GENERAL SYNOPSIS- Altitude : Low pressure area extending from France to Northern Spain, directing a strong Southerly flow over France. - Surface : Low deepening over Spain, generating a new disturbance over Mediterranean sea.The clouds of that disturbance are already visible this morning, but our region should remain just on the East margin of the main mass cloud untill mid-afternoon.
QNH 1008 hPa FL 75 2240m FL 115 3460m FL 195 5900m
layer AIR MASS/DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION :LOCAL ST-AUBAN : Nocturnal
inversion from surface to 1200m, destroyed when temperature reaches 20°C
obtained at St Auban around 12h LT.Upper layer, from 1200m to 2800m, favourable
for convection and rather dry.Subsidence inversion above 2800m, up
to 3500m, end of plane sounding.-> Expected convective clouds: 2/8 Cu med
at noon LT, base around 1500m, rising 2300m at 3pm LT..SOUTHERN ALPS :The
air mass is rather dry in plain and hills ( Aubenasson area ), but moister
in high mouintains, especially North of Briançon and in Haute
Maurienne valleys. Above 3000m, presence of a marked subsidence inversion.->
Expected convective clouds: 2 to 3/8 Cu med over mountains, reaching 2800/3200m
in mid-afternoon.
ISO 0°C m ISO -10 °C m
Favourable elements :- slope lifts on the South East side.- Likely South
to SSE lee waves. Unfavourable elements :- 4 to 6/8 Cirrus
clouds from East to West of the Southern Alps, becoming thicker from the
South and covering the sky after PM.
Outlook for tomorrow : Sunny weather in the morning, become cloudy
with convective clouds, producing showers and may be somme thunderstorms.