Highlights of the day
– continued snowfall in the mountains from 400 to 800 meters depending on the massifs
– temporary improvement in the west before the return of rain via Brittany
– violent winds in the Mediterranean at nearly 100 km/h
This morning
From the Pyrenees to the eastern borders, the weather is still very unsettled with rain and snow in the mountains from 500 to 800 meters depending on the massifs. In the north and west, you have fewer showers than yesterday and more clearings under a wind gusting to 60 km/h. Near the Mediterranean, mistral and tramontane blow up to 100 km/h. In Corsica, the weather remains unstable and windy.
You have 0°C in Aurillac, 3°C in Strasbourg and Lyon, 5°C in Nantes, Toulouse, Paris and Rennes, 6°C in Nice and 10°C in Biarritz. In full wind, the feeling seems much colder, close to 0°.
This afternoon
The snowfall is weakening but it continues on all our mountains with an avalanche risk becoming strong in the Northern Alps. Watch out for snow slides in Auvergne and Jura. In the north and west, you maintain variable skies under attenuating winds. Near the Mediterranean, caution, mistral and tramontane still blow up to 100 km/h. In Corsica, the weather is improving.
You have 1°C in Aurillac, 5°C in Strasbourg and Metz, 6°C in Montélimar, 8°C in La Rochelle, 10°C in Brest and Dax up to 11°C in Ajaccio and Nice. In full wind and exposed to the shade, the feeling is often close to 0°.
Soirée
The snowfall ends in the mountains and the sky clears over the south of the Alps. In the west where an Atlantic disturbance brings you a little rain from Pays de la Loire to Brittany. Everywhere else, clearings are required under a tramontane and a mistral still persistent in the Mediterranean.
Things to remember over the next few days
On this Christmas Eve, the Azores high pressure pushes the agitation towards Central Europe. For New Year's Eve night, the weather is generally calm despite a few drops in the northwest and numerous fogs. For Christmas and the following days, it is this calm weather, but often gray in the plains and brighter in the mountains and in the Mediterranean which will continue with mild temperatures in the west, quite cool in the east with the return of frost. in the plains in the morning.
The entire La Chaîne Météo team wishes you good preparations, happy holidays and a Merry Christmas!
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