A depression crosses France from north to south.
The start of the week is therefore marked by choppy weather.
“This same depression brings up very humid air from the Mediterranean with an episode of bad weather in the South-East as far as Corsica.
A snowstorm hits the south of the Alps and the Pyrenees
,” anticipates
La Chaîne Météo
* in its latest bulletin.
For its part,
Météo France
places Deux-Sèvres, Pas-de-Calais and Gironde on orange flood alert.
The weather operator predicts significant flooding on the Sèvre-Niortaise (Deux-Sèvres) and the Canche (Pas-de-Calais), and overflows at the Garonne-Dordogne confluence (Gironde) during high tides.
The weather in your regions
The weather will frequently be rainy from
Hauts-de-France
to
Brittany
via the
Pays de la Loire
.
“The wind blows very strongly from Cotentin to the Breton coasts as far as Vendée, at 100 km/h
,” adds the specialist site.
In full wind, the feeling is therefore particularly cold near the
Channel
.
A depression crosses France from north to south on Monday February 26.
The Weather Channel
The weather is also rainy in the
South-West
, especially in
New Aquitaine
where the level of rivers remains under surveillance.
In the
Pyrenees
, snowfall increases above 1000 meters altitude.
You have to be careful in the
South-East
.
A Mediterranean episode is in place and causes abundant rains from
Corsica
to the southern region (
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur)
,
"sometimes accompanied by thunderstorms"
.
About a month's worth of rain is expected to fall through Tuesday.
Consequence:
“flooding of rivers and flooding in urban areas are envisaged”
.
The
south of the Alps
is affected by a snowstorm until Tuesday with heights of up to 50 cm to 1.50 m around 1800 meters above sea level,
“increasing the risk of avalanches”
.
In the Southeast, about a month of rain is expected to fall until Tuesday.
The Weather Channel
From
Auvergne
to
Rhône-Alpes
going up towards the
south of Burgundy
and
the west of Franche-Comté
,
“the weather is often gray and temporarily rainy with snow from 1200 meters”
.
“On the other hand, in the plains of Forez and Limagne, the risk of rain is more limited
,” adds La Chaîne Météo.
In
Alsace
,
“the weather is calmer, but the clouds are abundant”
.
A few drops are considered
“from time to time”
.
Over the
rest of the territory
, the sky is threatening and is accompanied by showers.
Further development
Tuesday, the weather will improve from the
north.
“The weather conditions will remain very turbulent in the
south
with abundant rain from the
Alps
to the
Pyrenees
to the
Mediterranean
and heavy snowfall in the mountains.
The risks of flooding must be monitored
,” the bulletin concludes.
*The Weather Channel is a property of the Figaro group.