Snow, wind, storm… The weather will spoil the New Year's party for many Europeans

WEATHER – Rainy evening of December 31, 2024, happy year 2025? Let's hope so, because the New Year's Eve weather is going to be very bad in northern Europe. The United Kingdom, Germany and the north of France in particular will experience a storm this Tuesday evening.

As you can see in the video at the top of the articlestrong winds and heavy rain are expected and have already forced Edinburgh to cancel the traditional Hogmanay celebrations, popular with many tourists each year. In particular, fireworks were planned, a concert in which the group Texas was to take part, as well as its gigantic street party, which last year attracted some 30,000 people.

“Almost the whole of the UK is affected by at least one weather alert this week, illustrating how difficult it is to make forecasts at the moment”said Steve Willington, chief meteorologist at the Met Office, the national weather service, in a statement published Monday. On the agenda: wind, rain and snow.

Festivities canceled in Germany

Northern England, parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to experience heavy rain and strong winds on Tuesday.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued a rare warning of the risk of severe flooding, particularly in northern Scotland and the Highland regions.

In Germany, festivities also had to go by the wayside. In Schleswig-Holstein, the country's northernmost state, almost all major New Year's parties are canceled, reports local media SHZ.

Brittany starts the year downwind

This depression, which is deepening between the British Isles and Denmark and will therefore pass over neighboring countries, will also affect France from January 1st. As pointed out France 3 regionsin Brittany, a gale is forecast with gusts of up to 80 to 90 km/hour inland and around 90 to 100 km/hour on the coast.

That said, it remains a “ classic seasonal disturbance » according to Steven Tual, meteorologist, cited by the media. “The wind will blow, but not so much as to cause a storm”.

You should also expect rain, 10 to 20 mm depending on the location and a swell of 4 to 6 meters on the coast from Pointe Finistère to the Morbihan Islands. Offshore, this swell could reach 7 meters.

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