This Friday morning, the cold is still very intense, particularly in the North and the Grand-Est with frosts of between -6 ° and -15 °.
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At the same time, the disturbance that caused yesterday's snowfall in Brittany extended to the Center-West.
The Weather Channel * has placed 4 departments (Vendée, Vienne, Deux-Sèvres and Indre) on Snow-Ice red alert, the roads being very slippery and dangerous due to heavy rainfall and a temperature below 0 °.
This disturbance will reach the Rhones-Alpes region at the end of the morning.
Freezing rains will occur between the Loire and the Rhône then turn to snow in the second part of the day.
This afternoon, the highest temperatures will remain negative in the North and in the central regions with barely -4 ° to -2 ° in the 13 departments placed on orange cold alert.
Snowfall is expected in the center-east, in the south of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and in the north of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
This icy trend does not appear to be abating according to forecasts for this weekend.
Very severe frosts are expected on Saturday down to -10 ° in the departments on Extreme Cold alert.
A few flakes are expected in the morning in Center-Est but the weather will then dry out.
On Sunday, Hauts-de-France and Champagne-Ardenne will gradually emerge from the frost, unlike Alsace and Lorraine.
Difficult traffic conditions
Since 4 hours this Friday morning, the circulation of trucks over 3.5T is prohibited in the departments in red vigilance, where overtaking is also prohibited and the speed limited to 70 km / h for all, announced the authorities.
Since 9:30 p.m. Thursday, traffic restrictions have been imposed in departments with orange vigilance on heavy goods vehicles, from 7.5T, forced to park on road areas or storage areas, especially in Brittany on the RN12 and the RN 164.
The prefectures have also warned motorists.
“Secondary network impractical.
Don't take any chances.
Stay home.
Postpone your trips, ”tweeted the prefecture of Côtes d'Armor on Friday morning, while that of Orne informed of“ difficult ”traffic on the secondary network.
* The Weather Channel belongs to Figaro.