The General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies has issued an alert this Friday before the forecast of intense showers in the south and the Mediterranean area in the next few hoursas well as the arrival of a polar air mass that will cause snowfall during the weekendespecially in the north, with levels of up to 700 meters.
After several days of meteorological stability, as of today a change of tendency will begin with a progressive increase in instability that, according to the body, will last for a good part of next week. An isolated cold leave in the Gulf of Cádiz is already generating Locally strong or very strong showers with storms in the surroundings of the Strait, which will run to other areas of Southwestern Andalusia and CEUTto. The rains will be especially important in the province of Malaga and inside Cádiz Due to its intensity and persistence, reaching significant accumulations.
Where will it rain more?
He Saturdaythe most intense showers will move to the southeast peninsular, with greater persistence in Melilla and in the coastlines of Murcia and Alicante. Significant rains are also foreseen in the Pitiusas. The arrival of a polar air mass will quickly descend the snow level to about 1,000 meters in the north third, affecting the Iberian system, the central system, the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian mountain range.
He Sunday, The snow will be the most prominent phenomenon, with an additional decrease in the level to 700–800 meterS, which could also affect the northern plateau. In addition, the entrance of moisture from the Mediterranean will cause generalized showers, with greater intensity on the Costa del Sol and the Valencian coast.
Instability will also reach the Canary Islands due to a Dana located north of the archipelagogenerating locally strong showers in the islands of greater relief.
The showers will continue next week
For the start of next week, instability will be maintained even if the snowfall will send. However, the showers will continue to be generalized, with greater intensity in the Mediterranean coast, especially in Valencia and Malaga, and could extend to Western Catalonia and Andalusia. In the Canary Islands, the possibility of strong showers will continue, although with less intensity than in previous days.