The weather conditions will be rough this week Occitanie. On the menu, temporary snow at low altitude, rain in the plains and one or more gales. Here are the expert weather forecasts.
Ce Tuesday November 19, the weather gradually deteriorates during the day. Cloudy periods become more and more numerous as the hours go by, first on the hills, then progressing towards the plains. In the evening and the following night, a disturbance sweeps the region Occitaniefrom North to South. It initially brings rain at all altitudes then the rain-snow limit lowers in the second part of the night. So, he snow from around 1200 meters in Lozere late at night but the precipitation will fade quickly.
A strengthening of the wind is also expected during the night across the whole of Occitanie with gusts close to 70 to 90 km/h, particularly on the hills. In the Pyreneesthe snowfall which began during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday continues this Wednesday November 20 throughout the day. The rain-snow limit is generally around 1500 meters. In the Roussillon and the Languedocthe sun shines quite generously on Wednesday in the plains. The mercury reaches 10°C to 14°C generally in the plains at the best of the day.
Thursday, very rough weather
The weather deteriorates further during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. A new disturbance crosses Occitania, this time in a westerly flow. In contact with resistant cold air near the Cévennessnowfall at low altitudes will occur, temporarily. In the second part of the night, the rain-snow limit will only be between 500 and 700 metersbetween Aveyron, the Lozere and the Gard, even in the Tarn temporarily. Thus, snow could fall at these altitudes, or even temporarily lower, before the rain-snow limit does not rise quickly. This should rise above 1000 meters on Thursday morning and probably even above 1500 meters on Thursday afternoon.
In the evening and night from Thursday to Friday, the rain-snow limit will lower again towards 1200 meters altitude in Lozere and in the Pyrenees. Therefore, the final snow quantities will not be very significant in Lozère with this oscillation of the rain-snow limit, except perhaps on the summits of Aubracof the Margeride a you Mont-Lozère at 1500 meters. In the Pyreneeswe generally expect 10 to 20 cm around 1500 meters and 20 to 30 cm around 2000 to 2500 meters altitude. And this, over the entire Pyrenees chain.
Gale to watch out for
For the day of Thursday November 21, a gale occurs in Occitania. Of the stormy gusts of wind occur between the afternoon, evening and the following night. They will be around the 80 to 110 km/h in several departments of Occitanie. Particularly between the Tarn, Aveyron, the Lozere, the Tarn-et-Garonne, the Haute-Garonne or even Aude et Hérault. This gust of wind also sweeps Roussillon, mostly Friday morning. Gusts greater than 100 km/h are possible in the Pyrenees-Orientalesparticularly in coastal areas.
Occasionally, on the reliefs, gusts greater than 120 or 130 km/h are planned for Thursday. You will have understood, there will be unrest in the air in Occitania. We will provide details in our next weather reports on InfOccitanie. As a reminder, your forecasts can be found every evening around 6:00 p.m. They are available on our website and mobile application, as well as our social networks.
