Météo France places 31 departments on orange alert for Saturday

WEATHER – Don’t be fooled by the rising temperatures in France in recent days, summer is not here to stay. In fact, for this last weekend of June, the sun will be far from shining for a large part of the country and violent storms are expected.

According to Météo France forecasts this Saturday, June 29, a particularly stormy first day is expected. No less than 31 departments are placed on storm alert for this meteorological phenomenon. Some from this morning, others from this afternoon, as you can see on the map below.

Météo France specifies in its 6 a.m. bulletin that the expected storms will generally be strong over a large part of the country, but the most violent will concern the north-east of the country, where 19 departments are placed on orange alert. In the south and south-east, 12 departments are also concerned, including Landes, Gironde, Tarn and Lot.

« Frequent thunderstorms are present »indicates the Météo France bulletin. “They are associated with strong electrical activity, locally high rainfall intensities sometimes of 20 to 30 mm/h. We also observe hail in places. »

Temperatures to drop gradually on Friday

The most violent storm formations could affect Franche-Comté, Lorraine and Alsace in the afternoon and evening, according to Météo France and we could see cumulative rainfall of 50 to 80 in these regions. mm in a short time.

These storms arrive as the heat, which has spread across the country since the start of the week, was at its peak across the country on Thursday. Temperatures should gradually drop from this weekend with the return of the westerly wind.

Overall, temperatures should drop across the country before a slight rise at the beginning of July. “under the influence of ocean winds”notes the weather site. On Sunday, the rain will still be there from the southwest to the northeast with temperatures ranging from 15 °C to 23 °C in the morning, then 16 °C to 27 °C in the afternoon.

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