Starter (new section) - Snow alert in western France
Strong snowfall is expected this morning in Brittany, before winning the east of the country in the afternoon.The alert lasts until Wednesday morning. Snowfall are noted ...
20/11/2022
Strong snowfall is expected this morning in Brittany, before winning the east of the country in the afternoon.The alert lasts until Wednesday morning.
Des chutes de neige sont notammment prévues sur les autoroutes des régions Centre, Pays de la Loire et Val de Loire (photo Vinci Autoroutes).The "car" of the day, it was these snow removal machines that worked all night in order to protect the roads and highways in anticipation of the snow episode to come during the day.
This one has already started in Brittany, where up to 15 cm of snow are expected in certain places, before quickly winning the eastern country.
According to the weather channel, the departments concerned by the snow alert are as follows: Côtes-d'Armor, Eure-et-Loire, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loir-et-Cher, Mayenne, Morbihan, Orne and Sarthe.
"Snow vigilance" would touch Calvados, Eure, Indre-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Maine-et-Loire, Manche, Yvelines, Yonne and L'Essonne.
Météo-France has placed six departments of Brittany and Hauts-de-France in orange "snow" or "very cold" alert, with potentially ice.No lull to hope before Wednesday morning.
Les engins de déneigement utilisent une "bouillie" mêlant saumure et sel. La première attaque directement la couche de glace ou de neige et, à mesure qu'elle se dilue, fait fondre le sel en grains qui en prolonge l'efficacité. Le dosage respectif des deux produits est calculé en fonction de la nature du phénomène à traiter: plus la chaussée est mouillée, et plus on met de sel. A l'inverse, on ajoutera 30% ou plus de saumure au sel sec dans le cas d'une intervention précurative sur une route sèche. (photo Vinci autoroutes)To read: Winter tires, all know in 10 questions