we explain to you why the temperature will drop in the coming days

Temperatures on Friday were 7.7°C above average. They will drop drastically over the weekend before stabilizing.

From Indian summer to winter? After an episode of autumn tenderness is assessed “Extraordinary” by Météo-France, and peaks on Friday 14 November, the trend will start to reverse at the weekend and increase between Sunday and Monday. A clear drop in temperature, without being too fast.

Friday morning was the highlight of this lighthearted episode. “The thermometers are showing very aberrant values ​​for this season, 15 to 20°C widespread across the western half, or seven to 12 degrees above average”wrote François Jobard, weather forecaster at Météo-France, on Friday morning on the Bluesky social network. Morning readings showed, for example, 19.6°C in Bergerac (Dordogne) and Villeneuve-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne), 19.5°C in Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), 19.2°C in Chaillac (Indre) and even 18.9°C in Les Eyzies (Dordogne).

While under the influence of a light air mass, France will witness the descent of cold air. “We will experience a total flow shift”explained to franceinfo Christelle Robert, weather forecaster at Météo-France, warning of the arrival of a “Arctic air masses”. What Météo-France shows in the infographic published on Bluesky.

“Currently, we are observing a depression in the Atlantic which, through the air movement it generates, is bringing in soft air masses from the South.tells Christelle Robert. This storm will dissipate in the Mediterranean Sea, an anticyclone will take over the Atlantic Ocean, and a depression will occur in Scandinavia.he explained. Between these two flows, a “direct route from the North Pole to France via the North Sea” will open, offer “slides” to the air coming from the north. From Sunday, snow is likely at altitudes of 2,000 m in the Alps and Pyrenees.

“From Monday, we will be below seasonal averages in the north of France”underline Christelle Robert. This will be accompanied by “fairly frequent frosts starting Tuesday between the Central and Northeastern Massifs, which will remain fairly frequent throughout the week for most of East”.

Tuesday, “temperatures will peak at seasonal averages across the country”added the specialist. The price will likely remain relatively low until Wednesday before starting to gradually rise again. These days it’s hard to make solid plans for the weekend.

“Such sharp temperature changes are not unusual. This is part of our temperate climate”recalled Christelle Robert. “This is always impressive, but this has happened in the past, sometimes with temperature drops of 20°C in forty-eight hours, or even less”slipped the fortune teller. And to dampen: “At the end of the day, it’s pretty progressive.”