Highlights of this day
– sudden onset of cold
– cold accentuated by the north wind which blows hard
– snow from 600 to 800 meters on all massifs
– blizzard conditions in the Pyrenees
Matin
It's difficult to escape the rain and showers in the plains and the snow from 800 meters in the mountains. Dress warmly with waterproof clothing! Take care on high-altitude road networks due to slippery roads. The north wind blows violently at 100 km/h in the English Channel, near the Atlantic and in the south-east, in the form of burle in the Massif Central and mistral and tramontane near the Mediterranean.
Temperatures range from 3 to 7°C with 1°C in Aurillac, 4°C in Strasbourg and Toulouse up to 6 to 8°C from Perpignan to Nice, but the feeling in full wind is closer to 0° !
Afternoon
The weather is wintry with heavy snowfall in the Pyrenees from 800 meters with the risk of snowdrifts forming in the mountains. It also snows in the north of the Alps and the Massif Central from 500 m up to Saint-Étienne. Near the Mediterranean, mistral and tramontane blow violently at nearly 90-100 km/h. The wind is still blowing very strongly in the Channel and near the Atlantic with showers. Showers and showers under a cold northern wind, you have them over the rest of the territory.
Maximum temperatures vary from 5°C in Sedan and Limoges, 7°C in Rouen, 8 to 9°C from Paris to Bordeaux to 10°C near the Mediterranean from Montpellier to Narbonne, with a feeling approaching 0° downwind and the rain.
Soirée
It continues to snow a lot in the Pyrenees above Tarbes, complicating mountain traffic, even making it impossible. It is still snowing in the Massif Central from 500 meters. From the Vosges to the Alps, the risk of snow showers above 500 meters altitude is decreasing. Near the Mediterranean, the episode of violent mistral and tramontane continues under clear skies, except in Corsica. In the north and east, the weather becomes calmer and drier again, but the cold is accentuated by the north wind.
Further trend
The cold weather is getting worse with more frosts as the days go by. In an air mass which is continentalizing, the risk of snow on Monday is weakening despite a few showers still possible at very low altitude. The breeze accentuates the winter feeling.
