Overview
- An anticyclone anchored between the British Isles and France is keeping conditions calm, dry and bright nationwide this week, with southern highs reaching about 25–27 °C early in the week.
- Météo‑France notes a modest midweek cooldown, with minimum temperatures dipping below 10 °C in the east and maximums falling under 25 °C in parts of Nouvelle‑Aquitaine by Wednesday and Thursday.
- In Provence, forecasters expect the season’s first morning frosts on higher terrain by Friday, near 0 °C around Saint‑André‑les‑Alpes and potentially below freezing near Barcelonnette.
- Despite the dominant high pressure, convective showers and thunderstorms are forecast in southern areas including Roussillon, Corsica and parts of the Mediterranean and Pyrénées fringes.
- From Tuesday or Wednesday next week, a continental air mass is forecast to reach France, bringing a sharper drop in temperatures—locally up to around 8 °C in the north—with cold, dry, generally sunny weather and localized morning frosts.