Storm Floriane which hit France with violent winds gives way to a new depression which will gradually settle in over the weekend, bringing with it a drop in temperatures and a possible return of snowflakes in the North of France.
While storm Floriane hit this Monday, January 6, 2025 with an episode of cold and violent winds causing a lot of damage and depriving homes of electricity, the mild weather set in again.
The temperatures are yo-yoing
In barely a day, the thermometer went from negative temperatures to positive temperatures with sometimes very significant differences. According to La Chaîne Météo, “Europe is currently subject to very strong contrasts in air masses. The mild air coming from the South this weekend has gone up to the Baltic Sea. However, the cold air is resisting on the British Isles where it snows as well as in Scandinavia where it is up to – 30°C In the second half of the week, the cold air will eventually descend and the weather will change in our country for the weekend and. next week.”
As BFMTV reports, this weekend, “dozens of degrees were gained in 24 hours in several places”. Example, in Pierrefontaine-les-Varans, in Doubs, “the residents woke up having reached 30°C, this Sunday, January 5, 2025. According to La Chaîne Météo, 7.1°C was recorded at 7 a.m., compared to – 23.4°C the day before, at the same time.”
Rain, wind and mild weather
Until mid-week, the weather will alternate between rain, wind and mildness. Until Wednesday, the flow will remain oceanic over France, with frequent rain, mildness and wind. But the cold air remains present and should settle in from the weekend.
In Occitania, this Tuesday, the weather remains drier and quite sunny from the east of the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean regions and south of the Alps.
A “confrontation of air masses”, which according to forecasters, “could cause a brief episode of snow in contact with rain between Wednesday and Thursday in the far north of France.
49 departments on yellow alert this January 7
In its weather bulletin for this Tuesday, January 7, 2025 issued at 6 a.m., Météo France places 49 departments on yellow alert mainly for a risk of flooding. The rain
Document – Météo France
Several departments are on snow-ice alert or even on avalanche risk alert:
- North (snow-ice)
- Pas-de-Calais (snow-ice)
- Somme (snow-ice)
- Seine-Maritime (snow-ice)
- Calvados (snow-ice)
- Channel (snow-ice)
- Orne (snow-ice)
- Hautes-Alpes (snow-ice and avalanche)
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (snow-ice and avalanche)
- Haute-Savoie (avalanche)
- Savoie (avalanche)
- Isère (avalanche)
- Alpes-Maritimes (avalanche)
What is the weather like this January 7 in Aveyron?
According to Météo Sud-Aveyron, “precipitation will continue this Tuesday in small waves with a rain-snow limit around 900 m. The layer of snow on Aubrac could reach 10-15 cm above 1,300 m, a light dusting is possible on the summits of Lévézou and the Monts de Lacaune. The west/northwest wind will move to the south as the temperatures weaken. will be low in the morning with small frosts on Aubrac and the hills. During the day, the mercury will reach -1/+2°C on the mountains and plateaus and up to 8/10°C in the valleys.
