The heat episode continues at least in the south-eastern quarter of France. Orange “heat wave” vigilance is maintained in twelve departments of Haute-Savoie, via Vaucluse and Drôme, announces in its bulletin for this Thursday morning Météo France. After a still warm night, the highs will reach 31 to 35 degrees from Lyonnais in the northern Alps to the north of Valence, and 36 to 39 degrees on the Mediterranean rim to the middle Rhone valley, according to the weather organization. .
From the English Channel and the north of the Loire to the northern borders and Alsace, the clouds will still be numerous on Thursday morning with very light rain near the Belgian borders, according to forecasts. Throughout the afternoon on Thursday, the clouds will evacuate towards Belgium and despite a sometimes cloudy sky over Brittany, the clearings will be wider and wider.
A sunny day ahead
On the rest of the country, except for the Pyrenees where the sky is more cloudy, the day promises to be very sunny from morning to evening. Tramontane and mistral will blow moderately over the South-East, where temperatures will remain very high. The minimums will vary from 14 to 19 degrees in most regions, from 20 to 23 degrees around the Mediterranean and in the lower Rhone Valley.
The maximums will vary between 24 and 29 degrees over Brittany, near the Channel and the northern borders, even 21 to 24 on the Channel coast, between 30 and 34 degrees over the South-West and the Center-East, and between 35 and 40 degrees in Languedoc Roussillon, the south of the Rhône valley and Paca.