Météo-France placed 28 departments in the north and north-east of France on orange snow and ice alert on Saturday January 4. Freezing rain and snowfall are expected.
As temperatures drop, there is a risk of snow and ice. This is what is happening in the north-east of France. Thus, 28 departments are placed, Saturday January 4 in the evening, on orange snow and ice vigilance, Météo-France reported.
The departments concerned by orange vigilance are: Eure, Seine-Maritime, the Ile-de-France departments, Somme, Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Oise, Aisne, Aube, Côte- d'Or, the Ardennes, the Marne, the Meuse, the Haute-Marne, the Meuse, the Haute-Saône, the Meurthe-et-Moselle, the Vosges, the Moselle, the Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and the Territoire de Belfort. 15 departments remain on orange alert until Sunday January 5 at 6 a.m.
Up to 5 centimeters of snow on the ground
-“A disturbance associated with a lot of mild air will sweep across the entire country in a southwest and northeast direction” Saturday January 4 and during the night from Saturday to Sunday, indicated Météo-France. The disruption will “come to encounter a mass of cold air”thus causing “snowfall and especially freezing rain for a few hours”.
Up to 5 centimeters of snow on the ground is expected in the Grand-Est, although snowfall will be “fairly brief”explained the site. Météo-France does not envisage, for the moment, a worsening of orange vigilance.
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