France has been bathed in an astonishing softness for several days. In question, a disturbed southwest flow that brings air of subtropical origin to our country. Maximum temperatures were almost springtime in the middle of the week, with up to 22 ° C Tuesday afternoon in Perpignan, 21 ° C in Montpellier, 16 ° C in Lyon on Wednesday, 15 ° C in Troyes …
This softness will be put to the test with the arrival of polar air from Scandinavia this weekend. However, the cold should not come down very much in France, but rather spread to our British neighbors, where a real blizzard is expected from Sunday. What consequences for the northernmost regions? How big will the cooling be for us? Response elements.
Risk of heavy snowfall in the Benelux
Low pressures will eventually return to France this weekend, while an anticyclone will circulate at the highest latitudes and another over the Azores. Between the two, cold air from Scandinavia will slide into the British Isles, passing through the Benelux and the northernmost regions of France.
The eastern UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and northern Germany should be at the heart ofan air mass conflict conducive to heavy snowfall between Sunday and Monday. Impressive snow accumulations could affect this vast area. We expect, for example, 20 to 30 centimeters of snow between Amsterdam and Dortmund.
Similar accumulations are expected in the east of England, where the east wind will blow very strongly up to 100km / h. A real blizzard!
Monday February 8 and Tuesday February 9 will be freezing days in the British Isles, this cold will overflow across the Channel.
Possible series of 4 days without thaw in Lille between Sunday and Wednesday. the last time was in January 2013.
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The Hauts-de-France and Normandy concerned?
The far north of France will be at the limit of this air mass conflict and will be affected from Sunday by a significant cooling. From Sunday afternoon, it should not thaw in Lille and its surroundings. Regarding the snow, it could well fall on Sunday in the north of Hauts-de-France, leaving a small layer of a few centimeters to the beaches of Dunkirk.
While softness will always be the order of the day throughout France, Sunday, in connection with the arrival of cold in the far north, temperatures will drop in all regions north of the Loire. This drop in temperatures will be even more marked on Monday, with a risk of snow in Hauts-de-France, but perhaps also to the limit of Normandy and the Paris basin.
For the middle of next week, the cold wave should persist in northern Europe and Hauts-de-France, particularly the North and Pas-de-Calais. On the rest of the country, the oceanic influence should once again prevail …
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