Wednesday, August 26, 2026 will bring a weather change to the northwest. A front will cover the skies and concentrate the greatest activity in Galicia, while the rest of the country will maintain a more stable environment. The contrast between north and east It will leave umbrellas in some areas and heat in others.
In the western half of Galicia, heavy showers are expected, with electrical equipment and hail. In the afternoon the risk will reach the western Pyrenees. Gusts exceeding 70 kilometers per hour They will appear at points on the northern plateau and northern mountains.
The heat map will show notable differences. Zaragoza will reach 40 degrees; Logroño, Murcia and Pamplona will reach 36. At the Atlantic end, A Coruña will remain at 21, Lugo at 18 and Pontevedra at 19. Thermal relief will be limited to the northwestbecause the Ebro and several areas of the east will continue with intense heat.
Atlantic front
The AEMET prediction places the main risk in the western half of Galicia, with strong storms, hail and significant accumulations. The front will increase cloudiness from the northwest and extend it to the Cantabrian Sea. The evolution is reminiscent of other episodes of storms with hail, although now the episode is concentrated in Galicia. The greatest intensity is expected in western Galicia.
In the afternoon, the focus will shift to the western Pyrenees, with showers and strong storms. In the rest of the Peninsula, the stability of Mediterranean high pressures will dominate, with medium and high clouds in the center and east. The scenario links with other warnings about the western Pyrenees, although now the front will arrive from the northwest. Mediterranean coasts will only have light showers.
The Canary Islands will be left out of the main instability: there will be clouds in the north of the islands and clear skies in the south. Mists are expected in the mountains of the northwest third, morning fogs in the Strait and weak haze in the east of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The wind will add another focus of attention: It will be from the southwest and may leave very strong gusts on the northern plateau and the northern mountains, as in other episodes in the north.
Heat map
The AEMET prediction foresees a rise in the maximums in the Cantabrian Sea, the Ebro Valley, the northern plateau and the Iberian system. It will be notable in the eastern Cantabrian Sea: Bilbao will reach 33 degrees and Vitoria-Gasteiz, 34. Zaragoza will reach 40, followed by Logroño, Murcia and Pamplona, all with 36. The thermal rebound will have an unequal distributionas in other thermal rebound forecasts.
Temperatures will exceed 35 degrees in the Valencian coast and the low areas of the southeast. Albacete will reach 35, Girona and Granada at 34, and Málaga at 33. The maximums will drop on the Mediterranean coasts and the Gulf of Cádiz, but will remain stable in other points. The minimum temperatures will rise on the Mediterranean slope and they will go down in much of the rest.
The wind will be light or moderate from the east in the Mediterranean and the Balearic Islands, with the west in the Alboran Sea. In the eastern Cantabrian it will roll from south to northwest and may intensify; The Canary Islands will maintain a moderate trade wind. The day will end with a very contrasting map: Heavy showers in two northern areas, high heat in the northeast and calm skies in the south.