Heavy rains will hit Friday the south-west of the country, from the Basque Country to the Catalan Pyrenees, west audois south of the Massif Central to the Agen and the Landes, according to a bulletin of Météo-France released Thursday. These rains will be continuous throughout the day and will result in significant accumulations with snow on the Pyrenean chain beyond 2,400 m.
Some clearings in Brittany, Normandy, and in the Hauts de France
Further north, from the Massif Central to the Center region and the Pays de Loire, from the Paris Basin to the Ardennes, the sky will be very cloudy and threatening with some showers. The showers will be more frequent and thunderstorm the afternoon south of the Loire.
On the east of the country, from Lorraine to Alsace, Burgundy, Rhône-Alpes, Provence and Corsica, the weather will be calmer and more sunny despite a veil of high clouds. From Brittany to Normandy and the Hauts de France, the sky will alternate cloudy and generous clearings.
Up to 28 degrees in the Rhone Valley and in Provence
In the area of Tramontane, the moderate wind will become quite strong in the evening when the gusts will reach 70 to 80 km / h.
The minimum temperatures will be of the order of 8 to 14 degrees from north to south, locally 7 in Normandy, 5 in Lorraine but up to 16 towards the littoral of Languedoc and Roussillon. The maximum will increase in the east but in a sharp decline on the South-West with 16 to 19 degrees from the south of Aquitaine to the Massif Central and on the coasts of Manche, 20 to 24 degrees elsewhere and up to 26 to 28 on the side of the Rhone Valley and Provence.