On Wednesday, the weather will be cold with snow flurries at very low altitude and heavy snow on the Pyrenees, according to Météo-France forecasts.
25 departments in vigilance orange snow and ice. 25 departments were placed on alert orange snow and ice: Aisne, Ardennes, Dawn, Cher, Côte d'Or, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Marne, Nièvre, Nord, Oise, Pas-de -Calais, Saone-et-Loire, Paris and small crown, Seine-Maritime, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Somme, Yonne, Essonne, Val d'Oise. In addition, four departments were placed in orange avalanche alert: Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées.
On Wednesday, at the beginning of the day, the weather will be very restless and very cold. It will snow all over the country. From the Grand-Est to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, it will not snow weakly. The showers will gradually decline over Franche-Comté and Rhône-Alpes in the afternoon. To the west, showers will be limited to the coast.
Avalanche risk on the Pyrenees. On the other hand, good snow will still occur all day on the Pyrenees from 500 m and temporarily 1000 m altitude. We expect 70 cm to 1m of fresh snow over most of the Pyrenees above 1500 m. Beware of the risk of avalanche. The risk of avalanche will be maximum at the end of the day and the following night.
Elsewhere, the sky will be mostly cloudy with some rain showers on the Atlantic coast and around the Mediterranean. In Corsica, it will snow from 600 m altitude. The northwest wind will blow moderately to the west, will reach 70 km / h gusts on the Atlantic coast and the Channel and will exceed 100 km / h on the Pyrenean ridges. The tramontane will be put in place at the end of the day.
In the morning, small frosts between 0 and -4 degrees will be frequent inland. Near the shores, the minimum will range from 0 to 6 degrees from north to south. In the afternoon, it will be 0 to 4 degrees in the North and East, 4 to 10 degrees elsewhere.