Intense storms, hail, very strong wind gusts and a accused decrease in temperaturesThey star on Thursday in much of Spain, while the southeast continues on heat alert. The State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) has activated orange and yellow warnings in more than a dozen provinces.
Catalonia, Balearic Islands and Community Valencian are on orange alert (important risk) due to storms that could leave hail and intense rains that could leave up to 40 liters per square meter in an hour. In addition, very strong wind gusts are expected.
The most affected areas will be the prelitorral and coast of Barcelonaas well as the southern coast and prelital of Gironatogether with the islands of Mallorca, Menorcain the Balearic Islands. In the Valencian Community, the alert is affected within the southern interior of Castellónwhere storms could be accompanied by hail and intense wind.
In addition to storm irrigation, the Valencian Community has also activated notices due to high temperatures, although at yellow (risk for certain activities), before TEmperatures of up to 36 degrees on the southern coast of Alicante.
Three other regions are low alert for heavy rains but at yellow level, with notices that will conclude at noon. It’s about Cantabria, Navarra and the Basque Countrywhere rains of up to 15 liters per square meter will accumulate in an hour. In Aragon, the notice for rains and storms will conclude at 9 am.
On the other hand, in Andalusia the yellow alert has been activated by Maritime temporalby wind from the west and southwest from 50 to 60 km/h (force 7) and waves of 2 to 3 meters that will affect points from ALmería, Costa de Granada and Malaga.
Abrupt thermal descent
Temperatures will descend generalized. The maximums in the northern peninsular center and in areas of the South and Northeast Plateau will do so remarkably. In East and Southeast Peninsular coastlines, the thermometers will amount to, so they can exceed 35 degrees. As for the minimum temperatures, it is expected that they do not drop from 20 degrees, locally from 25 in the Mediterranean area.
According to Meteored, in points of Zaragoza, Teruel, Huesca, Navarra, La Rioja, Soria, Burgos, Segovia, Ávila, Community of Madrid, Guadalajara, Albacete, Toledo, Ciudad Real or Córdoba, temperatures could fall from 6 to 8 ° C with respect to yesterday.
For example, In Zaragoza, the maximum temperature is expected to pass E 37 ºC on Wednesday to 27 ° C today. This decrease in cities such as Ourense, León, Salamanca, Valladolid, Madrid, Ciudad Real, Albacete, Cáceres, Badajoz, Córdoba, Pamplona, Logroño, Huesca and Lleida will also be noticed. In contrast, at the southeast end, the temperatures will rebound due to the west wind, which will arrive at the reheated to these regions.