Last day of heat wave in France, thunderstorms expected
A large part of France underwent a last day of heat wave on Wednesday before the arrival of violent thunderstorms in places, marking the term of a heat wave that will remain in the Annals by its precocity, its duration and its records. Red heat wave was no longer concerned at the end of the day than dawn, Yonne, Loiret and Cher, “With neighboring points of 39 ° C planned”according to Météo-France.
Corollary of the sequence of very hot days, “Thunderstorms are expected on many departments” From the end of the day, “Locally violent on a good half is the territory”.
After a black day on Tuesday, which saw Paris, in red vigilance, reach 38 ° C and know a new “Tropical night”the refreshment already extended on Wednesday from the northwest of the country. Météo-France noted up to 32.6 ° C at 5 p.m. in the capital. Thursday, only the Mediterranean perimeter and Corsica should know “Strong heat” (35 ° C and more). In Lyon, we expect even more than 30 ° C until Saturday (37.5 ° C reports on Wednesday at 5 p.m.).
The thermometer is mounted Wednesday at 40.1 ° C in Mourmelon-le-Grand (Marne), 39.7 ° C in Sens (Yonne), or 37.7 ° C in Dijon, according to provisional values ​​noted at 5 p.m. by Météo France.
Tuesday had seen an unprecedented level for a month of July in several cities: more than 40 ° C in Avignon, Nîmes and Castelnaudary (Aude). Every month combined, he had never been so warm in the heart of the night in Visan (Gard) or Pujaut (Vaucluse), with more than 26 ° C at least, or even a new 20 ° C in Gap (Hautes-Alpes) at more than 700 meters above sea level.
This heat wave on the whole of the metropolis has been the fiftieth since 1947, 33 of which took place in the XXIe century, illustrating the increase in the frequency of hot weather due to the combustion of fossil fuels in the world.
In the rest of Europe, where extreme temperatures are rampant from Portugal to Greece and the Netherlands, Germany was to know its heat peak on Wednesday with 38 ° C expected in Berlin.
