On Friday, the Hortense storm did not spare the south of France.
Strong winds were recorded on the Basque coast, with gusts exceeding 100 km / h.
🌬️Based on the storm #Hortense, the wind is already blowing strong in the extreme southwest this morning:
➡️Gusts:
Oloron (64): 95 km / h
Capbreton (40): 87 km / h
📸Webcam, Capbreton and Hendaye, via @Viewsurf pic.twitter.com/BP34B4nGLh
- Météo-France (@meteofrance) January 22, 2021
During the night from Thursday to Friday, a gust of 111 km / h recorded in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) even caused a tree to fall.
Tree on the ground at #tarbes where the gusts exceed 100km / h đź“·erb Patricia pic.twitter.com/CRWoicHBfe
- Météo Pyrénées (@Meteo_Pyrenees) January 22, 2021
If the Landes, the Gironde and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques have since returned to yellow vigilance, the two Corsican departments are still, this Saturday, in orange vigilance for strong winds.
🔶 2 deposits in #vigilanceOrange
Stay informed on https://t.co/CSYEovTI83 pic.twitter.com/oe25Dqpgp8
- VigiMeteoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) January 23, 2021
These last hours, the measured gusts are generally 100 to 130 km / h from Bonifacio to Solenzara, from Balagne to Cap Corse and on the relief and between 150 and 200 km / h to Cap Corse.
Elsewhere, they are generally between 80 and 100 km / h.
The expected gusts are generally 120 to 140 km / h in these areas and go up to more than 180 km / h at Cap Corse.
Elsewhere, the west to southwest wind is still blowing strongly this morning.
Along the coasts from Brittany to Vendée and the Aquitaine coast, peaks reach 70/90 km / h.
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In the South-West, precipitation increases, snow falls on the Pyrenees from 1000 m and then gradually towards 1800 m.
Elsewhere, the weather remains gray and humid with passing rains.
On the massifs, the rain-snow limit is located, on the Alps around 500 to 800 m, on the Vosges and the Jura around 500 m.