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[EN VIDÉO] Heat wave or heatwave: what’s the difference? In summer, we hear about heat peaks, heat waves and heat waves. The difference is not obvious, but it does come into play for weather alerts or health vigilance plans.
France will once again experience widespread heatwaves during the first week of the long summer holidays. If it is not possible to speak of a heat wave given the forecasts for this Friday (which are subject to change), it is certain that the temperatures will exceed the seasonal averages by at least 5°C for a week, or even more. A depression centered over Portugal will bringair hot for several days over Western Europe. According Sebastien Leasforecaster at Weather report France, ” the question is whether it will be very hot, or very very hot! »
The heat will indeed perhaps be less intense than envisaged a few days ago, but more durable: at least one week, even two weeks, and without a drop of rain for at least 10 days. The heat stroke will begin in the Pyrénées Orientales this weekend, before invading the west and north-west on Tuesday, then the rest of France on Wednesday. These widespread high temperatures will last until at least Sunday July 17, or even perhaps the entire following week. The official heat wave thresholds will not be reached a priori because the night temperatures should remain bearable.
Update this Thursday:
Anomaly expected generally between +3 and +6°C next week. A little less close to the Mediterranean, locally a little more in the west of the country.
For the following week (July 18 to 24), signal unchanged p/r Monday, even slightly warmer. https://t.co/mHVv4JrVF5pic.twitter.com/IlMaHV85IF— Gaetan Heymes (@GaetanHeymes) July 7, 2022
At this time, Météo France still forecasts 32 to 36°C in the northern half and 35 to 38°C in the southern half. Unlike the mid-June heat wave, it is not certain that an extreme heat peak will be reached during a day, but rather a lasting, sunny and dry hot plateau. Parisian parade on Thursday July 14th will undoubtedly take place in very high temperatures and many fireworks will certainly be canceled in the evening due to the high risk of fires.
It is confirmed: France will experience a new episode of heat wave next week
Article of Karine Durandpublished on 6/07/2022
The first week of the long summer holidays will probably be marked by the return of very hot weather: is there a risk of a new heat wave like that of last June? Update on the weather forecast.
While the last quarter (April-May-June) was the hottest observed in France since 1900, with an average temperature of 16.9°C, the heat seems to be continuing for the start of summer. The weather context envisaged, without certainty, for next week, recalls for the moment that of the heat wave from June 15 to 19 : a depression centered on Spain will bring warm air up towards France. If this is confirmed, it is not impossible that the heat wave thresholds will again be reached in the southwest, with temperatures exceeding 40°C during the day and tropical nights for several days in a row.
Next week promises to be much warmer than normal over Western Europe with a significant thermal anomaly predicted by the European model. The following should also be. Continuity in a persistent heat for more than 2 months. pic.twitter.com/aoa6OjVZXO
— Keraunos (@KeraunosObs) July 5, 2022
Strong heat in the south for sure
However, the reliability of weather forecasts is very limited one week before. It is certain that the country will experience hot weather and even very hot in the south. The possibility of a heat wave seems to be confirmed more and more, but it is far too early to envisage a heat wave as intense as that of last June. Temperatures will rise significantly from Monday in the southwest, then the heat should reach the northwest on Tuesday with possibly more than 30°C, even 35°C, and the rest of the northern half should be affected between Wednesday and Thursday July 14th. From Friday, the situation is too far away to be reliable: either the heat will continue to rise and spread to the east, or the temperatures will start falling again.
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