It’s a certainty: we will spend Valentine’s Day cool. Temperatures will still be below zero across the region this weekend, due to a cold snap from the Scandinavian countries.
–
This Thursday, February 11, the six departments of the Center-Val de Loire region are still on yellow snow-ice alert, following a wave of extreme cold from the Scandinavian countries. If in the south of the region, temperatures are still between + 1 ° and -3 °, a cold already more biting passed the belt that goes from Tours, in the West, to Sancerre, in the East. We go from -3 ° to -6 °.
Even further north, above Orleans and Vendôme, “the cold will be sharp with marked frosts that can approach or even exceed -10 ° C north of the Loire, especially on snow-covered soils in the countryside. The wind from the east to north-east sectors will reinforce the feeling of cold with sensations in the wind often between -15 and -10 ° C “ estimates the association Météo Center. The only grace of February 11: the sun, which shines over almost the entire region.
[Direct] This Thursday morning, temperatures sometimes drop below -10 ° C in the North of #CentreValdeLoire, especially in #Beauce on snow-covered soils where it is down to -12 ° C / -13 ° C very locally ???? … ↘️ https://t.co/jq4pJompp0. Caution at #ice on the roads. pic.twitter.com/G7UR4UWIkl
– Weather Center Association (@AssoMeteoCentre) February 11, 2021
We will be less lucky this Friday, February 12, with an overcast sky and in places freezing rains. However, temperatures should not exceed -5 ° C at dawn, in the coldest points of the region.
“For this weekend, the weather will remain freezing” warns Météo France. Mercury, indeed, will still not go beyond 0. “At the back of the snowy episode, clearings are developing, but the atmosphere remains very cold and vigilance remains essential” add meteorologists.
The forecast for this Saturday, February 13.
•
© Météo Center
–
According to an infographic produced by France Info, cold waves are less and less frequent in France. Half of those that the pauys knew since 1946 occurred before 1970. Only 11 waves of extreme cold were recorded between 1996 and 2020. They are also less intense, and last less and less long.
“We will be in a continuation or even an acceleration of the observed trend, with fewer and fewer cold spells and increasingly milder winters”, says climatologist Matthieu Sorel.
???? Rarer, shorter and softer: cold waves, a species on the verge of extinction in France
Our infographic to find here ????https://t.co/to04d3K2X5 pic.twitter.com/5ib4iUgqbH
– franceinfo (@franceinfo) February 10, 2021
–
