Storm forecast: 24 French departments threatened by lightning Thursday, Digi Mart USA News (France): Southern France is preparing for another round of stormy weather this Thursday. According to the Observatoire français des tornades et orages violents, 24 departments are threatened by lightning.
Storm episodes have multiplied in southern France in recent weeks, and the coming days are not expected to break from this trend. The Observatoire said 24 departments are under lightning threat for Thursday, November 12.
“On Thursday, a depressionary deepening is taking place over southern Spain and moving northward toward Provence. A rain-and-storm episode is therefore forecast across a large southeastern quarter, with rainfall totals locally exceeding 100 mm in 24 hours,” Keraunos explained in its latest bulletin.
Keraunos has set two levels of probability. Fifteen departments are threatened by a “low probability of storms.” These include the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Ariège, Aude, Tarn, Hérault, Loire (partially), Puy-de-Dôme (partially), Cantal (partially), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Isère, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes and Corse-du-Sud.
Nine other departments face a higher threat, with a “moderate” probability of storms according to Keraunos forecasts. These include Gard, Lozère, Aveyron (partially), Ardèche (partially), Drôme (partially), Vaucluse, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Haute-Corse.
