Météo-France describes a “very intense, even exceptional heat peak”, “with very frequent higher 40 ° C” maximums.
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France will sweat with large drops. While a new heat wave is preparing to crush the country, twelve departments in the southwest will switch to red vigilance with a heat wave From Monday August 11. These are Aude, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Gironde, Landes, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. The forecaster anticipates a “Very intense, even exceptional heat peak, in a vast southwest in the afternoon, with very frequently higher 40 ° C maximums with locally 42 ° C may be more”with “probable records.”
In its latest bulletin published on Sunday afternoon, Météo-France also reports that 41 departments will be placed in orange vigilance on Monday: Ain, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, Ariège, Aveyron, Bouches-du-Rhône, Cantal, Coast, Côte-d’Or, Creuse, Doubs, Drôme, Gard, Hérault, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Loire, Haute-Corse, Haute-Loire, Lozère, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Les Pyrénées-Orientales, Rhône, La Saône-et-Loire Haute-Savoie, Deux-Sèvres, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne and Haute-Vienne.
Météo-France explains that“We will exceed 30 ° C everywhere in France”. “Points at 36/38 ° C in Center-Val-de-Loire” are planned, and “32/34 ° C in Ile-de-France”.
This episode, which requires “Special vigilance, especially for sensitive or exposed people”said Météo-France, could still intensify at the start of the week. After a first heat wave from June 19 to July 4, it is the 51st recorded in France since 1947.
