Corsica on orange rain-flood alert Saturday evening

While the weekend promises to be cold with gray and foggy weather in France, Corsica is in the rain. A low pressure context reigns between Sardinia and Tunisia, where several countries are on orange and red alert concerning heavy rains and violent winds (Sardinia, Sicily and Calabria in Italy). This vast low pressure system, called the Gabri depression, drains an eastern flow from Italy to Corsica, indicates the Météo Channel*. The bad weather begins this Saturday morning but the strongest is expected on Sunday and should fall on the southern and eastern facades of the Isle of Beauty, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud will be placed on orange rain alert. floods on Saturday evening, Météo-France announced in the morning.

From this Saturday morning, cold rain fell on the French island, particularly in the south-east of the island. The wind blows with force both in the Tyrrhenian Sea and between Corsica and the continent. The eastern side of the island particularly experiences regular rain. The sea becomes very rough there. Lows of 3.5 meters are expected, particularly in the Porto-Vecchio sector and in the Bouches de Bonifacio. The situation is the same between Corsica and the Côte d'Azur, but the wind and swell tend to pass offshore, between the two. The Ajaccio area, sheltered, experiences milder weather.

Snowstorm at altitude

The depression strengthens on Sunday, in the same configuration. The heavy seas deepen to 3.50 m on average on the Tyrrhenian, as well as between Corsica and Var. Regular and sustained rain falls mainly in eastern Corsica, while the weather simply remains very cloudy on the Côte d'Azur. In the mountains, a snowstorm is expected from 1200 meters above sea level.

In its bulletin published at 6 a.m. Saturday, Météo France placed Southern Corsica will be placed on orange rain-flood alert Saturday at 8 p.m., and Haute-Corse at 10 p.m. Meteorological agency says precipitation will begin “to strengthen” and will be “sometimes stormy on the coast” from Corsica-du-Sud at the end of the afternoon. These rains will spread “during the night from Saturday to Sunday” to Haute-Corse then will strengthen “Continuously quite strong on the east of the entire island during the day on Sunday”continues the forecaster.

On the eastern slopes and the summits of the central relief, the expected cumulative rainfall should reach between 150 and 220 mm by Sunday evening, in the form of snow above 1,500 meters above sea level, according to Météo-France. The expected accumulations on the coast would rather be 40 to 60 mm, locally 80 mm, adds the institute. The rains should move away at the end of the day on Sunday, he concludes.

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