A deterioration is coming to France this week. While the rain will be heavy, snowfall and icy sensations are also forecast in several departments.
While rather calm weather had settled in France, a significant deterioration, coming from the British Isles, will affect France this week. Heavy rain and a windy spell are forecast for the start of the week. Total rainfall could exceed 40 to 50mm, or even 60 to 70mm locally. The gusts, for their part, will peak above 100 km/h. From this Tuesday, November 19, the rains will increase on the Lorraine plateaus and the Vosges. Tuesday evening, a significant windy episode is expected in Finistère, Pays de la Loire but also in Franche-Comté.
Météo-France placed the northern 2/3 of the country on yellow alert for Tuesday (as far as Charente-Maritime in the west and Haute-Savoie in the east). Most are there for the risk of strong winds but five departments (Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Seine-Maritime, Manche) are also on yellow alert for rain-flooding.
In addition, temperatures will gradually drop this week. From Wednesday onwards, it will be very cold with temperatures becoming wintery, 3 degrees below seasonal norms on average. With the wind forecast, the feeling could be freezing. Temperatures will no longer exceed 10 degrees in the afternoon in the north and even 7 degrees on Thursday. In Alsace and Franche-Comté, they could even fall below 0.
Snow will also be there from Tuesday and from 800 meters above sea level, especially in the Vosges, the Jura, the Northern Alps and the northern slopes of the central massif, according to The Weather Channel. Haute-Savoie is also classified on yellow alert for avalanches this Tuesday, November 19. As the week progresses, snowfall will occur more and more at low altitude: it could reach the level of the plains, particularly in Lorraine, Alsace and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
THURSDAY, Météo-France forecast snow in several large cities such as Alençon, Auxerre, Chaumont, Belfort, Chalon-sur-Saône and Gap. However, the snow will not necessarily be very stubborn on the ground. A mild spell should be observed over the weekend, but rain and wind would persist in the north and west.