Sunday, January 18, 2015

Weather: Snow is back, 3 departments in amber alert – maville.com

Weather: Snow is back, 3 departments in amber alert – maville.com

According to Weather France , these episodes are not exceptional but “sufficiently significant to cause difficulties for circulation and disrupt certain economic activities’ .

The situation in West

NORMANDY

Calvados and Orne

The Weather Station France Carpiquet confirms snowfall in the countryside, on the heights of Calvados and Orne. Beware of ice Monday morning in Normandy.

Snow. “Tonight, it may snow in the hills of Calvados and Orne, but especially in the Field” ad Weather station France Carpiquet. On the coast, “it may snow tomorrow, but in a very localized way” . On the roads “too hot” should not hold.

Ice Storm . However, with rain showers and negative minimum temperatures expected over the entire Normandy “There’re ice risks in the second part of the night. They are expected to persist late in the morning “.



The first snowflakes in Normandy
The first Normandy snowflakes | Ouest-France

Channel

The cold his return to the department and the roads could end up frozen. That night, the minimum temperatures are expected to reach between 0 and -1 degree inland and 1 to 3 degrees by the sea.

While Rain has to leave the department in the evening rain showers mixed with snow are still possible at night. Snow which could even whiten the height of the hills and settle in late night, on the roads of southeastern department.

The General Council Channel therefore invites drivers to be cautious in the face of roadways that could be made slippery by snow or ice patches. The department was placed in yellow vigilance.

BRITTANY

Mayenne

16 00 the flakes fall in abundance in the north and center of the department, for a good hour now. Snow begins to hold in places, but the phenomenon should not continue. Meteo France said that the snow was expected, but notes that it is “arrived earlier than expected. After the uninterrupted rain this morning, southern wind has shifted to the north. Suddenly, the rain turned into snow “.

Snowfalls are being weakened and should head to the Maine-et-Loire. On the heights, especially in the north of the department, one could find one to two centimeters of snow. This should not, however, cause problems on the roads.

The situation could complicate Monday morning with an ice risk on the roads. Temperatures should, indeed, be between minus 1 ° C and 2 ° C.



Maine-et-Loire

Every Sunday was rainy. On the night of Sunday, the wind will shift to the north. With the arrival of cold air, the rain will turn to snow.

Since rainfall weaken, some snow should fall, says Laurent Belsoeur technician at Météo France , Beaucouze. The soils are not yet very cold, snow should not hold.

Other snowfall may occur in the week, including Tuesday night and Friday in the afternoon.

It was a long time was that no snowflake fell in Maine-et-Loire. The last snow shower back, according to Meteo France, in March 2013, almost two years!

Vendée

Clear, snow, hail … Around 14 pm Sunday 15, the road from Saint-Jean-de-Monts and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez has seen it all.

The phenomenon is localized to just a few kilometers. But it is quite surpenant for motorists who have taken this stretch of road between Saint-Jean-de-Monts and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez on Sunday to 14 h 15. “Snow and hail fell at once, with the storm “ said a couple of restaurant now without power.

Loire-Atlantique

The cold should reassert itself in the night from Sunday to Monday in Loire-Atlantique. A mixture of rain, snow and ice was announced. On the roads, it could be complicated since Monday morning road transport unions announced also “strategic blocking points” around Nantes. They are protesting against the lack of increase in salaries in their sector.



Elsewhere in France

The Ardèche vigilance orange snow-ice

The department of Ardèche going to be placed in orange snow-ice vigilance in the night from Sunday to Monday due to heavy snowfall from 500 meters, France Weather said.

This snowfall should cause “traffic and disrupt certain economic activities difficulties” is scheduled to begin this 23 00 Sunday only end Tuesday at 07 h 00, said Meteo France.

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