The high temperatures already present in the south of the country will continue to climb, with scorching heat in the land of the Aude.
The heat wave is back in France and in Aude in particular. This new episode, the 51st episode in France since 1947, in a context of significant fire risk and drought, will be hardly felt in the coming days with an expected peak this Monday, August 11.
We thus wait up to 43 ° C in Carcassonne before the wind coming from East from Wednesday August 13 renders the temperatures more livable although the thermometer does not descend below 36 ° C. The fault of the influence of the former tropical storm “Dexter” which causes the rise of an extremely hot air mass on a large part of the country.
On the side of the East Audois, the strongest temperatures is expected this Sunday, August 10 with 40 ° C in Narbonne and Lezignan despite a sustained west wind. It will be much better on the coast with maximums not exceeding 34 ° C all next week.
Météo France notes that the Mediterranean departments will thus be subject to “Strong sensitivity to forest fires”. Regarding drought, the institute points out “that with the very low precipitation planned and the increase in future temperatures, the soils should continue to dry up in the coming days. They could reach a situation close to the historically dry levels observed in Occitania”.
