Valérie Darmon with AFP 8:40 p.m., March 3, 2023

According to Météo France forecasts, the weather will be calm in Corsica this Saturday and the sky will often be divided between gray weather and sunshine over the rest of the country.

Frosts will be frequent on the northern half up to the Massif Central, with minimum temperatures ranging from -4 to +1 degrees.

The weather will become calmer in Corsica on Saturday, but the sky will often be divided between gray and sunny over the rest of the country, forecasts Météo France.

On the Island of Beauty, the sky will again become more variable, between clearings and cloudy periods.

A few showers will still be possible but they will be weak and localized.

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Morning sun in the Pyrenees 

On the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean arc the sun will shine generously from morning to evening, mistral and tramontane will blow up to 60 km/h in gusts.

On the other hand, the day promises to be quite gray from New Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrenees to Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.

The low clouds will still be compact and the clearings limited.

A little higher up, from the Pays de Loire to Berry, Franche-Comté and southern Alsace, beautiful sunny periods will follow the sometimes freezing fog and will persist in the afternoon.

In the north, on the other hand, the clouds will impose themselves over the hours.

From northern Brittany and Cotentin to Hauts-de-France, the sky will be overcast from the start of the day, with some light rain or drizzle.

During the morning the clouds will extend over the whole of the Breton peninsula, Ile-de-France and as far as Lorraine.

In the afternoon, the weather will even become threatening in Hauts-de-France and the Ardennes, with a few showers.

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Frequent frosts in the northern half of the country

Frosts will be frequent on the northern half up to the Massif Central, with minimum temperatures ranging from -4 to +1 degrees, while near the English Channel and on the rest of the southern half, they will range from -1 to +4 degrees, 6 to 10 degrees on the Mediterranean coast and in Corsica.

The highs will be between 6 and 11 degrees in general.

They will reach 12 to 17 degrees around the Mediterranean, locally 18 or 19 in the Var.