All departments in Ile-de-France have an orange snow and ice warning in place from 8 p.m.

All departments in Ile-de-France are under orange “snow ice” alert, Saturday November 22, from 8 p.m. and until Sunday morning, 8 a.m. These are Paris, Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Essonne and Val-d’Oise. “On Saturday night and overnight Saturday into Sunday, the presence of cold air will support snowfall as the disturbance passes.“explains Météo-France.

“Ground levels are expected to reach 5 to 7 cm in the western part of the Paris region and 2 to 5 cm in the eastern part. For Paris and Petite-Couronne, expect 1 to 2 cm of snow on the ground.”according to the Météo France website, which stipulates that it should snow “melting since midday thanks to the clear light spell”.

In addition, the Auvergne department’s alert status, which is currently yellow, may change, the agency warned, because “fairly extensive freezing rain”. As the country is hit by a cold air mass, Saturday’s snowfall was the first snow episode of the winter, described as “pretty short” but you can “influencing human activities”.