France faces a rare weather phenomenon this week, which surprises experts for its involvement on temperatures.
This second half of February is very curious from a meteorological point of view. If greyness and precipitation have marked the country in recent days, experts have noted an evolution of the situation this week, and note the existence of an amazing phenomenon.
“While a powerful depression positioned off the Atlantic leads to a surrender of subtropical air to Spain and the southwest of France, a anticyclone solidly anchored in Scandinavia channels a freezing air to Europe of the east, “said The weather channel. This week creates this week on the European continent a “striking thermal contrast”, the magnitude of which is measured thanks to the map of the air masses generated by the Institute. A few hundred kilometers apart, it is a difference of almost 45 degrees which is found.
“In areas under oceanic and subtropical influence of southwest Europe, the temperature anomaly reaches locally +8 to +10 ° C above seasonal averages”, explains the weather chain, which specifies that to The opposite, in central and eastern Europe, “the cold intensifies under the effect of a dry continental wind, with temperature differences from 15 to 20 ° C under normal”.
France is found in the middle of this weather tightness, and “oscillates between these two influences, with very contrasting temperatures according to the region”. This explains why the hexagonal territory knows such significant temperature variations.
From north to south, everyone is concerned: the big gap is felt throughout France. The temperature difference between the Southwest and Alsace is already very clear this Tuesday afternoon, with 20 degrees in Biarritz, 5 degrees in Strasbourg. Who will the cold or sweetness win? “In the coming days, the Redoux will gradually extend to the whole of France under the effect of an increasingly marked oceanic influence”, explains the Meteorological Institute, which analyzes this phenomenon with precision.
Temperatures increase throughout France from Wednesday: in the afternoon, it will be between 13 to 18 ° C, except near the Luxembourg border where it will be a little cooler. Thursday and Friday will be marked by a great sun over most of the territory. The inhabitants of Normandy will be less lucky and will remain under a covered sky with even rain on Thursday. This weekend, the disturbances are back with very present showers on France on Saturday, but rarer on Sunday.