If the Irene depression gradually moves away from France towards Switzerland,
“severe frosts”
are observed this Friday morning in Normandy, in Hauts-de-France, to the north of the Paris basin, in Lorraine and in the Ardennes, indicates
La Chaîne Météo
* in its latest bulletin.
With temperatures having dropped between -5 and -10°C, the refreezing of the snow
“makes the roads very slippery on the road network”
warns the specialist site.
On
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The roads, carriageways and sidewalks concerned
The term “refreeze” is used when the roadway freezes, thaws, and then freezes again.
Concretely, the snow melted with the mild weather, which therefore becomes liquid again, transforms into ice when the temperatures drop again.
This risk of refreezing therefore concerns snowy or wet areas.
Sidewalks are also affected by this phenomenon.
“By the end of the morning, temperatures will rise and gradually pass above 0°C between 11 and 12 p.m., which is why this special release on ice may be lifted
,” concludes
La Chaîne Météo
.
*The Météo Channel belongs to the Le Figaro group.