Where Is Best For Storm Chasing In France?

[Raidan]

Hi all,my sister and I are planning a trip to France to storm chase but have no ideawhere to go,any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I have read on the net that central inland France is best but other sites say northen France.

I have read on the net that central inland France is best but other sites say northen France.

Jura mountains has been mentioned also

[95 Degrees]

What time of year were you planning to go? because it depends, in mid-summer, The eastern parts of France near Germany are great but storms are less prédictable/reiable but amazing when they do occur, if you want an almost assured dependable source of storms then the Massif-Central (Clermont-Ferrand down to Millau) often gets storms in summer or try the Pyrenees which get some amazing storms, near Benelux and Atlantic areas are great also for storms when Heatwaves break down, so

Spring: Atlantic coast (south of Bordeaux) or Montpellier/Nice coast in SE France (Late-Spring)

Summer: Almost anywhere but i reccomend massif-central or NE France especially Reims/Saint Quentin area

Fall: Atlantic coast (south of Nantes) or mountain areas near the med

Winter: SW France Or Marseille/Nice coast, maybe Alps/Pyrenees for Thundersnow! :lol:

[Raidan]

Next summer as had enough of being let down in England,thanks for the info BrightinBrighton

[Guest]

I would go for Languedoc, because it is the area I know best and the Pyrenees and the Massif Centrale are not far away and they throw up some cracking storms - word of caution though, don't camp next to a small stream in a valley - they very quickly become raging torrents.

[Lauren]

I went to uni with a big European Storm Chaser and he would always go to the North of the Pyrenees and then up through Massife-Central. It helped that he had a house in MC though!

[Raidan]

Thanks for the info guys really helping!

[Purplepixii]

Whenever I've looked at storm-trackers during the summer months one area that really sticks out as being a storm hotspot is the Côte Sauvage (Savage Coast, near Brittany). It also helps that the scenery looks pretty stunning too - I plan to go there myself at some point!

[Raidan]

Thanks purplepixii for your info.

[Robbie Garrett]

Next summer as had enough of being let down in England,thanks for the info BrightinBrighton

Guaranteed you go France, and the UK will get like 4 supercells or something stupid with a big MCS all in one day.

[Coast]

You probably need to interpret the ESWD reports for a set period and type of event, details can be found here:

http://essl.org/cgi-bin/eswd/eswd.cgi

This is not specifically thunderstorms but all manor of extreme weather events.

The days details of sferic activity can be found here:

http://cirrus.meteo....t/lightning.gif

Or back further into previous years (day specific) here:

http://www.wetterzen...n/tkbeoblar.htm

Typically:

[Raidan]

Lol Robbie that would be so annoying but that will never happen unless you have just jinxed it lol,thanks Coast for your info much appreciated as is everyone's who have helped thankyou.

[lewisosd]

Personally I would set aside a few weeks in summer. When the models look good, get yourself across the channel. Was planning to do this with a fellow chaser this year for a couple of days. I'd say NE.