A DANA and the arrival of a polar air mass will keep the weather unstable in Spain for the next few days, with rains, storms and snowfall in mountain areas, according to weather forecasts. Looking ahead to the weekend we could have temperatures between 5 and 10 degrees lower than normal for this time of year, more typical of March than May
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) foresees that a storm located west of Portugall, already in a mature phase, will affect a good part of the northwest half of the peninsula this Monday, with cloudy skies and rainfall that may be locally intense and accompanied by storms in the extreme northeast, while stable weather will predominate in the east of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The AEMET predicts snow in northern mountain areas above 1,800 and 2,000 meters.
Temperatures will rise slightly in much of the country, although they will remain lower in the northern interior, with values that will barely reach 16-17 degrees in some capitals as Ávila, Burgos and Soria, Cuenca, León and Segovito.
Unpleasant atmosphere for the next few days
He Tuesday Instability will increase, with cloudy skies in much of the peninsula and rainfall in the northern half, the central area and the north of Extremadura, without ruling it out in the south. There will be showers that may be locally strong and accompanied by storms and hail, with snow at high levels of the Pyrenees. Temperatures will barely vary, although they will drop in the Cantabrian Sea, with values below 20 degrees in the northern half and a warmer environment in the southeast, where Murcia will be around 27 ºC.
He Wednesday North wind will enter, with more overcast skies in the north and scattered showers in the afternoon in the interior and the Balearic Islands, some locally intense in mountainous areas. Temperatures will drop in the northeast, while in the rest they will remain the same or rise slightly. The wind will be strong in the north and the Balearic Islands, with a unpleasant atmosphere.
He Thursday Instability will continue, with rain in the extreme north and snow in the Pyrenees, progressively lowering the level. In the afternoon storms will form in the interior, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. Temperatures will continue to decline in the north, with very low values for the time.
Cold more typical of March
He Friday will continue cold environmentwith weak frosts in high areas and maximums below 15 degrees in the interior north and east. The rains will be more restricted to the north and the Balearic Islands, with an atmosphere typical of March. Facing the weekendthe cold will persist, although temperatures will begin a progressive rise, although still with low values for the time.
DANA and polar air eruption
For its part, Meteored points to the arrival of a DANA and an eruption of polar air that will favor the appearance of irregular stormy showers in large areas of the territoryespecially in the northern half and the center of the peninsula. In the south and the Balearic Islands, rainfall will be more dispersed, although some showers accompanied by mud could also be recorded.
The rains will begin to be recorded from the early hours in several provinces in the north and northwest between today and Wednesday, although from midday the development of convective cloudiness will give rise to stormy showers, locally intense and accompanied by hail and strong gusts of wind, especially in the Ebro valley, the Iberian mountain range, Galicia, Castilla y León and Cataloniawith daily variations in the affected areas.
From Thursdaythe situation will change and uncertainty in the forecast increases. According to Meteored and the latest updates of the European model, DANA will tend to move towards the south of the peninsula. In parallel, The entry of polar air could be noticeable between Thursday and Saturdayalthough there are different scenarios that reduce its intensity.
If this evolution holds true, on Thursday precipitation would be concentrated in the extreme north, with isolated but locally intense storms in mountainous areas of the east and northeast. On Friday they would once again gain extension in the north, while Looking ahead to the weekend, showers could reappear in central and southern areas.
Snow will also appear again in the main mountain ranges, with levels that could drop to 1,500 meters between Thursday and Friday in the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian mountain range and the northern Iberian system, unusual values for mid-May. Meteored does not rule out accumulations of up to 10 centimeters at high altitudes.