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 ...
easonal 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 2022 was also characterized by a very significant rain deficit. With 29.3 mm of rainfall on average and a 65% rainf ...
Presentation 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, Sustain ...
eteorologists speak of a heatwave when an episode of exceptional heat lasts for more than three days and the temperature remains high even at night. Météo-France issues an alert when temperatures exceed 33°C during the day and do not drop below 20°C at night. For plants, such a phenomenon is sy ...
tmas vacations could be milder, with temperatures above seasonal norms. Before imagining a Christmas on the balcony, be aware that forecasters from Météo-France remain cautious and announce that 'no dominant scenario is currently emerging' for the period from December 19, 2022 to January 1, 202 ...
How is the color of the heatwave alert determined? While a late heatwave is affecting most of our country, you may be surprised to see on the weather report that some departments are changing from orange heatwave alert to red heatwave alert, or vice versa, from red to orange. The heatwave alert sy ...
