Falling temperatures in Montpellier, storms in the south, first snow in the mountains… what's the weather like at the start of the week?

If some were able to take advantage of this long weekend and the few rays of sunshine which cleared the French sky this Monday, for the rest of the week, the weather should change. Indeed, according to forecasts of Weather Francethis Tuesday it should do “cooler with showers elsewhere and the first snowfalls in the mountains”.

Unstable weather

According to the weather station, the sun should be present during the morning on the Atlantic coast but also part of the Mediterranean arc. In the east of France, the sky will be very cloudy with a lot of gray, while the Paris region and from the Italian border to the Phoenician city, rain and thunderstorms are present from the start of the day.

“In the afternoon, the rains extend towards Languedoc, they are sometimes intense and stormy on the coast, however in the east of PACA the precipitation eases. SIn the east of Corsica, stormy showers are getting stronger“écrit Weather France. As for snow, it should fall on the Alpine terrain “from 1,200 meters altitude, whitening the soil well from 1,300 meters”. But the weather is expected to be unstable throughout the day.

“In the rest of France the conditions are more variable. From the north-eastern quarter of the country and Normandy to Centre-Val-de-Loire and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes a rainy passage circulates in the morning, with a little snow on the Massif Central around 1,000 to 1,100 meters, while elsewhere the weather is calm with clearings. Conversely in the afternoon, the sky becomes clearer again. changing with clearings in the north-east, while from Lower Normandy to the Massif Central and the South-West clouds and showers prevail.”

In the region

Temperatures continue to drop in Occitania. During the morning, the mercury should not exceed 10°C inland, even falling towards 3 degrees in the north of Aveyron. On the coast, it should be 13°C in Montpellier, Béziers and Perpignan.

In the afternoon, temperatures will still be seasonal, with 15 and 16°C in Hérault, no more than 13°C in Aude, 12°C in Toulouse, less than 10°C in Mende. The thermometer in the Gard capital will align with Montpellier, but Nîmes should see rain throughout the afternoon.