The 5 departments of Hauts-de-France are concerned. The Pas-de-Calais and the Somme are classified in yellow alert rain-flood, storms, wind and waves-submersion this Wednesday August 2, 2023.
Storm or strong wind? Anyway, the situation is unusual in the middle of summer. baptized “Patricia”the depression will cross Hauts-de-France during the afternoon of Wednesday August 2, 2023 as well as a good part of the night.
This morning, our team met windsurfers and a few experienced walkers at the top of Cap Blanc-Nez.
René did not wish to climb to the very top of Cap Blanc-Nez this Wednesday August 2, 2023, for fear of falling.
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“That’s a hell of a breath of fresh air”, laughs Jacqueline. “But you know, we’re used to it, we’ve been coming for 30 years!”, smiles René, the coat swollen by the gusts. “Yes, but we’ve never had as much wind as today, adds his partner. We didn’t know how to get to the top, we risk falling.”
Up to 110 km / hour are expected in the Boulonnais and on the most exposed capes of the coast, and gusts of southwest wind are also to be expected inland. “The gusts are then generally of the order of 70 to 80 km / h inland but can occasionally reach 80 to 90 km / h”, warns Météo France in its vigilance bulletin.
Wind… and heavy rain: Météo France forecasts between 30 and 60 mm of rain in some places, while the soil is already soggy in our region after a wet month of July.
Be careful especially on the coast of the Côte d’Opale and in the Baie de Somme. In Fort-Mahon (Somme), walls of sand have been placed to protect the dyke.
Météo France has placed the departments of Pas-de-Calais and the neighboring Somme on yellow alert for the risk of waves-submersion, in a context of strong tidal coefficients: 94 for midday and 98 for Wednesday night on Thursday.
A passage in orange alert is not to be excluded during the afternoon.
