Eight departments of the South-West are positioned this Sunday in vigilance orange. The stormy episode is anticipated to final till round 10 p.m., based on the most recent bulletin from Météo-France. This can be a “ stormy episode basic”, however “the chance of violent phenomena (hail specifically) warrants specific vigilance,” specifies the climate company.
“Many hail (…) of medium or giant measurement” with hailstones “as much as 2 or 3 cm in diameter” for instance affected the Pyrenees departments on the outskirts of the mountain vary within the afternoon.
Eight departments
The departments involved are Ariège, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. From 8 p.m., solely Aveyron and Tarn will nonetheless be on orange alert, till 10 p.m.
Within the coming hours, “scattered thunderstorms”, “typically accompanied by sturdy electrical exercise, heavy rain, and particularly medium to giant hail” will have an effect on the departments involved, with wind gusts weaker than initially anticipated, peaking at 80 km/h. The storms are anticipated to shift in the direction of the east of Occitanie and the Rhône valley because the night progresses, shedding their virulence. A transparent lull coming from the West ought to comply with them.
