After the heat wave, place to stormy disturbances. On Tuesday July 19, France experienced a heat wave of rare intensity. The hottest day of the week, according to the Weather Channel, for which “this Tuesday was the maximum heat in the northeastern two-thirds of France.”
No less than 64 records for more heat have fallen in the four corners of France in recent days, announces for its part Météo France.
And this “heat apocalypse” has not said its last word…
On Wednesday July 20, around thirty departments were still subject to orange or yellow vigilance in the face of the risk of a heat wave.
It is necessary to add, to its disturbances, an increased risk of thunderstorms over a large part of the territory. 58 departments are thus placed in yellow or orange vigilance by Météo France this morning.
In most of the regions concerned, however, the deterioration will probably be welcome, after several days of suffocating heat.
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But in the East, thunderstorms and heat waves will have to coexist for part of the day, according to the latest forecasts from Météo France.
On the mercury side, we expect up to 36°C felt in Montélimar, and a minimum of 21°C in Brest this afternoon.
The thunder has already won, this night, several departments of New Aquitaine and Occitanie. “The showers may locally be sustained with a risk of hail, but the watering will remain too diffuse and too short to improve the drought situation”, specifies the Weather Channel website.
Thursday, if we stick to the forecasts of Météo France, the good weather should return to the whole of the territory, with relatively more bearable temperatures, although we still announce up to 35°C in the South-East.
And this weekend, a new heat wave could well hit France.
“If the situation remains breathable in the north on Saturday, a new very hot puff is expected on Sunday across the country with often scorching values in the south”, predicts the Weather Channel.