Weather for Thursday, November 12, 2026: with storm Charles, rain and wind sweep the South, the cold falls on the North

Winter coats in the northern half of the country; umbrellas in the South. This Thursday, November 12, 2026, storm Charles brings its share of precipitation which will sweep the country between New Aquitaine and the Alps, announces the Weather Channel. “The most intense precipitation is expected in the South-East, particularly from Languedoc to Provence and Corsica, with a new Mediterranean episode,” specify the meteorologists.

Vigilance is required in this part of the country, where cumulative precipitation could reach 50 to 100 mm in 24 hours. With a risk of runoff, floods or localized flooding, particularly in the Cévennes, the Côte d'Azur and Corsica.

The Weather Channel places the Hautes-Alpes department on orange alert for thunderstorms, as well as 11 departments in the South-East on yellow rain and flood alert, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Ardèche, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Gard, Isère, Var and Vaucluse, as well as the two Corsican departments.

Gusts up to 140km/h over Corsica

The wind will also blow strongly on the South-East coast with gusts of up to 70 to 100 km/h and up to 100 to 140 km/h on the Isle of Beauty. The sea will also be very rough, with waves of 3 to 4 meters and risks of submersion on exposed coasts.

Temperatures remain generally mild this Thursday, but will tend to drop before the cold returns for the day on Friday. In the South, despite the rain, they will fluctuate between 15 and 19 degrees; in the northern half of the country, it will already be much cooler, with maximums of only 10 degrees.

This cold will not last, however, as the autumnal mildness should return to the country at the beginning of next week. During the night from Thursday to Friday, the rain will gradually evacuate towards Italy. The wind will continue to blow like a storm over Corsica, where the rear of the depression will pass. It will weaken at the end of the day on Friday when the storm moves away towards the Balkans.