Overview
- Forecasters expect 100 to 150 mm of rain, locally up to 220 mm on higher terrain, equating to two to three times a typical month’s total.
- Rain will spread and intensify Saturday afternoon, peak in the evening with isolated thunderstorms, then weaken on Sunday.
- An easterly gale is forecast on the coast with temporary gusts of 80 to 90 km/h.
- Tarn, Aveyron, Lozère, Ardèche and Gard are on yellow vigilance, and Corsica is on yellow with a possible upgrade in later bulletins.
- Heavy mountain snow is expected above roughly 1,400 meters in southern massifs, including the southern Alps.