Overview
- Météo-France confirms a strong anticyclone has taken hold, sweeping away disturbances and restoring widespread sunshine from Tuesday.
- Daytime temperatures run above seasonal norms, reaching 20–24°C in the Southwest with local peaks near 24°C on Wednesday and again Friday.
- Mornings stay chilly with increasing frost risk, frequent in the east on Thursday and extending locally west by Friday despite mild afternoons.
- Regional winds strengthen in the south, with vent d'autan and easterly to northeasterly gusts up to about 80 km/h in Occitanie and near 70 km/h on Mediterranean coasts.
- Midweek brings more cloud and a few showers in the southeast with mountain snow around 1,200–1,400 m, then forecasts indicate renewed instability over the south and Corsica this weekend as temperatures trend back toward normal.