Autumn, really? Caught between a depression on the Atlantic coast and the continental anticyclone, a mild rail has crossed mainland France since this Wednesday morning. “It’s a current that comes directly from Morocco, extremely powerful, almost unprecedented, because it goes as far as the Baltic countries,” comments Guillaume Séchet, meteorologist and creator of Météo-Paris.com. Thursday will be the mildest day, although the sky will not be as clear as Wednesday. »
The hot air from the Maghreb does not come alone. “Sand from the Sahara has started to arrive in small quantities,” underlines Nemo Pawlowski, forecaster at Météo France. At the end of the day Thursday, then Friday, it will concern the whole country. On Thursday, it could densify the cloud cover in certain regions. »