This week, a cold snap accompanied by snow affected a large part of France, disrupting the daily lives of many residents. This Friday, January 17, 2025, seven departments remain placed on snow and ice alert, while others face the risk of flooding and avalanches.
This week, France experienced a wave of extreme cold marked by significant snowfall, plunging a large part of the country into freezing temperatures. While many people love snow, this winter weather can also disrupt other residents’ plans, especially on the roads. This Friday January 17, 2025, seven departments remain placed on snow-ice yellow vigilance by Météo-France, while several others face risks of floods and avalanches.
Among the areas concerned by snow and ice vigilance, we mainly find the east of France. The departments of the Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Jura, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire and Territoire de Belfort are directly affected. In these regions, the ground could be covered with a white veil, although Météo-France does not predict particularly heavy snowfall.
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Calm weather but still very cold
The weather forecast for the weekend suggests the possibility of light snowfall in the plains, particularly between the northeast and the south of the Paris basin. Guillaume Séchet, meteorologist and creator of the Météo-Villes site, explained on Wednesday that snowflakes could “a little whitening of the ground in places, but it won’t be massive snow.”
Beyond the snowfall, temperatures remain marked by widespread frosts. According to forecasts, the minimums will oscillate between -6 and 0 degrees over most of the country, with the exception of the coastal areas of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The maximums, for their part, will be between 1 and 5 degrees over a large part of the territory, with slightly milder values in the south, reaching up to 14 to 16 degrees on the Côte d’Azur and Corsica.
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Other departments on alert for floods and avalanches
In parallel, 19 other departments are on yellow alert for other meteorological phenomena, mainly floods and avalanche risks. Among the departments affected by the floods are Aisne, Ardennes, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Eure, Loire-Atlantique and Seine-Maritime. Avalanche risks concern mountainous areas such as Hautes-Alpes, Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
Despite the winter conditions, the weather should remain calm in the coming days thanks to the presence of an anticyclone. “The weather will remain calm over the next few days, the anticyclone will not move”, said Guillaume Séchet (actu.fr). However, caution is still required, particularly in areas where the floors are likely to become slippery due to the effect of ice. It is therefore advisable to remain vigilant tomorrow so as not to be surprised by snow in the departments concerned.
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