Is the sky veiled at home? It’s normal (it’s even far from over)

Sometimes the weather is unpredictable, not to say … curious. While the heat wave concerns many regions this weekend of August 15, perhaps you have noticed that The sky was veiled, even white or orangeat your place.

This does not prevent it from being hot, of course, but it could help lower temperatures a little … and immerse yourself in a slightly supernatural atmosphere.

That the most pessimistic reassures themselves, it has nothing to do with a science fiction film, but A situation of climatic phenomena.

Spain, Portugal and the Sahara behind it all

If you follow the news, you probably know that Spain and Portugal are prey to large fires Right now. Fires that translate into thick plumes of smoke … which toque at the door of France therefore.

But that’s not all. To these smoke is added another climate event. Of the Dust of the Sahara sand Currently go back to France, “especially in the west”, specifies the meteorologist Guillaume Séchet, contacted by actu.fr This Sunday. This explains that the veiled sky was especially observed in the west of France therefore.

Fire fumes are combined with dust from the Sahara, that’s a lot.

The phenomenon noted in several corners of France

The phenomenon was found in several regions of France, Starting with the Far-Southespecially in Béziers, as noted by the founder of Météoo- Villes.com On X. “It’s a bit at the end of the world,” he adds by phone.

« The closer we arethe more spectacular it is, ”explains our weather expert. Logic.

Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, Loire-Atlantique and even Brittany… Many French people across France have witnessed this sky, as noted by some of our local editors.

French sky under the influence of the Sahara until Wednesday

Did you think it was only fleeting? Well no. This veiled or white sky should last in the coming days. “” Until the stormy disruption arrives in France
“, Specifies Guillaume Séchet.

They will persist until Tuesday August 19 by gradually winning the east. On Wednesday during the day, there should be nothing more.

And for good reason,The current will switch north From Wednesday August 20, 2025, “we will therefore no longer be influenced by the Saharan air”, lights up our interlocutor.

Until Wednesday, you may be able to observe this curious phenomenon. ” It isMore visible in the morningWhen the light is shaving. In the afternoon, it gives a whitish or very clear sky, ”adds Guillaume Séchet. Really curious this affair!

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