“Snow is expected to be abundant in the Alps, with 20 to 50 centimeters expected above 2,000 m”
A cold front also arrives with this depression. If temperatures will be “still relatively high in the morning before the disturbance, they will drop in the evening from the north, with the arrival of maritime polar air”, specifies Météo France.
While for the moment, temperatures have been mild and snowfall rare, except at altitude, it will perhaps arrive suddenly and as early as Tuesday. “Snow is expected to be abundant in the Alps, with 20 to 50 centimeters expected above 2,000 m. »
On Wednesday, due to the presence of this very cold air at altitude, snow returns to the massifs. In the Northern Alps and the Vosges, melting snow and especially showers are expected between 300 and 600 meters. While it could snow in the Pyrenees above 1500 to 1800 m
Snow all the way to the plains on Thursday?
If snow is expected to fall in the plains this week, it could happen this Thursday, November 21. But for the moment, Météo France remains quite vague on the area concerned: “The precise location of this episode remains to be refined. An area going from Poitou, even Pays de la Loire to Franche-Comté and the north of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes seems to be at greatest risk to date for observing a small layer of snow on the ground. »
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The Weather Channel confirms this trend with a map and this comment: “ The weather situation to come will therefore be very disturbed and agitated, with a brief cold snap on Wednesday and a risk of snow at very low altitude Thursday. »
This drop in temperatures is not expected to last. From this weekend a mild spell will take place with a sharp rise in temperatures.
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