After the heat, lightning.
Météo France forecasts thunderstorms from Thursday afternoon north of the Loire and into eastern France, according to its forecasts posted on Wednesday.
The first risks of thunderstorms are reported in the center of France, around the Centre-Val de Loire, from Thursday afternoon, then in Île-de-France in the evening.
The thunderstorms will then intensify in the region of Alençon (Orne), Auxerre (Yonne) and Reims (Marne) overnight from Thursday to Friday, and will continue in eastern France until Friday morning. .
As for temperatures, after peaks felt at 35 ° C during the day in France, the thermometer will drop to 27 ° C Thursday evening in the Paris region.
It will be a little colder on Friday in the east and the center affected by storms: Météo France forecasts 20°C in Bourges and 18°C in Chaumont on Friday morning.
More showers in the Southeast this weekend
The sunny spells will return to the whole of France on Friday afternoon, with the exception of Savoie, affected by a stormy pocket on Saturday evening.
New stormy showers could also affect the south-east of the country on Sunday and Monday evening, indicates Météo France.
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These rainy episodes could be good news for the soils of the affected regions, while the heatwave episode aggravates the risk of drought throughout the country.
July 2022 is "the second driest month of all months combined" in France since the start of measurements in 1958-1959, with a cumulative aggregate rainfall of 9.7 mm, i.e. a rainfall deficit of around 84% compared to normal, according to Météo France.