This week, the flow shifts to the northern sector and temperatures will drop to normal before going a little below: we will be treated to completely seasonal cold.
National heat indicator © the weather channel
France stuck between an anticyclone and a cold drop
Benefiting until then from an anticyclone of subtropical origin with mild air at altitude, France passes into a northerly flow from Tuesday. Cooler air will arrive in the country from the east, in connection with a cold drop (-30°C at 5000 m), coming from Germany which will cross France before isolating itself in Spain on Wednesday.
Situation in Europe next week © The Weather Channel
Return to temperatures below seasonal norms
With the direction of the wind to the North and the lifting of the north wind, the values will return to seasonal norms. The drop will be more marked in the south, where mildness still dominates, than in the north. Thus, maximum temperatures could lose 4 to 8°C on average in the southern half, but only 2°C in the northeast. It will even become quite cold from the northeast to the center-east under the breeze in the middle of the week.
Drop in temperatures © the weather channel
A risk of snow in the mountains and at low altitude?
The weather will become unstable on Tuesday, linked to the cold drop circulating from Germany towards Spain. With the drop in temperatures and humidity, snow will appear on the eastern reliefs at fairly low altitudes, which is certainly good news a few weeks before the Christmas holidays. But, these snowfalls will be in the form of showers and will not be significant. For the moment, no major snow damage is expected in our mountains.
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