the essential The storm will once again rumble over France. From this night and throughout the day of Friday, severe weather will fall on almost all of the territory. Storms, showers, hailstorms… With 82 departments placed on yellow vigilance, new bad weather is expected this weekend in France. But what should we expect? La Dépêche du Midi takes stock. Stormy France on Friday Bad weather will begin tonight with thunderstorms in New Aquitaine and Normandy. Hailstorms are expected in particular near Alençon. Then, the storms will generalize from Friday on almost all of the territory. These stormy episodes can be very rainy and accompanied by hail, explains Météo France. ⛈️ The presence of cold air at altitude will favor the development of #thunderstorms to watch over the next few days, especially around the Mediterranean from Friday until Sunday.➡️https://t.co/j0FdtCaBje pic .twitter.com/TDvGCTEh5V— Météo-France (@meteofrance) September 1, 2022 The strongest bad weather will be expected in particular on the side of the central massif and the Mediterranean with accumulations “being able to reach 30 to 40 mm in 1 hour, and locally 70 at 100 mm over the day”. On the mercury side, temperatures will not rise above 28 degrees. Mixed weekend On Saturday, the storms will move over the eastern part of the territory and will hit Alsace but also Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the entire PACA region. Most of these bad weather will be accompanied by heavy showers. The western half of France will be under the sun which will spread throughout the territory on Sunday. France will then find a calm and sunny weather with all the same a stormy risk maintained on the side of the Mediterranean. In conjunction with these clearings, temperatures will also start to rise again.