A drop in temperature causes snow to appear at low altitude on Tuesday in the northern half of France.
Strong winds will cross the south of France, from the west in the morning to the east in the afternoon.
A risk of flooding linked to heavy rains is present in Corsica and in the South-West.
Four departments are placed on orange alert by
La Chaîne Météo
*: Gers for strong winds and Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées for precipitation and strong winds.
The weather in your area
In
Hauts-de-France
as well as in
Alsace
, the weather is cloudy and cold with frosts in the morning.
Temperatures vary at least between -2 and 2°C and at most between 3 and 5°C.
On the North-West side, in
Brittany
and in the
Pays de la Loire
, the wind and a risk of rain are present.
On the temperature side, they oscillate between a minimum of 1 to 3°C and a maximum of 5 to 8°C.
In central France, in
Île-de-France
and in
Normandy,
temperatures are low with minimums between 0 and 2°C and maximums between 3 and 5°C.
Rain mixed with snow above 300 to 400 meters altitude is present.
In the evening, the snow is likely to settle on the ground.
The snow is also returning from the
Massif Central
to the
Rhône-Alpes region
, in
Burgundy
and in the
Jura,
from 400 meters.
The falls are greater at altitude.
The minimum temperatures are cold and vary between -1 and 3°C, while the maximum ones vary from 2 to 7°C in the plain.
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Wind gusts of nearly 90 km/h and up to 110 km/h by the sea are expected in the morning from
Aquitaine
to
Midi-Pyrénées
accompanied by heavy rain.
The risk of flooding is particularly present in the
Landes
and in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
.
Snow is expected in the mountains with heavy falls which raises fears of an avalanche risk.
Rather cool temperatures have a minimum value of 2 to 5°C and a maximum of 7 to 11°C.
In the south-east of France, the weather is rough.
The wind is very present in
Corsica
, with gusts that can exceed 130 km/h on the coast.
Mistral and tramontana also blow over
the Mediterranean regions
with winds that reach 100 km/h.
Temperatures are relatively mild with a minimum of 4 to 9°C and a maximum of 10 to 13°C and up to 15 to 17°C on the eastern side of
Corsica
.
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