the Bouches-du-Rhône on orange vigilance on Wednesday

The Bouches-du-Rhône department is placed on orange alert for forest fires for the day of Wednesday July 19, according to the forest weather forecast published on the Météo France website on Tuesday. This orange alert represents a “high danger”. According to this forest weather forecast, “the weather conditions significantly increase the risk of the start and spread of forest and vegetation fires compared to summer normals”.

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Météo-France has placed ten departments on heatwave orange vigilance for Wednesday. The Bouches-du-Rhône are concerned. They are accompanied by Gard, Hérault, Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Var, Vaucluse, Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse and Pyrénées-Orientales.

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Many heat records have already been broken in the south of France on Tuesday, from the Pyrenees to the Alps via Corsica. These temperatures are caused by a heat dome. “It’s like a bell under which the temperatures rise day after day and day and there is little exchange with the general circulation around. This results in strong sunshine and high pressure”explained to franceinfo Jean-Noël Thépautdirector of Copernicus, the European program devoted to Earth observation.