The four seasons continue to disrupt the media sphere. About thirty days before winter, BFM asks the question it asked itself last year on the same date. This spreads out in its worrying aridity: “How can we explain the sudden drop in temperatures?” The viewer has the right to know. Those returning from the city center with their arms full of sunscreen demand to know the reasons for this unexpected fall. Will BFM’s explanations be enough to understand the phenomenon? The channel specialist reports the arrival of a “cold drop” from Germany. According to Météo France, this harmless name actually hides “a pocket of very cold air located at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters” This is heading towards Portugal without any detour to avoid the French sky. The lesson of the Chernobyl cloud has been forgotten. The “cold drop” takes place as quickly as possible.
Somewhat reassured by this incident beyond the control of meteorologists, the journalists of the news channels regained hope. However, vigilance is required. Some have experienced Christmases at 9° and showers in the middle of March. At LCI, the weather manager is resolutely anti-cyclone. Against storms and everything that forms depressions. Trained in the harsh school of the “Jalons” jokers who demonstrated against the cold at the Glacière metro station, he kept this rebellion against any climatic variation. A downpour enrages him, a heatwave upsets him. His fight alongside green parties for a general air conditioning of the planet commands the admiration of the IPCC. A telephone technician who decided to choose Vivaldi's “The Four Seasons” for the answering machine's on-hold music was thrown out. A purist runs the weather service with an iron fist.
Since the morning, the route taken by the cold drop has been the subject of all attention. A yellow line on a map of Europe, published by BFM, indicates that it makes a turn through eastern France before reaching its final destination in the southwest of Portugal on Thursday. Viewers looking for a yellow line in the sky have already gathered to see the journalist's “Stabilo” pass by. Umbrella recommended.
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