Snow hits French ski slopes (and even Paris)
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Published: 7 Nov, 2016 CET.
Updated: Mon 7 Nov 2016 10:10 CET
The winter appears to have arrived in France this weekend, with several centimetres of snow hitting the ski slopes (and several snowflakes falling on the capital).
Good news for skiers: The snow has arrived in the Alps.
It was only around three centimetres at its heaviest Alpe d'Huez, but the BFM TV channel reporting that meteorologists are predicting more and the reservations for winter ski getaways are increasing.
But what really took social media users by storm was when Paris got a dusting of snow on Monday morning.
Indeed, the French word for snow, neige, topped the Twitter trends throughout the morning as the French shared their wintery snaps.
Motorists were perhaps not as impressed with the weather, with the Le Parisien newspaper reporting 540 kilometres of tailbacks across the Paris region.
Here is a selection of the best shots from Paris this morning:
It's snowing in Paris. Climat you're drunk. #paris #snow pic.twitter.com/3XEo0774Oc
— Damian Le Nouaille (@damln) November 7, 2016
First snow of the season! #Paris #Autumn #Winter pic.twitter.com/xs3kssswYq
— Laureano Mon (@LaureanoMon) November 7, 2016
Huge snow flakes on Paris at this moment. Can you believe it ??? pic.twitter.com/MGT71S7f7w
— olivier (@MadFrenchProd) November 7, 2016
Paris sous la neige pic.twitter.com/zmUtp1Zznm
— Oscar Barda (@OssKx) November 7, 2016
Quand il neige à #Paris! Allez encore 10cm et je sors ma board #neige #snowboard #actu #medias #live pic.twitter.com/pYSLELQS5N
— CoachRelooking (@rkrelooking) November 7, 2016
France's weather agency Météo France had predicted the snowfall for between 7am and 10am, even though the temperatures were forecast to be a few degrees above zero.
France on the whole will see a fairly chilly day, with the vast majority of the mainland unlikely to see temperatures in double figures throughout the day.
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Good news for skiers: The snow has arrived in the Alps.
It was only around three centimetres at its heaviest Alpe d'Huez, but the BFM TV channel reporting that meteorologists are predicting more and the reservations for winter ski getaways are increasing.
But what really took social media users by storm was when Paris got a dusting of snow on Monday morning.
Indeed, the French word for snow, neige, topped the Twitter trends throughout the morning as the French shared their wintery snaps.
Motorists were perhaps not as impressed with the weather, with the Le Parisien newspaper reporting 540 kilometres of tailbacks across the Paris region.
Here is a selection of the best shots from Paris this morning:
It's snowing in Paris. Climat you're drunk. #paris #snow pic.twitter.com/3XEo0774Oc
— Damian Le Nouaille (@damln) November 7, 2016
First snow of the season! #Paris #Autumn #Winter pic.twitter.com/xs3kssswYq
— Laureano Mon (@LaureanoMon) November 7, 2016
Huge snow flakes on Paris at this moment. Can you believe it ??? pic.twitter.com/MGT71S7f7w
— olivier (@MadFrenchProd) November 7, 2016
Paris sous la neige pic.twitter.com/zmUtp1Zznm
— Oscar Barda (@OssKx) November 7, 2016
Quand il neige à #Paris! Allez encore 10cm et je sors ma board #neige #snowboard #actu #medias #live pic.twitter.com/pYSLELQS5N
— CoachRelooking (@rkrelooking) November 7, 2016
France's weather agency Météo France had predicted the snowfall for between 7am and 10am, even though the temperatures were forecast to be a few degrees above zero.
France on the whole will see a fairly chilly day, with the vast majority of the mainland unlikely to see temperatures in double figures throughout the day.
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