Meanwhile,
Weather alert: intense heat wave:
Of Wednesday August 13 at 11:00 am au Monday August 18 at 4:00 p.m. – Weather alert: intense heat wave
Situation
The exceptional heat wave continues. Therefore, is concentrated this Wednesday on the center-east: we wait 39 to 41 ° C in the Rhône valley, locally more, with tropical nights (> 20 ° C) which limit any respite.
The southwest remains very hot in the early morning (end of red alert). However, while the heat wins the north and east with 36–38 ° C from Val-de-Loire to the Grand-Est.
For the rest: high heat tray for a few more days. Furthermore, rebound probable this weekend in the southwest, then progressive reflux at the start of next week.
At the same time. Furthermore, an alert for “thunderstorms” extends to the southwest, in the center weather alert: intense heat wave of the country and the Southern Alps. Similarly, They will be strong in the mountains with local hailstorms and runoff. However, These thunderstorms will be much more usual. However, moderate on the central plains and the Paris basin after a very heavy day.
Observation
At noon, this Wednesday, August 13, we were already:
37 ° C in CUGES LES PINS (13), as yesterday,
36.7 ° C in Cogolin (83)
36.1 ° C in Durban-Corbières (11)
35.2 ° C in Aix-en-Provence (13)
34 ° C in Auch. Tarbes,
33 in Toulouse,
32 in Lyon and Grenoble
31 ° in Dijon, Poitiers and Saint-Etienne,
29 ° C in Paris
The night remained tropical in the Rhone corridor, the Parisian metropolis, Toulouse, the Mediterranean periphery and the Atlantic arc which knows its hottest night of the series to date: with the arrival of Atlantic clouds, the heat is trapped with a very heavy feeling: weather alert: intense heat wave very often, the thermometer remains blocked between 24 and 26 ° C all night.
At daybreak, we generally was 20 to 24 ° C throughout France, with already:
27.6 ° C in Nice
25.7 ° C in Porquerolles (83)
25.6 ° C at Mont Saint Vincent (71)
24.4 ° C in Toulouse-Blagnac
24.3 ° C in Cognac and Angoulême
And generally 22 to 23 ° C in Lyon, Carcassonne or Paris Montsouris.
Yesterday Tuesday August 12, the strongest heat was observed in Languedoc-Roussillon, Rhone corridor and still locally in the southwest. The highest temperatures reached 42.9 ° C in Saint-Laurent-du-Pape (07), 42.4 ° C in Carcassonne.
Evolution
The episode. started last Friday, reached its peak this Wednesday in the center-east, with temperatures frequently reaching 40 ° C to Burgundy. Then. a very high tray is observed until Friday before weather alert: intense heat wave a very intense rebound from Friday to Monday on the West.
This Wednesday, August 13
Today, refreshment relating to the west and in Occitania this afternoon (<35 ° C) due to clouds coming from the Atlantic on the one hand and especially thunderstorms that will burst in the afternoon and evening, but the heat remain intense in the east with 36–39 ° C, locally 40–42 ° C on the center-east where red vigilance persists. The northeast is still climbing (up to 40 ° C locally in Burgundy).
Thunderstorm parameter:
In the afternoon. scattered but locally strong thunderstorms burst from the Pyrenees to the central regions and the Hauts-de-France via Paris. At the same time. as yesterday, violent orographic thunderstorms broke out in the mountains: southern Alps, Pyrenees, trays of the Massif Central. These thunderstorms will lower temperatures in a fairly generalized way on Occitania.
Thursday August 14
We observe a relative lull with maximums around 35 weather alert: intense heat wave ° C, in general decrease. However, in certain southern regions, especially around the Mediterranean, values can still reach 38–40 ° C, especially where the heat dome persists. A new increase in temperatures is expected in the southwest and the Garonne valley with peaks at 37 ° C.
Thunderstorm parameter:
Rarer than the day before. they resume in the afternoon on the reliefs, in particular the Southern Alps, the Pyrenees and the Corsican Mountain. Return of a more stable time, without thunderstorm, on the central plain areas.
Friday August 15
The heat persists throughout the country: the maximum temperatures reach approximately 36 ° C. always with sectors more at risk in the center-east and the south, where the heat wave resists.
A rebound seems to be confirmed in New Aquitaine, with 38 to 41 ° C again.
Saturday August 16 – New scorching peak on the west
A rebound in the heat wave is confirmed for this weekend. weather alert: intense heat wave on the Atlantic Arc.
Saturday marks a new peak of heat, with maximums around 38 ° C or even a little more, up to 40 ° C again. A new hot drive under the heat dome could. in fact, be put in place in the west with points at more than 40 ° C.
Sunday August 17
The scorching episode fades slowly. Temperatures keep up high, still around 36 ° C, but attention can turn to a refreshment start, especially towards the Atlantic Arc. Other scenarios see the maintenance of highly scorching conditions.
The east and the South will keep hots beyond the weekend of August 15. The exit door of this heat wave is only expected for next Tuesday and Wednesday, from west to east.
Weather alert: intense heat wave
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