Météo France has placed two departments in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region on orange alert for “wind” this Friday, March 29.
After passing through Brittany and the Atlantic coast, Storm Nelson continues to cross France and heads east this Friday, March 29. In its bulletin this Friday morning, Météo France placed the departments of Loire and Rhône, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, on orange alert for risk of wind. The meteorological agency indicates that significant winds were recorded “all night last in the southern Loire and southern Rhône” with gusts of up to “108km/h in St Etienne and 108km/h in Brindas”. Orange alert should continue until 4 p.m.
For this Friday, Météo France forecasts wind gusts “between 60 and 90 km/h on the plains” and between “90 and 110 km/h on the summits”. The agency says even stronger gusts could occur “on the highest Alpine peaks.” In its bulletin, Météo France also announces significant gusts of wind between 100-110 km/h on “the relief of Pilat” and indicates that these winds “could propagate in the Gier valley, as far as Givors, or even as far as the east of Lyon.”
For its part, La Chaîne Météo noted strong gusts of wind “on the plateaus of Massif-Central and the Préalpes with 100 to 120 km/h, locally up to 140 km/h in Isère” this Friday morning and forecasts a continuation of this trend this Friday afternoon “between the Massif-Central and the Alps”. For this Friday, the site also forecasts “active and stormy rains” in the Basque country “with sometimes strong intensities in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the south of the Landes”. The Weather Channel indicates that the wind should gradually slow down on the plains and in the valleys during the night from this Friday to Saturday March 30. However, it predicts the continuation of a strong wind on the “plateaus of the central massif and the Alpine ridges with gusts of 90 to 130 km/h”. Winds of lower intensity are expected to persist in France for this Easter weekend, particularly “on the Mediterranean coast” this Sunday, as announced by La Chaîne Météo.