Watch out for strong winds on Monday. Nine departments have been placed on orange alert for violent winds, Météo-France announced on Sunday. Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Loire, Rhône, Haute-Loire, Ain, Isère and Jura will be swept by strong gusts during the day Monday. A “non-exceptional” windy episode, linked to storm Bert.
“During the night from Sunday to Monday, the wind accelerated and reached 100-110 km/h, particularly in Lyonnais, the Givors sector, up to the northern plains of Auvergne and Saône-et-Loire. , with values for the Gier valley and the Haute-Loire valleys that can reach or exceed 120 km/h at peak,” explains Météo-France.
Strong gusts
But the violent winds will not be limited to these departments alone. “Uncertainty persists over a geographic extension of the phenomenon for strong gusts which may partially affect part of Cantal,” adds the meteorological institute in its Sunday evening bulletin.
But rest assured, these winds should weaken during the day on Monday. In the morning on the Pyrenees, early in the afternoon on the Massif Central, and rather in the middle of the afternoon on the Lyonnais/Gier valley side, as well as towards the Saône-et-Loire.
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