Météo France maintained Tuesday morning, and at least until Wednesday morning, its orange vigilance on two departments, Puy-de-Dôme and Cantal.

A sharp orange vigilance also still affects the Gers and Midouze rivers in the Landes, Gers and Lot-et-Garonne departments.

Five departments are still on orange vigilance on Tuesday, including Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme for snow and ice, according to the latest Météo-France bulletin.

A raw orange vigilance still affects the rivers of Gers and Midouze in the departments of Landes, Gers and Lot-et-Garonne.

The snow-ice orange alert measure has been lifted for Aveyron, Corrèze and Lozère.

Only Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme remain concerned because of a "remarkable snowfall likely to significantly disrupt road traffic", indicates the forecasting institute.

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The rainy and snowy areas are more diffuse, but the weather remains disturbed in the Massif Central, with further showers expected today.

Clear lull expected Wednesday morning.

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- Météo-France (@meteofrance) December 29, 2020

In this area of ​​the Massif Central, the snow showers will generally be weaker and more intermittent in the afternoon.

Snow depths of 15 to 30 cm were observed over a large part of Lozère with up to 50 to 60 cm in Aubrac.

The risk of snowflows due to accumulations by the wind remains significant Tuesday and Wednesday, underlines the meteorological institute.

"Further worsening of weather conditions" overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday

Météo-France expects a "further worsening of meteorological conditions" overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, with an "increase in" snowy showers and significant "consequences, in particular to the west of the Puys range and to the west of Cantal ", then a" clear lull "will emerge in the morning of Wednesday.

Most of the country will remain in the afternoon "under a parade of cloudy passages and showers, in an always fresh atmosphere".

Showers will be particularly frequent and locally stormy over the south of Aquitaine.

In the rest of the country, the sky will be variable, more loaded in the north, with showers from time to time, a few flakes on the heights, especially in the evening over Normandy.