Since Sunday, France has experienced a heat wave which should continue over a large part of the territory until Thursday.
According to forecasts from our partner
La Chaîne Météo *
, temperatures will rise to 36 ° C on Monday in the western and central regions, as far as the Paris basin.
A peak of 38 ° C could be reached in Gironde and in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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After a milder night, thanks to the shortening of the days, Tuesday should be similar to that of the day before, with temperatures between 32 and 35 ° C from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to Burgundy then in going up towards the Grand-Est, the borders of Hauts-de-France and the Paris basin.
Same scenario Wednesday, with heat peaks between Périgord and Quercy, then from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region to the east of the Paris region and to the Grand-Est.
Elsewhere, a cloudy sky, with the risk of a thunderstorm, should start to lower the mercury, "
but the atmosphere will nonetheless remain very heavy and the feeling of discomfort will remain quite significant
", specifies
La Chaîne Météo
.
The heat wave will come to an end on Thursday, although temperatures are expected to still be a few degrees above seasonal averages.
This episode should accentuate the dryness of the soil and encourage possible fires, warns
La Chaîne Météo
in a press release, which notes that heat records could be broken for a month of September.
The situation should also help "
a deterioration in air quality with fairly significant Ozone pollution
", especially in large cities on Monday.
* The Weather Channel is a company of the Figaro group