The weather for December 15: ice and rain, 18 departments on orange alert

The weather remains very gloomy this Thursday, December 15, as announced by the Weather Channel*.

The cold is accentuated in the North-East and causes severe frosts, while stormy rains fall in the South-East.

In question, a conflict of air masses, between the mild ocean air and the cold Scandinavian air which is placed above France.

Disturbances from the Atlantic cross the country.

Eighteen departments are on orange alert.

Under the Loire, the temperatures are milder, but the sky is rainy.

The weather in your area

From

and

to

Hauts

northern

, the weather is dry under a cloudy sky and a cold accentuated by the wind.

Be careful in the morning because of the ice!

Temperatures will peak at 5°C.

From

to

,

southern

and

, freezing rain is expected in the morning with a risk of ice.

Then the weather becomes dry again under a very cloudy sky.

From

to the

and

, the sky remained cloudy, dotted with a few scattered rains, still relatively mild.

Temperatures are expected to drop during the evening.

Mercury is between 5 and 15°C.

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In

, the weather is gloomy and rainy.

The rains increase in the afternoon.

They take on a stormy character over the Cévennes.

The rain/snow limit is limited to the highest peaks, above 1700 meters.

In

to

, the weather is particularly humid in the afternoon, under the influence of the rise of a Mediterranean disturbance.

The rains are temporarily sustained.

It is snowing at altitude, above 2000 meters in the Alps, which increases the risk of avalanches in the evening and overnight from Thursday to Friday.

From

to

as well as in

, it rains all day, with marked intensities.

Be careful under storms from the Gard to the Alpes-Maritimes to the island of beauty, as runoff may occur.

*The Weather Channel is a property of the Figaro group.