around fifteen departments on alert, snowflakes in the plains… Here's what to expect

A quarter of north-west France is placed on yellow snow-ice alert, for this Saturday evening and Sunday January 19, 2025. In total, 15 departments are concerned.

These are the following departments: Calvados, Côtes d'Armor, Eure, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Mayenne, Morbihan, Orne, Sarthe, Seine -Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne.

Moreover, the Gabri depression hits Corsica and the Isle of Beauty is placed on orange rain-flood alert.

Snow in the Northwest?

Météo-France, in its bulletin, does not particularly forecast snow in the North-West quarter, although it is placed on vigilance. Nevertheless, the different weather models suggest that snowflakes could appear in Brittany, Normandy, even Île-de-France.

In the map below (from Meteociel), here are the snow accumulations (which does not include the snow on the ground) expected between Thursday and Monday, according to the French Arpege model. If the map is not displayed, click here.

In the map below (from Meteociel), here are the snow accumulations (which does not include the snow on the ground) expected between Thursday and Friday, according to the French Arome model. If the map is not displayed, click here.

Other models suggest it could snow lightly.

What temperatures?

On the mercury side, the minimum “range from -4 to -1 degrees generally inland, even -6 near the Massif Central, 0 to 4 by the sea, up to 10 degrees in Corsica and the Côte d'Azur,” specifies Météo France.

The maximums vary between 13 and 16 degrees near the Mediterranean and in the Basque Country, 5 and 9 in the southern half and no more than 1 and 4 degrees in the northern half.

The Gabri Depression in Corsica

The Gabri depression which is still affecting Corsica this Saturday and Sunday, will continue with in particular “a rainy episode”.

Throughout the day, showers are frequent, sustained and sometimes stormy on the eastern half of the island, with a rain-snow limit around 1400 to 1500 m. The quantities of snow are significant in the mountains, the layer often exceeds 1 m.

Furthermore, gusts will reach 60 to 80 km/h, locally 90 km/h on the terrain.

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