Santa won’t need to put the hood on his sleigh on Christmas Eve. No rain forecast and only a few snowflakes expected on the hillsindicates this Thursday Météo-France for December 24. “The weather is generally expected to be calm and dry.announces François Gourand, forecaster, to France Bleu. A big anticyclone will arrive in the next few days and calm the weather.” he specifies.
Cloudy in the north and windy in the south for Christmas Eve
The sky will be quite cloudy in the north and west of France and cleared around the Mediterranean on December 24. In the south of France, Santa’s sleigh will go at full speed, pushed by the mistral and the tramontane.
A few snowflakes are announced for New Year’s Eve on the reliefsin the Vosges, the Jura and the Northern Alps. “On December 24, there will be small flakes, which will be added to what fell the previous days” in these regions, analyzes François Gourand. In fact, significant snowfall is expected in the mountains at the end of the week.first quite high, then lower and lower with the arrival of a cooler air mass over the hours on Sunday“, indicates Météo-France. “These snowfalls will continue on Monday to fairly low altitudes and across the entire terrain.”
“Temperatures will be rather mild, close to seasonal norms“, continues the Météo-France forecaster, “with between 8 and 10 degrees north and between 9 and 13 degrees south for maximum“. There will be few, if any, frosts in the plains.
A little more sunshine on December 25
On December 25, “the sun will be able to gain ground“declares François Gourand. There will be “maybe a little more sun in the southwest, in Rhône-Alpes, in the Jura.” Temperatures will be similar to the day before, with maximums around 8 degrees in the north and up to 14 degrees in Corsica.
A quiet time for New Year’s Eve
For December 31, “the first trends are generally for calm weather, without snow or rain”indicates François Gourand, while specifying that it is still a little too early to have precise forecasts. But in any case there are no big storms or strong gales on the horizon at the moment.
