“2 to 3 weeks of precipitation” in a few hours: an episode of heavy rain expected in Hauts-de-France

Take out your raincoats and your umbrellas: the weather looks gloomy in Hauts-de-France at the start of the week, with “an episode of heavy rain» expected, particularly in Pas-de-Calais and the Somme, according to forecasts from La Chaîne Météo, spotted by our colleagues from Parisian.

In its forecasts at the start of the week, La Chaîne Météo announced that a “British disruption» will bring «heavy rains and a gale during the night from Monday to Tuesday»: gusts of up to 80 to 90 km/h are also expected during the night from Monday to Tuesday in the north of France.

Météo-France is forecasting the first rains in the North and Pas-de-Calais, especially along the Channel, from this Sunday. “Rainy weather sets in from Brittany to Alsace. The rains are more sustained from Normandy to Hauts de France and are accompanied by a westerly wind blowing in gusts between 50/60 km/h», Indicates the weather forecast organization in a bulletin.

After a cloudy day on Monday, but not a priori rainy, Météo-France expects precipitation to start again during the night from Monday to Tuesday in Pas-de-Calais. This is also confirmed by La Chaîne Météo, which mentions, during the night from Monday to Tuesday, “a gust of wind, classic for the season“, Who “will concern a northern third of the country, from the Channel coast to the regions north of the Seine”, with gusts of up to 80 km/h “under heavy rain».

If Météo-France is already forecasting a rainy day on Tuesday, La Chaîne Météo, for its part, warns against “time [qui] becomes very disturbed with strong unrest in the form of sometimes heavy rain, a lot of snow in the mountains and gusts of wind“. And to specify that this situation “presents a high risk of bad weather“. Météo-France also plans “much more disturbed weather (…) with more frequent and more marked precipitation».

“Some flooding possible”

On X, the Weather Channel also expects, between Monday and Tuesday morning, a “episode of heavy rain» with accumulations which “may reach 60 to 90mm, corresponding to 2 to 3 weeks of precipitation in the month of November“. A situation whichpresents a high risk of bad weather» and which could lead to “some flooding».

From Wednesday, the sun should return (temporarily), before the rain takes over next weekend, according to Météo-France forecasts. Take advantage of these rays of sunshine, because Météo-France reminds us that “since the beginning of November, with fog and low clouds very present, the sun has been very often absent in the northern half of the country, with a duration often less than 15 hours in 11 days and a deficit of between 90% and 50%“. The week of November 25, “should be much milder than the previous one but should also remain rainy», predicts the organization.