The temperature could go up to 39 ° C in the south of France on Tuesday, according to the forecast organization, which fears new starts of fire.
Le Monde
high temperatures, winds and a historic drought in July: Météo-France warns, Sunday, July 31, of a “very strong danger of fire” in the Mediterranean zone (Occitanie, Provence and Corsica). Winds (mistral and tramontane) “fairly strong” and “very hot and dry conditions on increasingly sensitive vegetation” are conducive to fire departures.
France has already experienced an early heat wave in June and is just out of a second (July 12-25), which favored several fires, notably in Gironde, where nearly 21,000 hectares of forest were destroyed. This third wave “now constitutes the 45
To these high temperatures is added a historic drought in July, which was accompanied by many fires in France and, more broadly, in Europe.
a new heat wave, the second of Summer
“A new heat wave takes place on France, with temperatures that can exceed 35 ° C in general on Monday south of a Bordeaux-Lyon line,” said Météo-France on Friday. “It can set up for several days on the south-eastern quarter of the country,” adds Météo-France, who specifies that there is “uncertainty” after Wednesday.
Mercury will reach, Sunday, 30 to 37 ° C in the Southeast and up to 34 to 35 ° C in Occitanie, according to the organization. On the Channel coast, the maximums will be between 20 and 26 ° C. Temperatures should continue to climb, Monday in the south-east, up to 39 ° C.
According to Météo-France, the thermometer could even climb up to 36 and 39 ° C in the south-east even in the Rhône Valley region, between 36 and 39 ° C Tuesday in the South West, then between 36 and 38 ° C Wednesday in the East, in an area from Alsace to the Lyon region.
In Paris, temperatures will reach 30 to 34 ° C. They will remain less than 30 ° C in Brittany and in the Channel.