When clearing snow from a motorway in the Alps in January.

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It will still be very cold this Wednesday in the north of the country, with still light snowfall, while Corsica will be under the threat of thunderstorms, forecasts Météo-France.

Twenty-three departments from Brittany to Alsace via Ile-de-France are placed in snow / ice orange vigilance, and four of Hauts-de-France are in extreme cold orange vigilance.

Five departments are also still in strict vigilance.

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It snowed overnight over a wide swath of Brittany in the east, passing through the Paris region.

At daybreak, you will have to beware of road freeze-up in the northern half of the country.

It will still snow lightly from Pays-de-la-Loire, in the Paris basin to the Grand-Est, the snow will hold on the ground until the plain then the falls will weaken and will only concern Franche Comté and Alsace. afternoon.

In the morning, over Rhône-Alpes to Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica, rainfall will be moderate.

They will be significant in the Alps, with a rain-snow limit starting at around 500 m in the northern Alps to 1,200 in the southern reliefs.

Risk of a thunderstorm in Corsica

The showers will regress in the South in the afternoon and will only concern the Isle of Beauty where we can fear thunderstorms and a good accumulation of precipitation on the reliefs exposed to the south-westerly wind (snow around 1,500 m in the morning, 1,000 / 1,200 m during the day).

From Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées to Auvergne, behind the very disturbed weather, a lagging sky will set in with showers in places, snow on the reliefs at around 1,000 m.

A risk of snow showers on the ground is to be feared in Poitou.

In the afternoon, the risk of showers will persist in the southwest.

From Rhône-Alpes and eastern Burgundy going up towards Alsace, it will still snow slightly.

Elsewhere, the sky will be variable with even beautiful clearings which will develop in the afternoon from Brittany to the Ardennes.

The east wind will blow quite strongly over the exposed capes of the Channel coast.

The tramontana will be present on the coast.

In Corsica, the gusts will remain consistent on the relief and the capes around 100 km / h.

Minimum temperatures will be stationary, under freezing cold in the north, in particular in Hauts-de-France, with locally -8 degrees, -1 to -6 elsewhere in the north, 3 to 9 in the south.

The maximums will vary from 8 to 13 degrees in the south, up to 14/16 in Provence and Corsica.

In Brittany and on the Channel coast, the mercury will stagnate at 1/4 degrees.

Elsewhere in the north, it's a thaw-free day, with no more than 0 / -1 degrees, -2 / -3 only in Hauts-de-France.

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Four departments without school bus this Wednesday in Ile-de-France

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Transport disrupted and heavy goods vehicles stopped in Brittany because of the snow

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