storms, floods, avalanches, floods… Departments on orange alert this Sunday

The weather is not the best at the moment in France. For this weekend, the forecasts called for around fifteen departments to be vigilant due to the risk of snow and ice. Météo-France partially lifted this vigilance this Sunday, January 19, 2025. But other regions of France are affected by rain, flood, flood, storm and even avalanche alerts.

After the snow and the cold snap, the Gabri depression places Corsica on orange alert for rain-flood. For others, vigilance will only be yellow, for different reasons. Also what about maximum and minimum temperatures? What are the forecasts for Monday January 20, 2025? We take stock of what awaits you in the coming hours across the country.

Weather: a Sunday marked by yellow vigilance

According to the latest bulletin of Météo-France, the French departments on yellow alert this Sunday January 19, 2024 are for floods : Aisne, Aube, Charente-Maritime, Haute-Corse, Marne, Oise, Somme and Vendée. The risk of thunderstorms is yellow in Haute-Corse also and in Corse-du-Sud. And as for what swallowsyellow vigilance is required in the Hautes-Alpes, Corse-du-Sud, Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie.

For temperatures, you will have to count on minimums ranging from -4 to -1° C generally inland. Near the Massif Central, they will be able to drop to -6°C. By the sea, they will go from 0 to 4°C. But in Corsica and the Côte d’Azur, they will go up to 10°C. For the maximums, the northern half will not be entitled to more than 1 and 4° C. The southern half will have between 5 and 9° C. And near the Mediterranean and in the Basque Country, they will vary between 13 and 16° c.

The forecasts for Corsica and this Monday

The case of Corsica is special because of the Garbi depression. Météo-France states: “Under the influence of the Gabri depression, temporarily sustained rains affect eastern Corsica”. Frequent showers could even be stormy in this eastern half with a rain-snow limit around 1,400 to 1,500 m. In the mountains, the quantities of snow are significant, often with more than 1 meter. On the terrain, wind gusts could reach 90 km/h.

For the rest, the bulletin explains: “At the end of the day, we are still expecting a few showers, sometimes stormy, particularly in the north of the island, but the intensities will be lower on the terrain, allowing an end to the orange alert.”. For Monday January 20, 2025yellow vigilance will likely be maintained for Haute-Corse due to storms, avalanches and floods. Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, Savoie and Corse-du-Sud will be on yellow alert for avalanches.

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