It has already snowed in eastern France in recent days, like here in Strasbourg.

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Météo-France forecasts snowfall on Saturday from the north of the country - from the North, to the Ardennes, Ile-de-France and Burgundy - and has placed 26 departments on orange vigilance for snow-ice before a warm spell in the night from Saturday to Sunday.

Orange vigilance concerns the departments going from the center-east, from the Rhône, to the Pas de Calais in the north, passing through the entire Ile de France (75-92-93-94, 77,78 91 and 95).

Corrèze is also on orange alert.

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In the morning, temperatures are negative over a large part of the country. The frosts are particularly severe in Lorraine with often -10 to -15 degrees.

The first snows will arrive through Normandy and Ile-de-France this Saturday morning.

After the generalized morning frosts, we wait for the establishment for a few hours of this snowy episode.

The expected quantities are between 1 and 3 cm locally 5 cm, particularly in Ile-de-France, even occasionally between 5 and 10 cm in the most eastern and northern areas.

Snow on the east from the middle of the afternoon

During the afternoon, this precipitation will then be in the form of mixed rain and snow, or even temporarily with some freezing precipitation, before a marked warming up at the end of the day.

In the eastern regions, the episode will begin in the middle of the afternoon and will continue in the first part of the night.

5 to 10 cm are expected, a freezing episode is also possible during the night in these regions.

On the Lyonnais, the snowy episode will give a few centimeters in the first part of the night.

In the west of the Massif Central, an episode of marked freezing rain is expected in the first part of the night.

It is the department of Corrèze which is the most exposed, in particular at altitudes above 400 m.

In the north of New Aquitaine, the clouds will prevail and give a few drops before the arrival of rain the following night with a risk of ice towards Limousin.

Further south, the sky will hesitate between clouds and clearings with at most a few drops on the Côte d'Azur and western Corsica.

Around the Mediterranean, the Mistral and Tramontane will blow up to 70/80 km / h in gusts.

As for temperatures, in the morning, the minimum will locally reach 1 to 7 degrees near the coasts of the west and south of the country.

Everywhere else, frosts between 0 and -9 degrees will be almost generalized.

In the afternoon, it will be -1 to 4 degrees North-East in the Massif Central and the Alps, 4 to 9 degrees elsewhere, up to 10 to 12 degrees near the coast.

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