France is facing a drop in temperatures this Tuesday April 9 with 10 degrees less compared to previous days. A drop in mercury amplified by gusts of wind or the return of snow depending on the location.
Cold snap in France. While meteorological spring is supposed to set in in the country, the good weather is far from good. On the contrary, it is even a cold wind that reigns over France this Tuesday, April 9 with a considerable drop in temperatures: 10°C less on average, warn forecasters from the Météo Chaîne.
This drop in mercury coupled with the passage of storm Pierrick and its significant winds, even violent in places, makes the feeling even colder. Even more so after the temperatures above 20°C experienced in recent days. Another sign that the air is getting colder this Tuesday: snow is back in the mountains from 1,100 and 1,300 meters in the Vosges, the northern Alps, the Massif Central and the Pyrenees.
Result of all these meteorological phenomena: the average temperature is 10.8°C according to the Weather Channel and the maximums struggle to rise to around 13°C.
In the north-western quarter which extends from Brittany to Haut-de-France via Normandy, the mercury oscillates between 7 and 9°C for minimums and 11 to 13°C for maximums. But faced with the violent winds which blow from the sides and even inland under the effect of the storm Pierrick which escapes via the North Sea, the feeling is likely to be much colder. If the speeds are “far from exceptional for the Channel coasts” they still go up to “110 to 120 km/h on the exposed capes and islands” reports the specialist media. Same observation on the coast of Pas-de-Calais according to Meteo France. However, the gusts and wind should drop a notch in the afternoon.
The wind blows significantly less on the eastern facade, but in the Grand Est regions and up to the Mediterranean regions as well as in the Pyrenees it is the arrival of snow in the lower altitudes which freshens the air, despite clearings. . The minimums can go down to 5°C, but the maximums are also far from the average with 18°C at best. The Atlantic coast is spared both by snow and violent winds despite some breezes and must cope with 7°C at the lowest, between 12 and 18°C at the highest.
But rest assured, this cold snap should only be temporary since the weather agencies are announcing the return of good weather and temperatures closer to seasonal norms and even beyond in the second half of the week. From Wednesday, the sun should dominate the majority of the country and from Thursday, Wednesday should be around 15.0 to 18°C in the northern half and up to 25° in the southern half. It should even be even hotter this weekend with summer temperatures forecast.