Quiet time will be over. An umbrella and raincoat will be essential. A gale is expected between January 1 and 2. Snow will make a comeback in the mountains.
A quiet Monday
Like Sunday, there are many grays over ¾ of the country in a cold atmosphere. In the mountains, the weather is beautiful. Near the Mediterranean, the atmosphere becomes a little foggy.
Start of deterioration for New Year's Eve night
For the last day of this year 2024, the weather remains calm and gray in ¾ of the country except in the mountains. Near the Mediterranean, the locally foggy atmosphere. In the afternoon, the first drops arrive off the Channel coast accompanied by strengthening winds.
A rough New Year on Wednesday in the north, risk of gales
The disturbance that arrived on New Year's Eve reaches 2/3 of the country for this New Year. It is accompanied by rain and a possible gale which crosses the entire north of the country before the end of the evening. The weather remains calm in the mountains under a cloudy sky and a marked mildness. Near the Mediterranean, the sailor brings a lot of gray.
Risk of strong winds next Wednesday and Thursday © the weather channel
A wet and windy Thursday everywhere, return of snow in the mountains
The rain-wind disturbance from the day before descends southwards and extends from the Pyrenees to the Alps, the Jura and the Vosges, bringing snow, first above 1600 meters, then the rain/snow limit drops to around 500 at 1000 meters in the evening depending on the massifs. In the plains, rains in the morning followed by showers or showers in the east in the afternoon follow one another in a windy atmosphere. Near the Mediterranean, after the rapid passage of a few showers, the mistral and tramontane rise and blow strongly at nearly 90-100 km/h in the evening.
A wintry Friday, strongly windy in the Mediterranean
In the east, it snows above 500 to 800 meters from the Vosges to the Alps. It also snows in Auvergne and in the Pyrenees above 800 to 1200 m depending on the massifs. Near the Mediterranean, the mistral and tramontane are turbulent, reaching 90 to 100 km/h. The weather is very turbulent in Corsica with violent winds and hailstorms. In the west, the weather is less turbulent but a little unstable with alternating clearings and showers.
risk of snow at the end of the week © the weather channel
The entire La Chaîne Météo team wishes you a happy holiday season
