The heat wave which hit much of the country on Monday and Tuesday is not over for everyone.
Currently affected by high temperatures, the south-eastern quarter of France will experience high temperatures this weekend, according to Météo France.
"After the exceptional heat peak of Monday July 18 on the Atlantic coast and the peak of intense heat in the north and east of the country on Tuesday 19, the heatwave episode now mainly concerns the south-eastern quarter of France, where it settles in the long term”, published the weather forecasting organization in its last bulletin this Friday.
As a reminder, 13 departments in the south-east were still classified in heat wave orange vigilance this Friday.
At night, temperatures should remain high, often above 20°C and even between 22 and 26°C in coastal areas.
On Saturday, the minimum and maximum temperatures will keep very high levels on the Mediterranean arc in particular.
But it is Sunday that the maximum temperatures will be observed.
“On the southern half, it will be 32 to 38 ° C, with some peaks above 38 ° C, even 40 ° C in the lower Rhône valley”, specifies Météo France.
The high temperatures will also extend to the southwest that day.
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An anticyclonic zone will spread over the country at altitude, drying the air mass and promoting a new significant rise in #temperature #Sunday.
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The fault of "an anticyclonic zone" at altitude extending over the country, "drying the air" and "promoting a further rise in the thermometer".
Up to 38°C on Monday
Monday again, 35 and 36°C should be recorded as far as Lyon, while Météo France forecasts highs of 38°C in the afternoon in Gap or Montélimar.
Then the temperatures normalize from Tuesday but remain warm.
The northern part of France will be relatively spared, with temperatures that can still reach 34 ° C in the center and in Paris in particular.
Nationally, the heat wave "could last a fortnight", delivers the forecaster, "with in particular heat wave vigilance likely to persist in the south of the country during the next week".