What does this start of the week promise us in Hauts-de-France? A depression is deepening south of Scotland and slowly moving towards the south of Norway. The associated disturbance crosses our region during the day, this Monday, January 6, 2025.
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After the rains last night, this Monday, January 6, 2025, we are experiencing a new rainy spell mid-morning on the coast, which crosses the region until mid-afternoon. The south-southwest wind is quite strong with gusts of 50 to 60 km/h in the interior, occasionally 70 to 80 in eastern Picardy at midday, and up to 90 km/h on the coast. .
After the morning rains, the sky becomes variable, often very cloudy with some clearings. Showers start from the west at the end of the afternoon and can locally take on the character of showers, with snow showers possible on the heights of Pas-de-Calais, during the following night.
The south-southwest wind is quite strong, with gusts of 50 to 60 km/h inland and up to 80 to 90 km/h on the coast. The gusts in eastern Picardy are around 100 km/h possible at the start of the afternoon and they move to the west and weaken at the end of the day.
Temperature side
Temperatures at daybreak vary from 7 to 9°.
The day’s highs are 10 to 12° in the morning and for the rest of the day.
Mardithe southwest flow is disrupted by cold air masses which resist. During the night, the showers mainly affect the coast and sometimes go inland.
They affect the west of Pas-de-Calais as far as the Lille metropolis and Thiérache for a large part of the day, they can be rain or mixed rain and snow or sleet. They become rarer during the following night. The south-westerly wind is quite strong with gusts of 40 to 50 km/h and up to 70 km/h on the coast and in the south-east of Picardy in the afternoon. The minimums are of the order of 1 to 4°, the maximums of 4 to 6°.
Wednesdaya depression over the Atlantic shifts towards Brittany. The warm front of the associated disturbance gradually rises towards our region and generates a conflict of air masses. Therefore, in the morning, the weather is calm with morning frosts and a hazy sky. Precipitation arrives from the south during the morning, reaching the Somme valley by midday.
In the afternoon and especially in the evening, this precipitation spreads across the entire region. This is wet snow, which arrives on cold ground, with significant accumulations which could give 1 to 3 cm in Picardy before the warm weather in the afternoon, but 5 to 7 cm in the North and the Pas-de-Calais which could hold on to the ground during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. The southerly wind is weak then southeasterly at the end of the day, strengthening, it turns to the northeast over the north of the region and to the southeast over the south at the end of the day.
Minimums: 0 to 1°, maximums: 3 to 5°.
THURSDAYstill a little snow near the Belgian border at the start of the day, then rainy weather for the day. The wind is moving from the northwest, moderate to fairly strong, on the coast. It’s -3 to 1° in the morning, then 3 to 6° afterwards.
Friday is a day of transition. The sky is generally very cloudy with the evacuation of the disturbance from the day before. The westerly wind is weak to moderate. The minimums are around -3 to 1°, the maximums 2 to 6°.
Saturday and Sundaywe can hope for milder winter weather, but not very hot with -3 to 2° on average for these two days.
Air quality
This Monday, January 6, concentrations of pollutants remain low thanks to rain, winds and gusts. The air quality index remains at an average level in the region, ozone and fine particles (PM2.5) are the pollutants responsible for it.
And to keep good air in your home and also limit external pollution, know that your chimney flue must be swept twice a year.
Attention gourmets, we are celebrating the epiphany today, king cake day! If you didn’t enjoy it yesterday, today is the time to enjoy it in a completely legitimate way.
With Catherine Degans.