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Real torrent descends avenue de:
Météo France had announced it: thunderstorms were to strike Haute-Garonne and its pink city, this Wednesday, August 20. However, And it didn’t fail. However, In the early afternoon, lightning impacts and substantial storm showers have struck several areas of the city.
Following thunderstorms, impressive images were shared on social networks, as on the X account of journalist Guillaume Pannetier, around 4 p.m. Therefore,
@actutoulouse Diluvian rains in Toulouse #Foryou #Fyp #Toulouse #foryoupage❤️❤️
♬ son original – Actu Toulouse
“Strong precipitation has transformed the avenue of glory into a torrent,” he wrote.
Difficult to measure with rainfall – Real torrent descends avenue de
To grasp how substantial precipitation has been. Toulouse news turned to one of the forecasters of Météo France, Léo Ducongé. He explains that in fact, he relies on the rainfall data identified on local weather stations.
“But in these areas of the agglomeration. the cumulative rain was not very substantial” this Wednesday, August 20, he explains. 7 millimeters of rain fell to Blagnac in an hour and only 3 mm, to Francazal.
” THE floods passed fast. there was more rain elsewhere; Potentially, what was identified in Toulouse was much more Diluvian, ”says the forecreen. It is therefore based on other data: those of images radar.
The rains have been substantial
These are real -time images “the circulation of thunderstorm cells”. By agglomerating these images, “we have access to cumulative rain estimated continuously, beyond the pluviometers which are on defined points”.
And Bingo: in the city center. in the east of the pink city, “estimates of radar images suggest that we could have had Between 15 and 20 millimeters of rain During this stormy episode, ”says Léo Ducongé.
A dry weekend?
The showers should travel throughout the department until Wednesday. August 20, evening on Wednesday, evening before lesing over the evening – even if they could be accompanied by small thunderclaps.
Of New showers are expected the next morning, but thunderstorms should be more discreet. Then, make way for a dry weekend, if the forecasts are correct. We cross our fingers.
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