Clouds are numerous over the northern half of France and a few rare drops are to be expected over the Basque Country this Tuesday morning according to
La Chaîne Météo*
.
Beautiful clearings and seasonal heat settled over three quarters of the country in the afternoon.
On the Mediterranean side, if the very high heat is receding, the mistral and the tramontana prevail, raising fears of the start of fires.
Eight departments are placed on heat wave orange alert: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Gard, Var, Vaucluse.
Temperatures fluctuate between 22 and 25°C in the morning, and can reach 32 to 37°C during the day.
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The weather in your area
In
Brittany
,
Pays de la Loire
and
Normandy
, the sky is gray in the morning with a few drops possible at the edge of the Channel.
In the afternoon, beautiful clearings gradually return to give way to a dominant sun.
Afternoon temperatures range from 21 to 26°C, seasonal values.
In
Île-de-France
,
Hauts-de-France
and
Grand-Est
, banks of low clouds are frequent and then cloud thinning breaks through despite the presence of numerous fair-weather cumulus clouds.
The maximum temperatures are summer with 20 to 31°C.
In
Centre-Val de Loire
and
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
, the gray morning gradually gives way to sunny skies of a summer afternoon.
The maximum temperatures are between 24 and 28°C.
From
New Aquitaine
to
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
, via Occitania, low clouds are numerous in the morning but dissipate quickly, giving way to a beautiful day, moderately warm, except in Languedoc-Roussillon where strong heat resist.
Note that the north wind blows in gusts up to 70 km/h, increasing the risk of fire.
The maximum thus displays from 24°C on the Atlantic coast to 35°C in Montpellier.
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In
PACA
and
Corsica
, the sun is essential, despite a small stormy evolution possible at the end of the day on the Southern Alps.
The mistral blows moderately in the Rhône valley, increasing the risk of fire.
The maximum temperatures are between 30 and 37°C.
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