after Éowyn, another storm will hit France… Here’s what to expect

Great Britain will be hit, within a few hours, by storm Éowyn. Winds going up to 200 km/h are notably expected on the coasts of Connemara.

“It’s not every year that we have such powerful gusts,” remarked toactu.frGuillaume Séchet.

The meteorologist, founder of the Météo-Cities site, still wants to reassure: “In France, we will not be directly affected by this storm”.

That said, it will be partly responsible for the start of another very disrupted period, which will begin from Friday January 24, 2025 for precipitation, and Sunday January 26 in the evening for gales.

From Sunday evening, “almost sure it will be a storm”

” It is almost sure it will be a storm“, says Guillaume Séchet, even if the latter has not yet been named. “It will at least be a strong gale. »

In fact, the odds in the west of France could be blown away by gusts reaching 100, 150 km/h.

Monday will be the most disrupted.

There is also a risk of blowing in these proportions in mountainous areas such as the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and the Alps. “In certain winter sports resorts, there could be gusts over 150 km/h“, he notes.

The following maps are all from Météociel. These are the wind accumulations expected between this Thursday, January 23 and this Monday, January 27. The more the color turns purple, the more violent the gusts will be (the map loading time can be long).

Here the Arpège model:

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Here the Icon model

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Inland, we can expect gales, but less strong: “from the northwest to Paris, we can imagine gusts of 80, 100 km/h. Even 120, according to another model,” explains the meteorologist.

Nothing is set in stone yet. “We are four days away, things could still change. In any case, there is potential, and you never know: it could develop suddenly. »

Lots of rain, as a bonus?

Note, however, that'Éowyn is expected to bring rain to the west as early as Fridayrain which will remain in the area on Saturday too, before moving towards the south of the country from Sunday.

Knowing that further precipitation is expected across the country from Monday.

From Pays de la Loire to the Ardennes, we expect significant rain, from 30 to 70 mm in 24. In other words, if it rains like that for two days, as expected, it is the equivalent of a month of rain in 48 hours.

The mountain ranges should also be affected by snowfall, “which risks delighting February vacationers,” says Guillaume Séchet.

“The beginning of February could be the start of a new particularly dry period. This storm perhaps signals the end of this very wet period,” concludes the meteorologist.

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