Vigilance orange. Snow, wind, and ice : weather forecast in Normandy – Normandie-actu

Météo France predicts the arrival of the flakes in Normandy, starting on Thursday 12 January 2017. The forecast in Normandy : the five departments were placed under vigilance orange for risk of snow, ice and wind. (image ©Fotolia)

Normandy will she be prey to a snow and ice during the day of Thursday, 12 January 2017 ? This is what the forecasters announce.

Meteo France has placed 53 departments in vigilance orange, and the five departments of the region of Normandy. Winds, snow and ice are advertised in the Calvados, Eure, Seine-Maritime, Orne and Manche on Thursday 12 January 2017. The wind will reach 100km/h on land and 120km/h on the coast. The weather service expects snow showers to the interior of the departments bordering the English Channel, with layers 2 to 5 centimetres locally.

The prefecture of the Seine-Maritime opened two gyms
The prefecture of Seine-Maritime has raised the alert level to “cold weather” Thursday, January 12, 18h, until Thursday, 19 January 2017, at 8am.
In addition to the site, Colette-Yver open to Rouen for women, families and children, the other two sites will now be available to the public : the gym Graindor, street Carts, in Rouen, france, will host the men isolated, and the gym Dumont-Durville, 79 rue Dumont-d’urville, Havre, open to public.
people can directly visit the site or call the 115.
Some hotel space additional are likely to be opened on the territory of Rouen, Le Havre, Dieppe, Elbeuf and Fécamp.
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Météo France has placed 53 departments of which five departments in Normandy in vigilance orange in the morning of Thursday, 12 January 2017. (©Météo France)

A brutal cooling

” On the coast, with coefficients of tide on the rise, the sea will become very strong with an increase moderate in the English Channel and the North sea. In parallel, with a sudden cooling, a system of snow showers, sometimes heavy, will stand up to the north of an axis extending from northern Britain to the Hauts-de-France and in the Ardennes at large is, ” says the weather network .

Météo France announces thundershowers and hail in the night from Thursday 12 to Friday 13 January 2017. (screen capture ©Météo France)

It is recommended to be ” attentive during practical activities sensitive to the weather risk or close to a shoreline or a watercourse “. Phenomena are common in the region, but occasionally and locally dangerous, are predicted, say weather forecasters.

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thunderstorms announced in the evening

If the day of Thursday, 12 January 2017 in Normandy begins rainy, snow flakes and a drop in temperatures could change the landscape. In the morning, the temperatures approach 8°C in the coast, with a peak of 10°C in the north of the Manche, and 6°C in the land.

during the afternoon, they will align all on an average of 6°C, before falling as of 19h, to reach 3°C. Of the episodes of stormy weather are announced to 22h, in the Manche and the Orne river.

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