Cool wind in the west. Météo France put an end to the orange “heat wave” vigilance for the departments on the Atlantic coast, in its 6 a.m. bulletin on Tuesday July 19, after a day when the temperature records were largely exceeded. At the same time, the institute places 70 departments on orange “heat wave” vigilance and 11 on orange “storm” vigilance.
Whether “the intense heat wave on the Atlantic coast” is “ended”reports Meteo France, the temperatures “will rise again in the more eastern regions”. “The maximum will often be between 37 and 40 degrees in Normandy, Hauts-de-France, Ile-de-France, Grand-Est, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Rhône valley and Toulouse region”, explains the institute. Wednesday, “The high temperatures will only concern the south-eastern quarter of the country with night temperatures still remaining very high.”
In detail, are affected by the orange heatwave vigilance, Ain, Aisne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche; the Ardennes, the Ariège, the Aube, the Aveyron, the Calvados, the Cantal, the Charente, the Cher, the Corrèze, the Côte-d’Or, the Dordogne, the Doubs, the Drôme, the Eure, the ‘Eure-et-Loir, Gard, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Loir-et-Cher, Haute-Loire, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Nord, Oise, Orne, Pas- de-Calais, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Sarthe, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Paris, Seine-Maritime, Seine- et-Marne, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres, Somme, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Vaucluse, Vienne, Haute-Vienne and Vosges.
Météo France has also placed eleven departments on orange “storm” vigilance. these are Corrèze, Creuse, Dordogne, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn-et-Garonne and Haute Vienne. “These storms will locally cause violent gusts of wind and hailstorms”notes the forecast bulletin.