After the snow and the cold, it's time for spring temperatures, well above seasonal norms.
“It will do good to find milder temperatures,” says Julie, a resident of the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
No less than 18 ° C are announced in the capital.
“I knew the temperature was going to rise, but not so much,” she wonders.
For Aurélien, the return of the sunny days rhymes with the return of social life.
“With the health situation, we don't see many people anymore, we no longer have places to go out, so with the extra cold, it was nothing.
There we will be able to enjoy the parks and meet our friends.
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Be careful, however, to respect barrier gestures and health rules.
The Paris police headquarters announced the mobilization of 4,000 members of the police this weekend, in the capital and throughout Ile-de-France.
She wants to avoid "any slackening": enforce the curfew, avoid gatherings in public space and clandestine parties, pin down restaurants or bars open despite the ban.
Be careful, the cold wave is not over
The Rhône prefecture, for its part, banned the consumption of alcohol on the public highway Saturday afternoon in the center of Lyon, in order to limit gatherings around drinking establishments, deemed "conducive to epidemic spread".
“In recent weeks, and in particular on Saturdays in February, numerous gatherings have been observed in certain areas of the hypercentre of Lyon, especially near bars and restaurants,” she wrote in a statement.
This heat wave follows two weeks of extreme cold.
Important climate changes that Guillaume Séchet, meteorologist, explains by a compensation effect.
“Last week we were influenced by the polar air, cold and dry, from Russia.
We were no longer used to such cold, that's what decided ”
Last Sunday the winds changed direction and became milder.
The flows changed from northeast to southwest.
“After this week of transition, we are under the influence of the fresh air coming from northern Africa.
This is why the temperatures will be rather spring, between 7 and 10 degrees above normal.
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The meteorologist nevertheless recalls that the cold snap is not over.
Russia is currently facing temperatures well below seasonal norms.
Between 8 and 15 ° C.
“It is not excluded that it will return in early March.
»In the United States too, while the t-shirts are almost ready to be released here, Texas is grappling with freezing temperatures and completely unprecedented snowstorms, which have damaged the distribution network. energy and even deprived millions of inhabitants of electricity but also water.
