Towards a heat wave? Meteo France expects hot weather next week – The HuffPost

via Associated PressTowards a heat wave? It will be very, very hot next week in France (In Paris, residents take advantage of the fountains to cool off during the heat wave in August 2016. By AP Photo / Thomas Padilla) WEATHER – Will we be entitled to a new heatwave next week? Météo France announces this Saturday, July 9, strong heat for the days to come, “with temperatures reaching 38°C from Monday”, according to the forecast center which specifies that “this heat will be lasting and will extend towards the north in progress. weekdays with a peak expected on the weekend of July 16”. So should we expect a heat wave? For the moment it seems too early to talk about it. “Evolution to follow”, simply notes Météo France. This heat will be lasting and will extend north during the week with a peak expected on the weekend of 07/16. Evolution in #heatwave to follow. pic.twitter.com/paZomnWxmP— VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) July 9, 2022 Indeed, to determine a heat wave phenomenon, several parameters are taken into account such as the duration, the maintenance of high temperatures at night, for at least three days and three nights consecutive. Also, the temperature thresholds differ from one department to another. Thus for Paris and the inner suburbs, exceeding an average of 21°C at night and 31°C during the day is “enough” to be on orange alert. For the Bouches-du-Rhône, it will be necessary to reach 24 at night and 35 during the day. Still too much uncertainty about the phenomenon in preparation So what can we say for the days to come? Will the looming episode resemble the one we experienced in June, when absolute records were broken? For meteorologist Steven Tual, it is indeed a heat wave that is coming to France and it should start from Tuesday July 12. #Weather#Brittany#Heat wave 🌡🥵 It’s definitely a heat wave next week in France. The event could extend in duration.
The signals are serious with Tuesday July 12 as a starting point. pic.twitter.com/95tlmMKv1k— Stéven Tual (@StevenTual_off) July 9, 2022“The phenomenon seems set to last a priori at least until the weekend, which is quite long: five, even six days at least. Temperatures should reach or even exceed 38°C”, nuance Steven Testelin, forecaster at Météo France interviewed by Le Progrès. However, he specifies that nothing is certain concerning the intensity of the phenomenon, “its geographical extension, its chronology but also its final duration”. This rise in temperatures should intensify around July 14, and could become lasting in the southern half, explains the specialist. See also on The HuffPost: After the heat wave, they were surprised by violent hailstorms