This May 3, 2025, thunderstorms make a thunderous return in France. The electrical activity will be raised all weekend, especially in the southern half. We take stock of the coming precipitation.
“The episode of early warmth that many regions have experienced in recent days will end this weekend”announcement Météo France. Which provides that one “Depression, coming from the Iberian Peninsula, goes up south of France, bringing an unstable and stormy time and a clear drop in temperatures”. We take stock of the bad weather that happens.
A very stormy weekend
As of Friday evening, Météo France placed several departments in the south of France in yellow vigilance thunderstorms, until Corrèze. The South-East and the South West are also concerned. In the middle, Occitania seems to resist lightning.
But this favorable situation for the region should not last. In Hérault, Aveyron, Lozère, Aude, Pyrénées-Orientales, Gard and Haute-Garonne, thunderstorms will be manifested more on Sunday. And then, a second storm axis will develop on the side of Brittany and Hauts-de-France at the start of the weekend.
As for temperatures, they will be on average 5 to 7 ° C higher than the seasonal averages this weekend, despite a drop compared to last week.
The thunderstorm rains will continue on Monday during the day from the Pyrenees to the Alps. Showers could continue on Tuesday, before precipitation calms down.
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