Arrival of snow in the mountains, seasonal temperatures, cold drops… what is the weather in France this week?

If the beginning of November saw relatively mild temperatures, sunny weather in the southern part of the country, in the coming days temperatures are expected to drop, the sky to darken and more wintry weather should be noticed. The Weather Channel announcement of the north wind, and precipitation from Germany to Spain.

Seasonal temperatures

For the start of the week, the south of France will still have sunshine across the entire Mediterranean coast and down to the lower part of the Lyon region. In the rest of the country, gray weather over most of the country for this public holiday Monday and with a few drops over Alsace and some Franche-Comté communes.

From Tuesday, the weather is expected to get worse. “The anticyclone will retreat towards the Atlantic under the pressure of a cold drop which will plunge from Germany towards Spain. It will bring showers in the east, stormy rains in Provence-Alpes – Côte d'Azur and violent winds in the Massif Central”relate The Weather Channel.

From Wednesday, the rain should calm down in France, but it is the Occitan coast which should see some precipitation fall in the region. But by the middle of the week, snow should arrive in mid-mountains, from 1,200 meters.

The weekend will mark the entry into the winter period with temperatures which will continue to drop and will be seasonal. The mercury will be below 5°C in the northern departments, the weather should be “variable over most of the country” and Languedoc-Roussillon should witness stormy episodes.