While the week started with an exceptionally intense heat wave, it ended with thunderstorms over a large part of France. As La Chaîne Météo indicates, stormy showers have already broken out this Friday, July 22, 2022 in the morning, especially in the Pays de la Loire. These bad weather “shift in the afternoon between Normandy and Hauts-de-France by gaining in intensity”, explains the site specializing in meteorology, adding that the accumulations of rain are likely to reach 30 mm in a short time. locally.

This evening, the storms will be particularly intense in certain departments, where hailstorms are to be expected, according to forecasts from Météo France. In our slideshow below, discover the list of departments where hailstorms are expected on the evening of Friday July 22, 2022. The information provided is based on Météo France forecasts for this day at 11 a.m. and are subject to change. .

In the south, a completely different atmosphere is expected with very high temperatures, the mercury can reach up to 40°C in the shade locally between the Rhône valley and Provence. A new heat wave is expected throughout France this weekend, with a heat peak on Sunday which will affect a very large number of departments. “We therefore expect values ​​in the afternoon between 25 on the edge of the Channel and more than 40°C in the south-west and in Provence”, specifies the forecaster.