Weather for Friday October 23: France prepares for the arrival of Storm Austen

From the night and in the morning, gusts will reach 100 to 130 km/h on the Breton and Normandy coasts, locally 140 km/h on exposed capes. The storm will then reach Hauts-de-France. Inland, gusts will reach 80 to 90 km/h, locally 100 km/h, according to La Chaîne Météo*. Beware of falling branches and disruptions in transport.

Rain and showers will be frequent in the northern half, sometimes stormy near the Channel, with 5 to 15 mm of rain, locally 20 to 30 mm. Elsewhere, sunny spells will alternate with showers. The weather will be drier and sunny near the Mediterranean, but with mistral and tramontane up to 60 to 80 km/h. But a few showers fall at midday in PACA. The weather will be very rough on the massifs, with strong gusts on the ridges and snow from 1600 to 1800 m in the Alps. The atmosphere will become wintry at altitude, with reduced visibility and gusts sometimes exceeding 100 km/h on the peaks.

A new disturbance will arrive on Saturday

Allow 7 to 12°C in the morning in the interior, up to 15°C on the coasts. In the afternoon, highs will reach 12 to 16°C in the north, 14 to 18°C ​​in the South-West and 18 to 21°C near the Mediterranean. The wind will clearly accentuate the feeling of freshness. So it’s a feeling worthy of the month of November. Austen will leave on Friday evening, but the lull will be brief. A new Atlantic disturbance will arrive from the northwest on Saturday, announcing a still unstable and windy weekend.