Forecasters have warned that France is set to bake under a fourth heatwave of the summer from next week. But first come the storms.
One final hot day in the south of France on Friday – with temperatures climbing as high as 39C in parts of the Occitanie region, and climbing in inland Brittany, the Vendée, Centre-Val de Loire, Île-de-France, and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté – before a brief change in the weather, with storms set to spread across the country from the west.
Weekend
Locally thundery showers are forecast in the south west region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine from Friday evening, developing into a significant storm system that is expected to spread across southern regions into Saturday, particularly in Occitanie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Provence.
By Saturday evening and overnight into Sunday, these storms will move towards the Alps, Riviera, and Corsica, bringing heavy rain.
