The weather situation is very degraded this weekend in the south-east and south of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes where intense rains are occurring as well as a southerly wind storm. We will keep you informed live of these bad weather conditions to allow you to better anticipate your travels.
The Monica depression is deepening over the Bay of Biscay and begins its descent towards the Mediterranean basin. This depression is causing very rough weather this weekend in the southeast with heavy rain, stormy winds and blizzard conditions in the south of the Massif Central and the south of the Alps. This is the third consecutive weekend of bad weather in the southeast of the country.
The 🌀#depressionMonica deepens on the Bay of Biscay and begins its descent towards the Mediterranean basin. This depression is the cause of very turbulent weather this weekend in the south-east with strong #rains💦, #vents🚩 et #snow❄️. pic.twitter.com/dr3ioVOgXG
— La Chaîne Météo (@lachainemeteo) March 9, 2024
This Saturday
At 8 p.m, the most intense rains are observed between Languedoc, the Cévennes and Provence. In Nîmes-Garons (30), 60 mm of rain has just fallen between 1 and 8 p.m., or more than a month of rain! This is a daily monthly rainfall record. This is also the 2nd Mediterranean episode in a week to affect this sector.
At the La Souche station (07), the rain gauge has just exceeded the 600 mm mark for 2024 with 616.6 mm since January 1, including 300.2 mm in March and 123.4 mm for today. Although it is only March 9, it is the wettest month of March ever observed at the station.
Concerning the wind, it blows violently between Lyon and Saint-Etienne, in the Gier valley, in Saint-Chamond (42) with a gust of 104 km/h measured this evening. The wind is also blowing violently in Hérault, in Sète where for the second time in less than 24 hours, a gust has just exceeded 100 km/h this evening.
At 5:30 p.mdue to the intense precipitation which hits the Cévennes, the first hydrological reactions occur.
Because of’#episodescévenol in progress, many rivers are reacting: this is the case of #Chassezac, a tributary of the Ardèche, which entered into flood at the end of the afternoon. Tonight, the situation will get worse and we can fear many #floods and #floods. pic.twitter.com/Qpto42YgcQ
— La Chaîne Météo (@lachainemeteo) March 9, 2024
At 5 p.m, the situation continues to deteriorate very quickly. The rains are increasing very clearly between Languedoc and the east of the Massif Central, as well as in Provence Côte d’Azur.
The peak intensity of the Cévennes and Mediterranean episode sets in this evening and continues until the end of next night for the south-east where #rains💦 intense events occur, coupled with a #blizzard❄️ in the mountains and #vents🚩 at almost 100 km/h. pic.twitter.com/xLRddUloHc
— La Chaîne Météo (@lachainemeteo) March 9, 2024
During the last 24 hours, the equivalent of a month of rain has already fallen in the south of Ardèche, the east of Lozère and the north of Héraut and Gard which are experiencing their 2nd Cévenol episode. In a week.
At 3 p.m, the wind blows very strongly between Languedoc and the east of the Massif Central up to Lyonnais as well as between Chartreuse and Vercors with gusts exceeding 100 km/h. In Ardèche, the southerly wind storm is raging with an absolute wind record recorded in Saint-Agrève at 134 km/h.
Between the Monts Lozère and the Mézenc massif, a snowstorm is in progress from 1300 meters above sea level.
A real #blizzard ❄️is currently falling between the Cévennes and the Mézenc massif above 1300 to 1400 meters altitude with winds #stormy🚩 at more than 100 km/h. ⚠️Extreme caution, as this bad weather continues until Sunday morning.
— La Chaîne Météo (@lachainemeteo) March 9, 2024
On the French Riviera, the weather deteriorates very quickly. It’s the start of the bad weather and the 3rd consecutive weekend of bad weather in Nice where 390 mm of rain has fallen since January 1st, more than during the year 2023! (374mm). The drought is just a memory for now
Start of bad weather ⛈️ on the French Riviera this afternoon. This is the third consecutive weekend of bad weather #Nice where 390 mm of rain has fallen since January 1, more than in 2023! (374mm). There #drought is just a memory for now. pic.twitter.com/rQROUVEadF
— La Chaîne Météo (@lachainemeteo) March 9, 2024
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