No Respite From Scorching Summer as France Braces for a Fifth Heatwave
Forecasters warn the national heatwave will bring orange alerts and a higher wildfire risk as temperatures are expected to pass 40C in the south.
- France faces a fifth heatwave in the coming days, following a fourth that left eight departments in South-east France under orange alert with temperatures expected to top 40°C in the south and 35°C in the north.
- Next, a so-called omega block traps a high-pressure system, preventing cooler Atlantic weather from moving across France while drawing hot air from North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
- Current forecasts predict the peak of the heatwave on August 12th and 13th, with the national thermic indicator expected to pass 29°C, close to the all-time 24-hour average high set at the end of June.
- Forecasters warn that orange alert levels are likely across much of France, including South-east France where Gard and Var remain at risk; the danger of wildfires will increase as temperatures soar.
- Longer-Term models suggest a trend towards higher-than-normal temperatures and lower-than-normal rainfall for France well into October, indicating an extended sweltering season ahead.
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The rise of temperatures is expected throughout France in the next few hours. The peak of this new episode could occur on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The forecasters anticipate an extension of the heat to the north and east of the country. The canicular episodes follow at an unprecedented pace on France and part of Europe.
Paul Marquis, an independent meteorologist who founded La Météo du 13 (The Weather of the 13th), is agitated by the treatment of south-east France where the heat wave has not taken a break in two months.
No respite from scorching summer as France braces for a fifth heatwave
South-east France is still in the grip of the fourth heatwave of the summer – but the rest of the country is due to plough straight into a fifth in a few days, with temperatures expected to top 40C in the south and 35C in the north.
From this Friday, a new mass of hot air will go up through the south-west and the Rhône valley, before spreading to the north on Saturday. The threshold of 30°C will be "often reached as far as Brittany, Île-de-France and as far as the German border, with 36 to 38°C in the south, even 39°C in the south-west", indicates the national forecaster on his website. This weekend and Monday, a stormy deterioration is expected from the Pyrenees to the sou…
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