No more scorching days and suffocating nights, you will be able to breathe, at least until August 26, announces the Aix-en-Provence of Météo France antenne d’Aix. The meteorology service does not provide for a new scorching episode before the end of the month. This week, the passage of a stormy episode in Provence will even drop the temperatures below seasonal normal. We take stock.
End of heat wave
After the first big heat wave that hit France at the end of June, the heat wave of August which lasted 11 days dropped several records locally, with the 40 ° C regularly affected in several stations, especially in the Vaucluse. The heat episode ends this Tuesday, August 19 in France and give way to thunderstorms in Provencemaking the end of the summer holidays less sunny but more bearable.
The Bouches-du-Rhône, the Vaucluse and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence are in yellow vigilance Storms this Tuesday. A stormy body will indeed cross the three departments, from the coastal strip to Marseille. A time that will remain disrupted on Wednesday, with an always cloudy sky and a risk of high showers locally.
The air refreshes
At the end of the week, the Mistral will return in Provence, and temperatures will switch under the seasonal normal. The thermometer will go down to 17 ° C in Marseille et 13 ° C in Manosqueet will not exceed 30 ° C to the warmest of the day.
For the last week of August, the trend remains the same. Temperatures should go back to seasonal normal. In the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, temperatures will be pleasant, with minimums to 14 ° C to the fressesand maximum not exceeding 28 ° C. In the Bouches-du-Rhône and the Vaucluse, the thermometer will also stagnate around 29 ° C. A very relative, but well -deserved freshness after the tropical nights of the past few days.
