Meteo France this Saturday morning placed thirteen departments of the great is in orange vigilance “great cold”. These are the departments of Yonne, Marne, Aube, Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Haute-Saône, Territoire-de-Belfort, Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Vosges, Meuse.
Three departments in the west are still vigilant orange “snow and ice”: Finistère, Morbihan, Côtes-d’Armor.
The department of Charente-Maritime is on the alert “flood”.
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At the start of Saturday morning, the disturbance is located at the point of Brittany and will reach the eastern regions.
Within this disturbance, freezing rains are possible, aggravating the slippery phenomena already present with the freeze-up. Small layers of ice can again form on the roadways.
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-20 ° C in the Vosges last night!
Temperatures fell sharply in Lorraine and Franche-Comté overnight from Friday to Saturday. Most often, the thermometer displays values between -6 and -10 degrees, locally values less than -10 degrees.
At 5 o’clock this morning, we noted for example -7 degrees Metz, Besançon, -8 in Nancy, Colmar, Belfort. The lowest temperatures are -12 ° C in Plombières-lès-Bains and -20 ° C in Lingeville in the Vosges, -19 ° C in Vilette en Meurthe-et-Moselle, -20 ° C in Houdelaincourt en Meuse , and -12 ° C Luxeuil in the Haute-Saône.
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The east to north-east wind blows between 40 and 60 km / h, which accentuates the feeling of cold: the temperatures felt are most often between -15 and -18, locally less.
In the afternoon, temperatures will struggle to exceed the 0 degree mark in Lorraine and Franche-Comté. In areas in the shade, there will be no thaw.
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An improvement expected Sunday afternoon
During the night from Saturday to Sunday, temperatures drop again, often between -8 and -12 degrees. The northeast wind remains strong and reinforces the feeling of cold giving a feeling between -12 and -18, sometimes lower.
Sunday morning, the frosts will be still generalized and strong, without much change compared to Saturday. An improvement is emerging in the afternoon with temperatures that are milder compared to the previous days. The thaw should be noticeable in all regions, but it will be later in the most eastern departments.
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