In the next few hours, A new storm will impact Spain, bringing with it abundant rainsvery strong gusts of wind and an intense sea storm. Given this situation, they have already begun to activate yellow and orange notices in various autonomous communities.
This Wednesday is shaping up to be the most complicated day. with forecast of high intensity winds and locally very intense rains. An Atlantic cold front will reach the west of the Peninsula and leave cloudy or covered skies, with rainfall in most of the territory, according to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
Orange warnings for wind: more than 100 km/h
The rain, the fog and especially the wind –with gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour (km/h)– and the waves –that can reach a height of up to 7 meters– They have forced warnings to be activated in 17 provinces. The worst part will be A Coruña and Pontevedra (Galicia), in orange level due to waves; and Burgos and Palencia (Castilla y León), due to wind.
He rest of the notices due to wind they will be recorded in southwestern Asturias, Central and Mining Valleys and Picos de Europa (Principality of Asturias); Liébana, Center and valley of Villaverde and Cantabria del Ebro (Cantabria); León, Salamanca, Soria and Zamora (Castilla y León); Girona (Catalonia); Lugo and Ourense (Galicia); Cantabrian slope of Navarra and the Navarrese Pyrenees (Foral Community of Navarra); Álava, Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya (Basque Country); and Iberian Rioja (La Rioja).
Where is it going to rain more?
Meteorology predicts that rains will be more abundant in the northwest quadrant, being able to become persistent in the west of the Central system, and especially in the west of Galiciawhere they may be accompanied by storms. According to AEMET spokesperson Luis Bañón, it is unlikely that the rains will end up reaching the eastern coast of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, where intervals of high clouds will predominate.
Precipitation will fall as snow in the Pyreneesbeing possible in other mountains in the northern half, at an elevation between 1,600 and 2,000 meters. In addition, there will be fog in inland areas, more likely in the southern plateau, especially in the highlands of Guadalajara.
Rising temperatures
On the other hand, temperatures will increase in most of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with maximum temperatures in the east of the peninsula and minimum temperatures in the north and northwest, where they may register notable rises. The highest temperatures will be around 20ºC or 21ºC in Almería and Seville.
Frosts will be limited to the Pyrenees, although they are possible in other mountain areas or on both plateaus. The provincial capital with the lowest minimum forecast will be Teruel, with 1ºC; followed by Ciudad Real and Córdoba, with 2ºC.
Winds from the south will also blow on the peninsula and the Balearic Islands with strong intervals and/or very strong gusts in the northwest quadrant, the Cantabrian Sea, the eastern Pyrenees, the interior of Girona and the eastern mountains.
A new front arrives on Friday
He Thursday The situation of instability in the extreme north of the peninsula will persist. The AEMET predicts abundant and intense rainfall in Galicia, the Cantabrian area and the Pyrenees, where it will snow. In the rest, the situation will tend to be anticyclonic, although the skies will still be cloudy with possible weak rainfall, which will be more likely in mountain areas and around the Strait.
As far as temperatures are concerned, they will continue to rise in much of the country and the winds will blow from the west with strong intervals in areas of the coast and interior of the north and east of the peninsula, against the mountains in Ampurdán, affecting the north of the Balearic Islands.
On Friday a new Atlantic front will arrive that will leave unstable weather in the northwest of the peninsula, with abundant cloudiness and precipitation in Galicia and the Cantabrian Sea.. These could reach other points in the northwest and the Pyrenees, where they would be in the form of snow. In the rest of the country, more stable weather will prevail and some low cloud cover is not ruled out.