Sweater, coat, scarf… Nothing helps, you shiver. The mornings and evenings are cool, despite beneficial sunshine.
At the hottest of the day, temperatures reached 18°C this Wednesday in Menton and Saint-Tropez, or 4°C above the seasonal normal.
Warning to those who are cold, this sweetness will not last. “From Sunday, the weather will be under the influence of a descent of moderately cold maritime polar airwhich will persist for a large part of next week.Météo-France alert.
-9°C in Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée
Temperatures will drop and “return below seasonal norms”. This will be felt particularly in the north of the Alpes-Maritimes, where Météo-France forecasts a minimum of -6°C in Saint-Etienne-de-Tinée on Sunday and Monday, and even -9°C this Tuesday, i.e. 5°C below normal. On the maximum side, the Maralpine coast will oscillate between 11°C and 14°C.
In the Var, temperatures will be milder. The minimum will gradually drop to -4°C this Tuesday in Trigance, with maximums announced between 10°C and 13°C.
“Thick white coat”
This “polar air mass” will cause some snowfall, which is just in time for the opening of the first ski resorts in the Alpes-Maritimes.
The flakes will appear “especially in the mountains and up to low altitude, underlines Météo-France, allowing all of the massifs to be covered in a thick white coat two weeks before the Christmas holidays.
