in the morning, with sometimes lasting snowfall, then more scattered in the afternoon, with even the return of dry weather in the Pays de Bray and the Dieppe region. At the end of the afternoon, the precipitation stops everywhere.
At most, snow depths can reach 5 centimeters on Pointe de Caux and the Le Havre area.
In the afternoon, establishment of an East to North-East wind, locally quite strong; attenuation afterwards. Gusts reaching 85 km/h locally.
Maximum temperatures: indoors between 1 and 3 degrees. From 6 to 9 degrees on the coast. These temperatures are below seasonal values, in places well below.
For next night:
The night begins with fairly broad clearings. The first showers begin around midnight, on the Pointe de Caux and the Le Havre area. As the hours pass, they gain ground in the eastern half of the department, with even a risk of storms. Precipitation is mainly snow in the coldest areas, but rain can also appear in places.
Quite strong west to northwest wind, on the coast. Gusts reaching 85 km/h at night.
Minimum temperatures: indoors between -2 and -1 degrees. From 3 to 4 degrees on the coast.
For tomorrow Friday the 22nd during the day and the following night:
The day begins under a well-overcast sky, with scattered precipitation, which takes on a stormy character on the coast. This precipitation stops quickly, and for the rest of the day, the weather is generally dry, although we cannot exclude the occurrence of small showers. The snow gradually turns to rain during the morning. For the night: We observe beautiful clearings in the evening. Then, the sky clouds over very quickly in the middle of the night.
5 millimeters is the maximum amount of rain expected in the Seine valley.
Maximum quantities of snow can reach 10 centimeters in the Rouen metropolitan area.
Quite strong wind on the coast, from the West-North-West, until mid-afternoon; and from South-South-East, in the early morning. With gusts reaching 85 km/h.
Maximum temperatures for the day: 6 to 9 degrees, and 3 degrees in the Rouen metropolitan area.
Minimum temperatures for the following night: in the eastern three quarters of the department between 0 and 3 degrees. 4 degrees on Pointe de Caux and the Le Havre area.
Météo-France places the Seine-Maritime department on yellow flood alert for the Epte section.
