After the passage of a depression towards the British Isles, bringing rain, another windy disturbance is expected to affect Corsica and Italy from this Wednesday, November 20. As a result, Météo-France has placed 2 departments on orange vigilance and 24 on yellow vigilance for violent winds.
The wind will blow very strongly. Météo-France has placed two departments on orange vigilance and 24 on yellow vigilance for violent winds for the day of Wednesday, November 20.
Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud are the two departments affected by orange vigilance.
At the same time, the departments concerned by yellow vigilance are: Ain, Allier, Ariège, Aude, Aveyron, Cantal, Dordogne, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Gironde, 'Isère, Landes, Loire, Haute-Loire, Lozère, Puy-de-Dôme, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Rhône, Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne.
Gusts of more than 100 km/h expected in Corsica
The strong winds are largely due to the approach of a depression from the British Isles, which will also bring violent rain. Météo-France notably predicts gusts sometimes exceeding 100 km/h on the Isle of Beauty.
According to the data provided by the Ventusky site, we should record up to 134 km/h in Calenzana, 108 km/h on Ile Rousse, 96 km/h in Bastia and 78 km/h in Calvi. In Zonza and Sartene, gusts are expected to exceed 80 km/h.
On the evening of Wednesday, November 20, the gusts are expected to increase, this time affecting Ajaccio where the wind is expected to blow at more than 60 km/h. In Bastia, gusts are expected to exceed 130 km/h.
