"Why a forest weather forecast?" The impressive fires that ravaged the Landes forest during the summer of 2022 probably explain why Météo France has decided to launch a forest weather forecast for next summer. Global warming and drought are causing an increase in forest fires, especially during t ...
New tools for Météo-France In early 2021, Météo France acquired two new Bull supercomputers. The public sector body has invested €55 million in the project, with a total budget of €144 million over five years. These two machines, named Belenos (after the god of the sun in Gallic mytholo ...
Weather France: the reference application. If you want to know the weather everywhere in France, the reference application is undoubtedly Météo France, available on Google Play and the App Store. This application is one of the most reliable for knowing the forecasts near you or at your vacation ...
ntry. It consists of three levels of alert indicated by the colors yellow, orange, and red. To determine the color and level of alert for each area, Météo France relies on a set of criteria previously defined by health authorities for each department, based on epidemiological studies and observed ...
tation of the National School for the Judiciary The École Nationale de la Météorologie or ENM is the training institution of the public establishment Météo France. This prestigious engineering school located in Toulouse is under the supervision of the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable De ...
. Temperatures reached summer levels, sometimes reaching +5°C or even +7°C degrees above normal. As a reminder, seasonal normals are established by Météo France over a 30-year period, i.e. the period between 1981 and 2010. An early drought Also according to the Météo-france report, May ...
se flooding and 'flash floods' that are particularly dangerous for people living near waterways. The dangerousness of these phenomena explains why Météo France often places departments under vigilance for risk of thunderstorms, shortly after the periods of vigilance for heat waves: ???? 5 dp ...
