This Sunday, Two autonomous communities have warnings for meteorological risks. The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has activated the Orange alert in areas of Catalonia due to rain and yellow for storms and coastal phenomena, while in Balearics The warning is also yellow for rain and storms.
In Catalonia, the orange alert affects the Barcelona coastline and the northern coast of Tarragonadue to significant risk of Accumulated rainfall in one hour of 40 liters per square meterEfe reports. In both areas they can also register thunderstorms, with possible hailwhich is what the yellow warning means, all this during the morning today.
In it Barcelona precoastline There is a yellow level warning for the risk of accumulated precipitation in one hour 20 liters per square meterwhich will affect the areas closest to the coast, and due to the risk of thunderstorms with possible hail. The same situation occurs on the southern coast and pre-coastal north of Tarragona. Coastal phenomena, with strong winds, 50 to 60 kilometers per hour (force 7) and waves of two to three meters, mean the yellow warning, late in the afternoon, in Girona, specifically in the Ampurdán coast.
For its part, The entire Balearic archipelago has the yellow warning active. In Majorca due to rains that can leave accumulated precipitation in one hour of up to 30 liters per square meter, occasionally accompanied by storms, as in Menorca. Ibiza and Formentera There is a yellow warning for the risk of accumulated precipitation in one hour 20 liters per square meteroccasionally accompanied by storms.
Mud storms
Meteorology indicates that the arrival of a subtropical unstable air mass will bring abundant cloudiness and precipitation, mainly in the Mediterranean area and the southeast of the peninsula, with thunderstorms included. Scattered showers may also occur in Galicia and western Asturias.
Storms and showers are expected to be more intense in the Balearic Islands and the coastal and pre-coastal areas of Catalonia.with the possibility of very heavy rain. Also, some heavy showers are not ruled out in areas of the Strait and the Sierra Nevada during the first hours of the day.
Due to the presence of haze, storms could contain mudalthough they will tend to weaken from south to north. In the north, instability will persist with overcast skies and scattered showers in Galicia and western Asturias, especially intense in northwestern Galicia. Throughout the day, these precipitations will subside, but could occasionally extend to the rest of the north, with greater intensity in the eastern Pyrenees. In the north of the Canary Islands the sky will be cloudy, with occasional light precipitations not ruling out.
Temperatures are dropping in these areas
As for temperatures, the maximums will decrease on the Mediterranean side and significantly in the Balearic IslandsThere will be no significant changes in the Canary Islands, while temperatures will rise in the rest of the country. Minimum temperatures will rise in the centre and south of the peninsula, as well as in the northwest of Galicia, but will fall in the northwest and northeast of the peninsula.