Paris, Lyon, Marseille… Forecasts for this week in France

With the new cold wave this week in France, the southern part of the country could be affected by a snowy episode, warned the Weather Channel.

Will it snow in France between February 28 and March 1? As indicated by the Weather channel, an anticyclone supplied with very cold air will touch France and therefore the temperatures will not be very high, with frosts of -5°C, or even -6 to -8°C locally. In the afternoon, temperatures will rise and will be between 4 and 8°C in the north of the country. In the east, particularly in the Aquitaine basin and near the Mediterranean, temperatures will be a little higher once past noon with temperatures ranging between 7 and 12°C.

These temperatures, 5°C lower than normal for the season, will cause snowfall from Tuesday February 28 in the Pyrenees to the Alps. This Monday February 27 it has already snowed on part of the country whose snow alert was lifted this February 27 at noon but “Haute Corse remains on orange alert and southern Corsica in yellow for heavy rains, and this, until Wednesday, March 1. The Weather Channel warned that this week it would snow “a lot in the mountains from 1300 meters”. It is expected in Haute Corse nearly a meter of snow from 1500 meters above sea level, “with the risk of fairly significant floods and floods” alerted the Chain.

Thus, with the high pressure affecting the country at risk, meteorological experts have called for caution in the South-West on Monday February 27 due to the light snowfall this morning, which can hold on the ground and bring 1 to 3 cm in plain. This afternoon the situation has improved, warned meteorologists. This Tuesday, February 28, “the risk of snow will continue in the southern regions”.

For the rest of the week, from Wednesday it will be sunny but cold in the northern part of the country while in the south “the clouds will continue to circulate from the Alps to the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean regions with perhaps some residual showers in Corsica” estimated the Weather Channel. Météo France also predicts that snowflakes will fall at low altitude on the Pyrenees and its Piedmont, the black mountain and the Cévennes as well as in the south of the Alps. There will also be snow in the southern Alps, near the Italian border this Wednesday and Thursday 2 still according to Meteo France. Overview :

• Lille: snow expected on Tuesday February 28 morning
• Tende (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur): snow expected until Thursday March 2
• Bonneval sur arc (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes): snow expected until Thursday March 2
• Paris: no snow forecast
• Marseille: no snow forecast
• Bordeaux: no snow forecast
• Lyon: no snow forecast

This Tuesday, February 28, Météo France warned that the frosts will be “severe” with “between -5 to -7 ° C in Auvergne, -2 to 6 ° C in the south-west, -2 to 5 ° C in the Grand- East, -1 to -3 ° C in the Paris basin, the east of the Pays-de-la-Loire or even the interior of Normandy”.

Snow expected in the mountains

In the mountains, France will also experience snowy episodes, normal for the season. Overview :

• Northern Alps: Snow is forecast for Tuesday in Val d’Isere on Tuesday February 28.
• Southern Alps: Snow is expected from Monday 27 February in the afternoon until Thursday 2 morning in Isola but also in Ceillac, Risoul, Val Pelens and Valberg, but also in Colmiane.
• Pyrenees: In the Pyrenees on the Spanish border, some snowfall is also expected in the evening from Monday February 27 to Tuesday February 28, in particular at the Lers pond, on the Beille plateau and at Font-Romeu, at La Pierre Saint Martin and Piau Engaly.
• Corsica: In Corsica already on orange alert for rain, snow will fall in Vergio and Val d’Else until Friday March 3 morning.