A cool and snowy week. Snow has fallen in abundance in recent days, allowing resorts in the Pyrenees to start their ski lifts earlier than expected. Another consequence of this winter weather : five departments of the Occitanie region are placed on alert yellow avalanches and Toulouse suffered a (mild) cold spell.
Yellow vigilance activated
Indeed, this Wednesday, December 11, Haute-Garonne, Ariège, Hautes-Pyrénées, Pyrénées-Orientales and Pyrénées-Atlantiques are under increased surveillance as announced Météo-France : “Due to heavy snowfall, in often windy conditions, the risk of avalanche was high over most of the Pyrenees chain.”
A yellow vigilance which will continue this Thursday, December 12 if the weather conditions do not improve in these five departments.
Toulouse is in the cold
On the side of the Pink City, while the weather is calmer after the passage of storm Darragh which brought violent winds and heavy rain, temperatures will drop and plateau below seasonal averages by mid-week: it will be a maximum of 8 degrees on Wednesday December 11 and only 2 degrees Thursday December 12 in the morning.
More don't panic! “The maximums should rise again on Wednesday in the South-West and around the Mediterranean, more frankly on Thursday in the South-West, where they return to averages of mid-December.”, indicates Météo-France.
On the other hand, if Toulouse residents will be exempt from rain and wind and will find mild temperatures for the month of December, frosts should become more frequent and stronger in the South-West…
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