Europe 1 with AFP 6:38 a.m., March 9, 2024
We should expect a new rainy episode this Saturday across the country according to Météo France forecasts.
The departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche and Var are on orange rain-flood alert for the start of the weekend.
After a short-term lull, a new rainy episode will affect the country on Saturday for the start of the weekend, according to Météo France forecasts.
Charente-Maritime will remain on orange flood alert.
In addition, the weather operator has placed the departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche and Var on orange rain-flood alert for Saturday.
The latter department also went into orange flood alert early Saturday, according to the latest bulletin from the meteorological institute published at 6:00 a.m.
The Loire and Haute-Loire on orange wind alert
The departments of Loire and Haute-Loire will also be on wind orange vigilance.
The southeastern regions will be the most impacted, both by a strong southeast wind, and especially by significant amounts of precipitation during the day and the following night.
Accumulations could still exceed 100 mm in places in the Var and Alpes-Maritimes departments.
The Ardèche Cévennes will also be heavily rained, with snow above 1,200 m during the day, then 800 to 1,000 m the following night.
The southeast wind will still blow strongly in the southeast quarter, with gusts of 70/80 km/h in general, or even more on the hills.
Lighter rains will reach Brittany in the morning, shift towards Normandy, Ile-de-France and Auvergne in the afternoon, then towards the east in the evening while losing activity, sparing only the extreme northeast.
Between 2 and 6 degrees north
On the west facade, a trailing sky will see alternating clearings and periods of showers.
The Pyrenean terrain will be very windy, and well watered, with snow from around 1,500 m, while precipitation will be much more scattered, or almost absent from Roussillon to the Toulouse region, where the Autan wind will be strong The morning.
Minimum temperatures will be between 2 and 6 degrees in the north, between 4 and 8 degrees in the south, up to 10°C along the Mediterranean.
The maximums will be quite uniform with 10 and 15 degrees, and always up to 17°C in Corsica.