Present at the Paris International Météo and Climate Forum, the association won the French -speaking Météorological Associations Cup,

The Paris International Météo and Climate Forum, sponsored by the adventurer Jean-Louis Etienne, who brings together each professional and general public around meteorological and climatic phenomena, smiled at Biterrois. It is indeed Météo Béziers which this year won the French -speaking Cup of Meteorological Associations, organized on May 17 as part of this event.

For Mathieu Matéo, who created Météo Béziers in 2020, it is a beautiful consecration: “We had five minutes per association to present our work in front of weather professionals, presenters, climate experts, he explains. What made the difference is our ability to speak to young people, who are most concerned with the consequences of climate change. With our awareness in schools, we have already touched 360 children this year. With students from the IUT de Béziers, we also worked on salinity sensors, for the vines. “

A natural inclination, knowing that the seven members of the association are all students themselves, except Mathieu Matéo, who has finished his training and today exercises as a lifeguard in Valras. But youth do not prevent competence: all are passionate about weather, and three of them are specialists in the management of natural disasters.

38,000 subscribers on networks

Météo Béziers was able to make the difference with Météo Pyrénées and Météo 06, which are on the podium, and the dozens of departmental associations which have flowered on the networks. “People are looking for proximity in information, notes Mathieu Matéo. Météo-France forecasts are well made, but it is automated, it lacks humans, someone who specifically takes care of a department. “ Conversely, Météo Béziers is making the rain and the good weather with its own cards, videos, assessments: “We use a dozen weather models which are free access and which are produced by Météo France calculators, or from the European Union, and we interpret these raw data to make our own forecasts. This can take 45 minutes when the situation is simple, but the double when there are several masses of air at stake.”

Today, Météo Béziers has 38,000 subscribers on networks, and has just exceeded six million views since the start of the year. Storms, thunderclap and other orange vigilances, which make us look up in heaven with concern, participate of course in this success. Mathieu Matéo, however, does not wish us a rotten summer: “It is true that we are a little fanatic of the big weather situations, but we are also happy when the anticyclone arrives. It rests us.”