Snowfall at low altitude over Limousin and Massif Central in the morning. Orange warning for avalanche risk in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
On Thursday morning, precipitation spread rapidly over the Massif Central and around the Gulf of Lion. The snow falls from 300 to 500 m on the east of Limousin and the Massif Central to the Ardèche and the north of Gard. The layer can quickly reach 5 to 15 cm locally. A few flakes can flutter in the interior of Provence and in the #Rhône valley. After noon, activity weakens markedly. It can still snow at low altitude towards the #Ardèche, but higher and higher above 800/1000 m over the rest of the Massif Central. More frequent showers continue to circulate over southern Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées, with snow over the Pyrenees above 2000 m early in the morning, then starting at 1400 m during the day.
Apart from a few clearings on the #Atlantic coast, the sky is also loaded from the Center and Poitou-Charentes to Brittany and Normandy with rare showers. In the PACA and #Corsica, the afternoon continues under variable skies with rare coastal showers. From the north of the Seine to the Grand Est, Bourgogne Franche-Comté and the northern Alps, conditions remain calmer but cold with frost and frequent morning gray. During the day, clearings develop between #Champagne, Vosges and Franche-Comté, low clouds remain more tenacious otherwise. Tomorrow morning, it will be 2 to 7 degrees in the western third, between 2 and -3 degrees elsewhere in the plains.
Frosts are much more severe on the snow-capped eastern massifs. During the day, temperatures reach 8 to 12 degrees on the Mediterranean border and the west of the country, locally 13 to 15 on the Atlantic coasts. Plan 4 to 8 in the east to the #Provençal hinterland, locally 2/3 in the north-east. The west to northwest wind blows quite strong in the morning on the Atlantic coast and the southwest, between 60 and 80 km / h in gusts.
Last Updated on 10/12/2020 – 5:02 by EuropeWeather24