Temperatures have started to rise this week in France, even to exceed certain summer average values.
The situation will continue until the middle of next week.
If this Saturday afternoon, in the north, the thermometer experiences a small drop of one or two degrees compared to Friday, in the south it will experience, conversely, a small increase. Météo France thus expects up to 35 ° C. “The temperatures are well above normal. The maximums vary between 19 ° C and 23 ° C along the English Channel, between 24 ° C and 30 ° C on the rest of the northern half and between 29 ° C and 33 ° C in the south with peaks at 34 ° C -35 ° C in Roussillon and Provence.
Sunday, peaks "at 37 ° C towards Roussillon and the Lower Rhône Valley" are expected.
"The 35 ° C should become general in the south of the country, and the 30 ° C continue their progression further north", details the organization.
The weather channel, for its part, highlights the feeling, which takes into account the wind and humidity.
The 40 ° of feeling will thus be reached in the South.
In Brest (Finistère) it should be 34 ° C, more than in Paris and its 31 ° C.
🌡️ #HEAT: tomorrow #sunday in full sun in the afternoon, the feeling will be very hot, sometimes close to 40 in the Aquitaine basin and near the Mediterranean ... and 34 in #Brest in Brittany!
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- The Weather Channel (@lachainemeteo) June 12, 2021
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the heat will continue.
Temperatures will go up a notch again.
Wednesday could be the hottest day with over 30 ° C in many areas, as this map from Météo France shows.
/ Meteo France
The heat wave threshold should not be reached.
The heat wave corresponds to precise temperature thresholds for at least three days in a row, day and night.
This is the duration that will be lacking to speak of a heat wave.
But the intensity of the temperatures will be similar in places to a heatwave.
While it is not yet completely ruled out that the heat wave level will be reached in certain cities, the current and future situation can at least be qualified as a heat wave.
In the wake of the very hot day on Wednesday, a generalized stormy and rainy degradation should set in place for several days. It will be accompanied by a drop in temperatures of several degrees, sometimes up to 10 ° C less. The thermometer will be slow to descend in the east of the country. Forecasts remain to be refined, but it would probably be necessary to wait until Friday, or even the weekend.