The heat wave is back in France from the weekend of August 9 and 10. This episode should touch all of France and will be aggravated by a weather phenomenon, the Dexter storm.
This Thursday, August 7, 11 departments were placed on an orange heat wave alert including 6 in Occitania. A new scorching episode must touch France from this weekend and until next week.
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In addition, Météo France has announced that a meteorological phenomenon should accentuate this episode of intense heat: the Dexter storm.
Hot air from Morocco and Spain
According to Météo Paris, Dexter is a storm currently located above the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. If she has to lose her status as a tropical storm during the weekend of August 9 and 10, she will still play a key role in the heat wave in France.
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Indeed, from Monday, August 11, the ex-temple will raise the anticyclone of the Azores, suck up the hot air and propel it to the west of France, explains the specialized site Futura Sciences.
Generalized temperature increase
Air from Morocco and Spain will therefore blow over France and increase temperatures all over France. They should reach 10 to 12 ° C more than the values usually observed this season.
Thus, according to the weather forecast France for Monday August 11, it will be 32 ° C in Lille, 34 ° C in Rennes, 36 ° C in Lyon and up to 38 ° C in Toulouse.