Winter is arriving with temperatures close to zero, even negative in places in France this week. The first snows accompany a drop in temperatures in France, while thunderstorms break out in the south-east of France. We take stock this Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
Sharp drop in temperatures
Temperatures will drop this week in France. At daybreak, they did not exceed 5 to 6°C in Brest, Rennes, Nantes, Tours, Strasbourg, or even Nancy and Limoges.
In Brittany, negative temperatures or close to zero were observed, notably in Ploërdut (Morbihan) as well as to the north of Concarneau (Finistère), tip Weather Brittany.
Temperatures are expected to peak this Tuesday afternoon at 8°C in Clermont-Ferrand and Nancy, 9°C in Lyon and Strasbourg, 10°C in Paris, Lille, Dijon and Limoges, 11°C in Nantes, 12°C in Rennes, Bordeaux and Toulouse, or 13°C in Marseille.
With the arrival of a continental air mass linked to the passage of a cold drop over France on Tuesday, the north wind will rise and accentuate the feeling of coolness, even cold in the wind, under the clouds and showers afterwards. -noon, indicates the Weather Channelevoking a felt temperature of 7 in Paris and Marseille in particular.
First snow
The first snowfall fell in the mountains this Tuesday morning, “whitens the floor well from 1,300 m” on the Alpine relief, indicated Weather France. Snowfall in the Southern Alps is expected from 1100 to 1200 m.
On the Pyrenees and their foothills, Weather France also forecasts a very cloudy sky from this Tuesday morning with lasting precipitation, snow from 1,000 m, and “which offers a nice layer of snow from 1,500 m”specifies the meteorological agency.
It snowed in Abriès-Ristolas (Hautes-Alpes), as meteorologist Guillaume Séchet reports on X.
The snow was also immortalized in the streets of Briançon (Hautes-Alpes), as forecaster Gaétan Heymes reported this Tuesday.
In the Southern Alps, the snow also left a white coat on the roads.
Stormy episodes in the South-East this Tuesday
Stormy precipitation is forecast this Tuesday, especially affecting the Var and Bouches-du-Rhône, along the coast.
These storms will bring notable accumulations of 30 to 60 mm Tuesday morning, locally 80 mm on the Var coast on the borders of Bouches-du-Rhône and Marseille, indicates the Weather Channel.
In the Var department, placed on yellow alert for the risk of thunderstorms until 4 p.m., heavy stormy rains have already affected the Toulon region where 20 millimeters have already fallen between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. , specifies the specialized site. Wind gusts were recorded at 70 km/h.
In the afternoon, rain should affect the lower Rhône valley and showers will concentrate on the South-West and Brittany as far as Center-Val-de-Loire, adds Meteo France.
According to the meteorological agency, temperatures should be slightly below seasonal values the week of November 18, before becoming generally above seasonal norms again the week of November 25.
