Weather forecast for Wednesday, September 7, 2022

THUNDERSTORM. Virulent thunderstorms are expected in the departments of the Rhône Valley this Wednesday

Distrust this week: all the meteorological institutes indicate that the departments located along the Rhône valley are affected by stormy waves. The Weather Channel indicated in particular that a new stormy wave will thus be organized in the east and south-east, between Wednesday afternoon and the night of Wednesday to Thursday”. Note that “a few heavy stormy showers will also circulate between Pays de la Loire and Normandy”.

Météo France has placed several departments on orange alert for these days of Wednesday and Thursday: Hérault, Gard, Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse, Drôme, Ardèche, Isère, Rhône, Haute-Loire, the Loire and the Ain.

Storm forecast Wednesday September 7, 2022

According to projections by the Weather Channel, thunderstorms “accompanied by intense rain and locally hail and violent gusts of wind” are to be expected heading towards Burgundy-Franche-Comté. “In the northwest, heavy stormy showers, locally accompanied by hail, circulate between the Pays de la Loire and the south of Normandy”, adds the media, which also indicates that “the most violent storms concern the eastern Languedoc, the Rhone Valley and the Pre-Alps with hail and intense rain”. According to Météo France, a very rough night is to be expected, with a “stormy line” which will sweep from west to east the Hérault and the Gard, to shift towards the Rhône valley in the middle of the night. The storms will be very strong in Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône. “It is accompanied by significant electrical activity, in places with hail and gusts of up to 80 to 100 km / h, occasionally more. […] After crossing this line overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, the weather becomes calm and dry again,” writes Météo France.