Beware of bad weather.
Storm Bella, which came from Iceland, is expected to hit France between Sunday and Monday.
Strong gales are expected over more than half of France as well as very heavy snowfall in the mountains.
At the time of the arrival of this disturbance, snow is even possible in the plains in the east of the country, warns the Weather channel.
# WEATHER ALERT: more than half of France will be affected between Sunday and Monday by very strong winds linked to # stormBella.
Also note very heavy snowfall on the west of the Massif Central and the south of the Alps.
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- The Weather Channel (@lachainemeteo) December 26, 2020
From
Saturday night to Sunday
, the winds will start to strengthen near the Channel coast as this very deep depression approaches.
Gusts are expected to reach 110 km / h and 90 km / h in the interior.
This strong gale will progress
Sunday morning
towards the Pays de la Loire, the Paris Basin and the Hauts-de-France, with gusts that will reach 80 to 100 km / h, and locally 100 to 110 km / h on the hills of Artois.
Sunday afternoon
, the winds will drop in the north-west, but will strengthen, still according to the Weather Channel, "from Poitou and Charentes to Limousin to Lorraine with gusts of around 110 km / h on the Charentais coast. and 80 to 100 km / h in the land ”.
# TempêteBella: Watch out for the strong gale forecast for Sunday over a large part of the country!
Gusts up to 120 km / h at the seaside and 80 to 100 km / h inland!
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- The Weather Channel (@lachainemeteo) December 25, 2020
Sunday evening
, it will be the turn of Auvergne and Franche-Comté with “gusts of 110 km / h on the exposed massifs and 70 to 90 km / h in the plains”.
Heavy snow is expected above 800 m.
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the night from Sunday to Monday
, "a snowstorm will start over the Alps, the Massif Central and the Pyrenees, from an altitude of 800 m".
These blizzard conditions could last until Thursday.
According to a tweet from Météo France, “the bad weather related to Bella will continue into the night from Sunday to Monday, as well as during the day on Monday, with very strong winds, sustained rains and heavy snowfall at low altitude, for example from Limousin to Auvergne.
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The bad weather linked to the very deep depression #Bella will continue into the night from Sunday to Monday, as well as during the day on Monday, with very strong winds, sustained rains, and abundant snowfall at low altitude, such as for example from Limousin to Auvergne.
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- VigiMeteoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) December 25, 2020