Very heavy rainstorms will continue to affect a large part of the country over the next few hours. The end of the weekend is also expected to be very unsettled. What can we expect in concrete terms? Find our latest weather forecasts in this article.
Very unsettled weather conditions are affecting a large part of France this weekend. Météo-France is maintaining several departments on orange alert this Saturday for floods, storms and heavy rain/flooding. Extremely rainy weather will indeed continue in several regions over the next few hours.
Further heavy rain is expected tomorrow. Rainfall accumulations could again be significant between the extreme south-east quarter and Corsica. Heavy rains will also affect regions close to the Channel. Find our latest forecasts in this article.
Orange alert this Saturday
Météo-France’s orange alert concerns several departments this Saturday. Several parameters are being monitored: floods in the southwest (Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées), heavy rains in Limousin and Dordogne and locally violent storms in Drôme and Ardèche.
This afternoon, Heavy rain is once again expected along an axis going from Tarn, Aveyron and Lot towards Allier and Nièvre. Heavy rain is also expected in the Cévennes this afternoon. In the northwest of the country, thunderstorms could heavily rain down on Brittany, Normandy and the Pays de la Loire.
Generally speaking, The stormy rains could bring 50 to 80 millimeters over the whole episode, locally up to 100 liters of water per square meter.
After the heat, the storms!
The area of very unstable weather present this afternoon over the central regions will reach the eastern and northeastern regions in the evening. The departments of Ardèche and Drôme are on orange alert for very rainy storms.
Clear spells will still return this afternoon between Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes and the Pyrenean departments. However, After the heavy rains of the last few hours, the Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques remain on orange “flood” alert.
Heavy rain again tomorrow
Sunday is also expected to be very disrupted. Further heavy rains are expected in particular between the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region and Corsica.
Heavy rains are also expected to sweep across the northwestern regions of France. Rainfall accumulations could be significant in these regions, particularly between Brittany and Normandy where locally more than 50 litres of water per square metre could fall.
The atmosphere is looking really autumnal in places tomorrow afternoon with this rainy weather and a sharp drop in temperatures. With the wind very noticeable in the north-western regions, the temperatures will be more like October.
This freshness should intensify next week and spread across the country with a descent of polar air.
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