Storm Éowyn: wind gusts of up to 100 km/h, the north of France soon hit by this “weather bomb”

If the United States is hit hard by the Polar Vortex, the northern Francebut especially the United Kingdomdon't go not be spared by the instability of the current weather. Ce Thursday and Friday will be strongly affected by a new storm : Éowyn. It will begin to form in the Atlantic on Thursday January 23 and will hit the United Kingdom the next day before evacuating towards Norway.

Although it does not directly affect the ribs French, those of the Channel will not be sparedand strong winds are expected in certain regions, as specified by Christelle Robert, forecaster at Météo-France, contacted by our colleagues at BFMTV: “The gusts could reach 80 to 90 km/h on the coasts and locally 100 km/h”, adding that “inland too, gusts of 80 km/h could be recorded from Brittany to Nord-Pas-de-Calais”. Brittany will also be affected by the rain.

The Weather Channel describes this phenomenon as a “weather bomb”. Ireland as well as Scotland will be the most threatened with “possible gusts of up to 170 km/h on the coast and waves of nearly 10 meters, raising fears of numerous submergences”, also specifies the channel.