After a dry but very cold week, the weather changes suddenly this week.
During the first half of January, periods of cold and mildness alternated. An excess of +50% of precipitation compared to seasonal norms was noted, still facing 10% more sunshine, assessed The Weather Channel. Last week was rather calm with some sunny spells. However, the temperatures were freezing.
This Monday, the weather remained cold over most of the country. Tuesday, there are many low clouds between southern Brittany and the Garonne valley. In the rest of the country, the weather remains calm before a change on Wednesday. The Weather Channel announces, in fact, a “radical change in weather” in the middle of the week.
The anticyclone will weaken, giving way to a low pressure system. The weather will become humid and windy almost everywhere from Wednesday, starting in the west. A strong gale is expected on Friday in the north-west quarter, with gusts which could reach between 80 and 100 km/h between the coast of Brittany and Hauts-de-France. The disturbance is expected to continue into the weekend, particularly in the north of the country.
-Good news: the air is gradually getting warmer. From Tuesday, there are fewer morning frosts. If the cold persists in the north and east, a mild spell begins to appear in the west. On Wednesday, temperatures are no longer negative with between 2 and 7 degrees in the north in the morning and 4 and 16 degrees in the south. In the afternoon, you should expect between 5 and 10 degrees in the north and 6 and 16 degrees in the south. Temperatures will thus gradually return above seasonal norms, which has not been the case since January 9, specifies The Weather Channel.
Between Monday and Wednesday, temperatures will rise by 4 to 6 degrees in many regions in the afternoon. This sweetness could, moreover, last until the end of the month. Météo France announces for next week that “the mild weather should be widespread across the country, however it will be accompanied by humid and rainy periods”. Unfortunately, it seems that this mild spell will rhyme with precipitation.
