2023-12-17 12:15:00
Some dream of sun, others of snow. One week before New Year’s Eve, this question: will we have a White Christmas this year? We ask ourselves this question every year because it is a bit like the image of Epinal conveyed by this festival in literature and cinema.
Snow at Christmas, however, seems very compromised this year. Our meteorologist David Dehenauw took stock on RTL info 1 p.m. “There will be no snow. The temperatures are too mild. There will be 7 to 10 degrees in the plains, and 4 to 8 degrees in Haut Ardennes. There will therefore be no snow this year. this.”
Sometimes it seems like there were more white Christmases before. Do the statistics confirm it? “When we look at the number of white Christmases following the Second World War, we had 5. It’s not a lot. The last time we had a white Christmas was in 2010, with 20 locally. 30 centimeters. In 2009, there were a few centimeters, which had disappeared around 12 p.m. In 1964, there was snow from Knokke to Virton. This was the last time we experienced a white Christmas anywhere in the country “, emphasizes David Dehenauw.
The forecast for the next few days
Monday, the day will take place in many places under gray skies with low clouds or fog (especially in the south of the country). In the east, we will first benefit from further clearings, before the clouds also take over during the followingnoon. The maxima will vary from 4 or 5 degrees in the Ardennes to 11 degrees at the sea, with values of 5 to 8 degrees in the center of the country. The wind will be moderate, most often from the southwest. During the night from Monday to Tuesday, the sky will become cloudy over all regions and some light rain or showers may occur following midnight, mainly in the north of the country. Temperatures will change very little with minimums close to 10 degrees in the west, 5 degrees in the center, but up to 0 degrees in the Ardennes. The wind will be moderate, to sometimes quite strong, from the southwest.
Mardi, the weather will be gray with, at times, light rain or drizzle, especially in the north of the country. During the followingnoon and evening, precipitation will intensify from the west. The maxima will range from 3 degrees on the heights of the Ardennes to 10 degrees at sea. The wind will be moderate, and at sea quite strong, from south-southwest, veering north to north-west in the evening .
Wednesday, the weather will generally remain dry during the day but clouds will predominate. By the evening, the risk of a shower will increase and, especially during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, some intense showers may occur. The maximums will be between 4 degrees in Hautes-Fagnes and 10 degrees at sea. The wind will be moderate inland and quite strong to strong at sea from the west. Especially by the sea, gusts might reach 60 to 70 km/h, or even 80 km/h in the evening.
THURSDAY, the weather will be choppy with variable to heavy cloudiness with showers. The maximum temperatures, mild for the season, will be between 6 degrees in the upper Ardennes and 10 or 11 degrees in the west of the country. The wind will be quite strong to locally strong inland, and strong to very strong at sea, from the west with a risk of gusts of 70 to 90 km/h during the day.
Friday and Saturday, the weather will remain variable with a few more showers and still quite a bit of wind. However, it would be cooler with maximums of 2 to 7 degrees; the showers might therefore take on a wintry character on the heights of the Ardennes. The wind will be quite strong in the interior of the country and strong to very strong at sea from the west to the northwest.
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