Friday weather: still cold and gray

Valérie Darmon, with AFP 8:45 p.m., January 26, 2023

The cold and gray weather will continue on Friday with more regular snow on the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenean foothills, according to Météo France forecasts.

Around the Mediterranean as far as the middle Rhône valley and as far as Savoie, the weather will be bright despite the often cloudy sun.

Mistral and tramontana will however continue to blow in gusts of 60 to 70 km/h, up to 90 km/h towards Roussillon.

From Pas-de-Calais to Normandy, to Brittany and then to the Pays de la Loire, short spells and cloudy periods will alternate.

Rare showers on the Channel coasts

Rare rain showers will occur on the Channel coasts.

Over the rest of the country, the sky will remain overcast and grey.

A few flakes will fall.

Freezing drizzle will likely be present over Burgundy and Lorraine.

More regular snowfall will occur in the north of the Massif Central, the Tarn, the Toulouse region, the Gers and the Pyrenees.

A layer of 5 to 10 cm of fresh snow may eventually form on the Montagne Noire and on a large part of the foothills.

The soils may whiten a little in places down to the plain.

Minimum temperatures will range from 1 to 3 degrees in the northwest, locally 4 to 6 on the Channel and Brittany coasts.

It will be between -2 and 1 in general over the rest of the country, locally -3 to -5 on the first heights and in the interior of Provence.

The maximum will show 7 to 12 degrees on the Mediterranean border, 5 to 8 from Normandy and Brittany to Aquitaine, between 1 and 5 elsewhere.