Weather forecast: towards records of mildness for the last days of 2021? – franceinfo

Particularly mild days to end the year: according to Météo France forecasts, temperatures for the last days of 2021 should be above seasonal norms over a large part of the country. On Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 December, records could even be broken north of the Seine, with a mercury located between 15 ° C and 17 ° C, nearly ten degrees above the values ​​traditionally observed at this time of the year. year. “France should experience one of the smoothest end of the year ever measured since 1947”, Météo France advances on Twitter.

France should experience an end of the year – period from December 24 to 31 – among the softest ever measured since 1947️
From Wednesday until WE, we could reach a thermal indicator (average temperature from 30 representative stations) of around 15 to 16 ° C! pic.twitter.com/JuEkyGpKgn

– Météo-France (@meteofrance) December 27, 2021

During the day of Wednesday, the temperatures will be worthy of a month of March, even at the beginning of April, according to forecasts of Météo France, with 12 ° C forecast at Strasbourg, 13 ° C in Paris, 16 ° C in Bordeaux or 20 ° C in Perpignan. This can be explained by the appearance of an anticyclone from Spain. By a southwesterly flow, the air mass heats up in mainland France.

If this warmth is good news for walkers in the plains, it is on the other hand more damaging for mountain professionals, faced with high temperatures. With the probable rise in the rain-snow limit, mid-mountain ski resorts will have to find it more difficult to satisfy holidaymakers eager for powder snow.

A newsletter #weather report and #snow incredible but true for the end of December: https://t.co/DpXaceft2s and the worst part is that you end up getting used to it once or three times a winter now …
Rain-snow limits of 2700 / 3000m are being considered!

– Thomas Blanchard (@ ThomasBlanchar2) December 27, 2021

Temperatures should not drop before Sunday January 2 and the arrival of a new deterioration by the north-west of the country.