The showers of March arrive in advance.
France will experience a drop in temperatures next weekend, with a cold wind hitting the whole country.
A disturbance will descend from the British Isles to the Channel coasts on Wednesday, after many mild days, in the middle of school holidays, indicates the Weather Channel *.
But it is from Thursday that the weather will deteriorate particularly.
Showers of fine hail and melting snow will affect the North, whose coastline may also experience a wave-submersion phenomenon, with strong waves.
Powder snow will also make a comeback in the Ardennes and the Vosges, from 700 to 800 meters above sea level.
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Falling temperatures
Thus, still in the northern half of France, temperatures will drop: on the morning of Friday February 24, it will be 3°C in Paris, for example, against 10°C this Saturday February 18.
Similar drops should occur in Strasbourg (4°C against 9°C), Dijon (2°C against 8°C) or Brest (3°C against 10°C).
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In the South either, winter is not over.
The spring atmosphere of the beginning of the coming week will give way to heavy rain on Thursday, in the South-West and in the Center-East.
Violent mistral and tramontane are also expected in the southeast.
This unstable, cold and windy weather will last for several days, with frequent snowfalls on the Massif Central and the Pyrenees, in particular.
Temperatures should drop by ten degrees compared to this weekend, especially in Limoges, Lyon and Toulouse.
*The Weather Channel is a property of the Figaro group
