On the E411, Inforoutes reports an accident in Beez in the direction of Luxembourg and the lines. The situation is complicated at Daussoulx towards Brussels, the left lane is blocked.
In Hainaut, an accident has been reported on the A15/E42 near Gosselies, with a vehicle stopped in the wrong direction.
The IRM has issued a yellow alert for slippery conditions across the country with the exception of West Flanders. This warning is in effect until 9 a.m.
“Vigilance in particular the secondary network”
The federal highway police called for caution from 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday. “The Road Action Cell (CAR) composed of the Regional Center for Risk Coordination and the Transmission of Expertise (CORTEX), the Perex Center and the Federal Highway Police, confirms that all conventional means in terms of personnel and in equipment from the Public Service of Wallonia (SPW) remain mobilized to ensure the safety of users as much as possible and maintain good traffic conditions on regional roads. However, it recommends that all users remain vigilant if they have to use them. the road network, in particular the secondary network”, indicates the press release. “All motorists are invited to adapt their speed, avoid any sudden maneuvers, keep a sufficient safety distance from the vehicle in front, provide the necessary equipment (snow tires), carefully check the condition of their vehicle, do not exceed the spreaders,…”
The weather should get milder this Thursday with generally dry weather. The clearings will widen from the north of the country, according to forecasts from the Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM). The maxima will vary between -1°C in the Ardennes and 4°C by the sea. The wind will be weak to moderate from the southwest then weak and variable.
This Thursday evening and during most of the night, the sky will be slightly to partly cloudy. At the end of the night, cloudiness will increase in the northwest and west of the country with the possibility of a few showers of rain or melting snow. The minimums will vary between -5°C in the Hautes-Fagnes, 0°C in the center of the country and 4°C by the sea. The wind will be weak to moderate from the west then moderate from the southwest. Along the coast it will be moderate to quite strong.
On Friday, the weather will remain quite cold with further showers, sometimes wintry from the North Sea. The north-east of the country will remain the most exposed, and clearings will be more numerous in the regions close to France. With maximums of 0°C in the Hautes-Fagnes to 7°C by the sea, additional accumulation of snow will be possible in the Hautes-Ardennes. A few patches of ice may also form in places at night and in the morning in the event of clearings. The wind will be moderate from west to southwest, along the coast quite strong. After a night and a cold morning, Saturday will start with sunny spells. Cloudiness will increase quickly from the west, then some light rain may reach the west of the country during the afternoon. The maxima will vary between 2 and 7°C.
France: storm Caetano brings winter early
Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of a month of January: with the arrival of storm Caetano, winter arrives on Thursday in France, where 52 departments are placed on orange alert for snow, ice and wind.
This storm “will cross France from west to east and cause an early winter episode that is sufficiently notable to make traffic conditions difficult in the regions concerned”, indicates Météo-France on its website.
In its Wednesday bulletin at 4 p.m., Météo-France placed 52 departments on orange alert, including 33 for snow-ice, mainly in the northern part of the country and in the Alps, and 19 for wind, from Loire-Atlantique to the Gironde then on a line going to Savoie.
“In Ile-de-France, we expect 1 to 5 cm, locally 5 to 10 cm in the south of the region,” continues Météo-France, which adds that snowfall “is also expected at low altitude in the Alps South”.
Further south, the wind will blow strongly with “gusts generally between 100 and 120 km/h on the coast of the departments placed on orange vigilance”, or even “130 km/h possible on the exposed islands and capes”. Inland, gusts should be around 100 km/h and up to “110 to 130 km/h on the Massif Central and more than 150 km/h on the highest points of the Alps”.
In places, temperatures should be close to those of January.
Strong winds could also cause avalanches in the Alps. “Extreme vigilance is required for the practice of all mountain activities and mainly ski or snowshoe hikes” and Haute-Savoie “has an avalanche risk of 4 out of 5 on the Mont-Blanc massif”, a indicated the prefecture.
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