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French weekend weather outlook December 14 - 15: gloomy and chilly in the north
Cloudy skies are expected to dominate in the north, but in the south temperatures will still reach double figures
Hailstones batter northern coastal areas
Snow expected from 500m in Massif Central and 600m in Jura
A storm of hailstones nearly 2cm in size has battered the Nord – Pas-de-Calais area overnight and offshore winds even created a waterspout off Calais as the Channel coast faces a day of disturbed weather.
Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais were facing the brunt with ice being reported in the Maroilles and Cambrai areas in Nord, although roads were open.
Météo-France is not reporting any major problems ahead but has put the whole of the northern part of France as well as the eastern-most departments on yellow alert.
It says there will be widespread rain from Franche-Comté and down to Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur while the weather will be more changeable from the south-west up to the north.
Snow is expected from 600m in Jura, 1,000m in the pre-Alpes and 1,800m in the Alpine interior – although there is also snow from 500m in the Massif Central and 700m in the Pyrénées.
Frequent rainstorms are expected in Brittany and Pays-de-la-Loire across to the Paris region and Hauts de France with a strong possibility of thunderstorms bringing hail and sleet.
Temperatures have plummeted to 1-6C inland in Normandy and in Champagne while temperatures are expected to top out at 11-13C although 15-18C is expected on the Mediterranean coast and 22-24C in Corsica.
Meanwhile, for those who like to keep a weather eye on the UK… this is the stormy picture there
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Here's the latest radar guys. Heavy #Thundery showers starting to push southwards. Some have hail, #lightning and #thunder with in them. ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/i2528KVelk
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) April 25, 2017