[Dave K]

And a high risk of avalanches to in Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie with large amounts of unstable snow cover.

[DG57]

Ian Williams, on 05 January 2012 - 17:55, said:

Big Happy New Year to you as well Morgane, I am an avid follower of your threads and posts, keep up the good work

Thank you very much dear Ian. That touches me very much.

[DG57]

The temperatures will drop seriously in the next few days in France and will even be, for the first time since a while, below normals in most areas.

Note the chilly maximums in the Garonne valley recently due to persistent cloud banks and mist.

[Dave K]

Finally we may have a Ogimet reported synop/metar station in France below 500m asl with an ice day. Ambérieu-en-Bugey (Ain, Rhône-Alpes) looks like it has logged one as at 06Z this morning with a max of -0.2 °C yesterday. Can it score first points for France in Icebox Europe? Il faut attender...

I have passed through Ambérieu on the train, big railway junction.

[DG57]

Yes, I also noticed this on Météociel and on Météo Climat. Yeah ! First points for the Icebox Europe !

[DG57]

Some cold weather in East Central France, from Poitiers (at the West of the Massif Central) to Lyon (between Massif Central and Alps).

-2°C of max. in Lyon,
while the southern coast hit +15°C.

[DG57]

We're experiencing since last week-end (14th-15th January 2012) the first offensive of winter, and this very first winterly period won't last a long time before the return of the westerlies.

http://france.meteof...cument_id=26241

Note some Mediterranean minimums on the 14th Jan. : -6°C at Apt (central Provence), -2°C at Aix-en-Provence and Montpellier, 0°C at Perpignan. (well, this remains barely noteworthy compared with the recent temperatures of eastern Mediterranean : indeed, Greece had some worse cold weather !)

[DG57]

Today is a very warm day on the Riviera, with some 20°C and more, due to the western wind that blows over the mountains of Les Maures and of L'Estérel.

From Strasbourg, it sounds sooo balmy ! Although here it's not cold either, it's in any case overcast and rainy.

[DG57]

Here is the table of the nine warmest places in France on the 20th January 2012, which are all located in the Alpes-Maritimes department.

The 10th warmest place is located in the Var department and has hit a temperature of 19.0°C : it's Fréjus, close to the border with Alpes-Maritimes.

So, it's the central part and the southern part of the Riviera that were concerned by warm temperatures, due to the warm western wind.

Indeed, the northern part of the Riviera (city of Menton, for instance) was cooler, with a nonetheless respectable 16.7°C.

[DG57]

The reading of 22.5°C is a new record for Nice in January.

The previous record was set in 1959, with 22.2°C.

[Ian Williams]

MorganeLanesle, on 21 January 2012 - 10:49, said:

The reading of 22.5°C is a new record for Nice in January.

The previous record was set in 1959, with 22.2°C.

Excuse the pun but thats very Nice! lol Also the warmest place in Europe beating Valencia and Coin in Malaga were both Spains warmest with 21.8C. This is only the 2nd time since 19th December that somewhere outside of Spain has been the warmest in Europe.

[DG57]

20.5°C at Fréjus* (pictures) and 19.1°C at Hyères yesterday.

20.2°C at Le Luc and 20.1°C at Les Arcs-sur-Argens today.

For a few days now and during the next few days, a mini warm wave is set in the Mediterranean South.

[Mesogeiakos]

Way to go Nice!!!

[DG57]

Hehe, yes Pit.

[DG57]

Orange Warning for two Pyrenean departments : Ariège & Haute-Garonne.

Indeed, important snowfalls are currently occuring, and will last until at least the end of the week-end.

http://france.meteof...ilance/Accueil/

[DG57]

We have now a lot of departments in Orange Warning for snowfalls : from the interior North-West to the South-East.

http://france.meteof...ilance/Accueil/

[DG57]

Lots of snow is reported on an important part of France (mainly in the East, including the South-East, Provence and Corsica, above 200/300 metres in these two regions).

Otherwise, an important remark : tomorrow is going to be a polar day in France, with temperatures below -10°C and even below -15°C in the North-East (for instance in Strasbourg, ).

La Bise, an easterly wind, will turn on, which means that the cold sensation will be important (windchill below -20°C).

This post has been edited by MorganeLanesle: 02 February 2012 - 17:12

[DG57]

Here's the warning map for today/tomorrow :



East of France = very cold at night, very cold during daytime (it won't thaw).

Pyrenean Mountains + Corsican Mountains = heavy snowfalls down to the plains in the Pyrenean region and down to 200/300 m asl in Corsica.

This post has been edited by MorganeLanesle: 02 February 2012 - 20:41

[Ian Williams]

MorganeLanesle, on 02 February 2012 - 17:10, said:

Lots of snow is reported on an important part of France (mainly in the East, including the South-East, Provence and Corsica, above 200/300 metres in these two regions).

Otherwise, an important remark : tomorrow is going to be a polar day in France, with temperatures below -10°C and even below -15°C in the North-East (for instance in Strasbourg, ).

La Bise, an easterly wind, will turn on, which means that the cold sensation will be important (windchill below -20°C).

Strasbourg thats your home town Morgane (if i remember right) best wrap up warm then! Brrrrrrrrr

[DG57]

Yes, I'll wrap up as warm as possible when I go out ! Thanks Ian.