When you pull up the zipper on his coat, grumbling that it’s cold, Christopher Bribet has the hindsight to qualify: “We feel the cold more because there is humidity. Otherwise, temperatures are seasonal right now. In the afternoon, we are even a degree above normal ”. The Caen weather enthusiast, has been running the page for seven years Weather Lower Normandy, which has nearly 110,000 followers on Facebook and more than 2,000 on Twitter. On Monday, he made the community react by sharing the forecasts of the American weather model GFS, announcing a cold snap for mid-November in Normandy.
“Right now the weather and the page are calm,” Christopher smiles. But phenomena that are out of the ordinary make people react. “If the north-eastern sector flow,” synonymous with generally dry and much colder weather “is confirmed, then the mercury risks plunging three to five degrees below seasonal norms,” warns the amateur meteorologist. An alert that helps its community “not to be caught off guard. Whether it’s to adapt your outfit properly or to be more vigilant on the road ”.
A million views in extreme cold
Calvados, with its valleys, coastline and plains, can deceive its world, especially in cold weather. “From one place to another, it varies a lot. In Normandy Switzerland, it can be -5 ° C in Clécy and 0 in Thury-Harcourt while the two places are close. It’s hard to make good predictions. “. The topic has people on the alert, however, with nearly 500 shares and around 60,000 views for the mid-November refresh post. Not really a surprise: a few years ago, Facebook had recorded more than a million views on Météo Basse Normandie, in a month marked by winter episodes.
As banal as the subject may seem, the weather “casually fascinates you,” notes Christopher, who publishes a daily weather map for the next day in Normandy. A passion that is shared, since many followers send him photos. One of the latest was taken level with frosted grass in a Manchese field. The first frosts therefore cast a white veil in the countryside, but not yet in Caen, which is slowly approaching it.
Photos of snowy landscapes arrive in spades
The fall in temperatures should heat up Christopher’s phone, who says he receives dozens of pictures when the weather offers more unique landscapes. Last year, during a snowfall in the Orne, he received around 500 a day. Proof that the page’s community is receptive. “Sometimes people ask what the weather is like in a town. I don’t even have time to say that someone did. People help each other through the weather. It’s nice to see that. “
A mutual aid that the snow is likely to make necessary this year. “We expect a major snowfall every ten years,” says Christopher. The last one dates from 2013 in Calvados. At the time, Caen had remained a week covered with a thick white coat. The US forecasting model sees snowflakes around November 20. The prospect did not fail to react on Météo Basse Normandie. “But beware, snow is difficult to predict in advance. We really start to know 48 hours in advance, ”warns the meteorologist.
Enough to maintain the suspense, even if the enthusiast would like to announce some “to please the children, but not only. Then not too much either, otherwise it is complicated to go to work ”. Especially for Christopher, bus and tram driver in the Caen conurbation. But by the time the network turns white, there will still be time to warn the community of putting on a warm coat.
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