Weather for the weekend and until Christmas: what weather is expected in Occitanie and France

Sun? Sweetness? Snow in the mountains? What will the weather be like at Christmas this year? Here is what the weather forecasts say for the next few days in Occitanie throughout France.

Saturday December 21

In the South-West, the weather will be unsettled on Saturday with light heavy rain. A little snow is forecast for the Pyrenees and the Massif Central above 1000 m altitude indicates Météo France while Météo Pyrénées predicts a rain-snow limit at 1600/1700 m. Showers will continue to fall in the afternoon south of the Garonne. Around the Gulf of Lion, the weather is expected to be changeable but it will remain dry. The tramontane will blow between 70 and 80 km/h while the mistral will weaken throughout the day. The maximums will be 9°C in Rodez; 12°C in Toulouse, Tarbes, Foix, Albi, Castres; 13°C in Montauban, Auch, Pau, Cahors, Carcassonne; 14°C in Agen and Narbonne.

Elsewhere in France, the weather will be disturbed from the southwest to the northeast at daybreak. It should snow above 600/800 m in the Eastern massifs or even less in Franche-Comté at the start of the night. In the afternoon, showers will occur from Poitou-Charentes to Limousin and the eastern borders. At the same time, wet weather will spread to Brittany and Hauts-de-France. The wind will blow at 50 to 60 km/h inland and up to 60/80 km/h near the Channel. Showers will reach the Paris region and the Grand Est during the night from Saturday to Sunday. Maximum temperatures will range from 7°C in the North to 18°C ​​near the Mediterranean.

Sunday December 22

The morning will still be cloudy and rainy over a large part of Occitanie. This weather will hardly change in the afternoon. In the Pyrenees, precipitation will extend from west to east and give snow above 1300 m. At the end of the day, a new Pyrenean blockade will be put in place until Tuesday morning. Near the Mediterranean, sunshine is always forecast with a strong mistral and a strong tramontane. These clearings will reach the Pyrénées-Orientales. The predicted maximums are 10°C in Rodez; 13°C in Toulouse, Montauban, Cahors, Albi, Castres; 14°C in Tarbes, Auch, Pau, Agen, Foix, Carcassonne; 16°C in Narbonne.

Elsewhere in France, three-quarters of the country will be under showers for a good part of the day. They may be temporarily supported. Snow will fall on all mountain ranges at increasingly lower altitudes during the day. Heavy snowfall is forecast in the Northern Alps. It is expected to fall between 25 and 50 cm at 1500 meters by Monday. On the Jura between 20 and 40 cm of powder are forecast. The maximums will be between 5°C and 15°C in the afternoon.

The altitude of the 0°C isotherm will fluctuate a lot this #weekendleading to an alternation of rain and snow #montagne. But from Sunday evening, the cooling will be quite marked, allowing the resumption of the #snow abundant at low altitude on our massifs ❄️⛄️ pic.twitter.com/zUT0X4vZzL

— La Chaîne Météo (@lachainemeteo)

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Monday December 23

Monday morning, snowfall could fall from 700/800 m altitude in the Pyrenees and above 1000/1200 m in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Snowfall is also forecast in the Massif Central. Between the two, clearings should return to Midi-Pyrénées. The sun will shine around the Mediterranean. The wind will blow throughout Occitanie between 40 and 70 km/h. This weather will not change much in the afternoon. The sky will alternate between scattered rain and clearings in Midi-Pyrénées. The sun will still be widely present in Languedoc and Roussillon. The predicted maximums are 4°C in Rodez; 8°C in Cahors and Foix; 9°C in Toulouse, Tarbes, Albi, Castres, Carcassonne; 10°C in Montauban, Agen, Auch; 11°C in Pau and Narbonne.

Tuesday December 24

Tuesday morning, clearings are forecast in Midi-Pyrénées but the rain will not be far away and will wet several departments in the morning. The Gulf of Lion will be sunny. In the afternoon, the weather will be rainy over the Pyrenees massif and the south of Midi-Pyrénées while the weather will be sunny over the north of Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc and Roussillon. It should be 5°C in the afternoon in Rodez; 8°C in Albi and Castres; 9°C in Cahors; 10°C in Toulouse, Montauban, Agen, Foix, Carcassonne; 11°C in Auch and Narbonne; 12°C in Tarbes; 13°C in Pau.

First week of Christmas holidays

As the week goes by, the weather will become calmer in the southern half of France. Less gray, more brightening and more and more softness. In the Mediterranean, it will be up to 15°C under the sun. In the northern half, after Christmas Eve, the weather is expected to be calmer with a little more clearing but cooler temperatures and the probable return of frost in the morning.

For the second week of the holidays from December 30 to January 5, it is still much too early to have reliable forecasts. It is possible that the anticyclone will resist in particular in the southern half, depending The Weather Channelbringing sunny weather. It is not excluded that humidity and freshness return through the northern half.