August says goodbye with a drop in temperatures and strong storms in these areas

Instability will continue to be the predominant feature of the week, with storms and high temperatures alternating in different areas. The situation will become more complicated on Saturday. A polar trough and associated cold front will bring locally strong storms and heavy rains to several communities which will gain in scope and intensity on Sunday. In addition, A cooler air mass will bring a drop in temperatureswith drops of up to 10 degrees.

According to the prediction of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), this Friday Cloudy skies are expected in Galicia and western Cantabria, with some Light rains on the northern and western coasts of Galicia. Throughout the day, cloudiness will increase in the center and southeastern half of the peninsula, with the possibility of showers and thunderstorms scattered in the eastern third, more likely in mountains. They may be locally strong in the Pyrenees of Huesca, Lleida and Girona, eastern Iberia and eastern La Mancha, without ruling out the mountain ranges in the southeast.

As for temperatures, maximum temperatures will increase in the Cantabrian Sea and Huelva (Andalusia), while minimum temperatures will rise in the far north and fall in the west of the Meseta and Andalusia. Specifically, will exceed 35 degrees in the Ebro Valley, river valleys on the southern Atlantic slope and in depressions in the southeast.

Where is it going to rain on Saturday and Sunday?

The situation will worsen over the weekend. Meteorologists predict the passage of an Atlantic front through the Peninsula on Saturday, which will leave cloudy or overcast skies in the far north, and Precipitation in Galicia and the Cantabrian areamore abundant in the mountains in the form of showers. In the afternoon, clouds will form in the eastern half, with the possibility of scattered showers and occasional thunderstormsmore likely and frequent in the mountains.

In the Pyrenees, the eastern Iberian Peninsula and perhaps in the southeastern mountain ranges, they could be intense, and it is not ruled out that they may be locally strong. For its part, Eltiempo.es indicates that the rains will begin in Galicia and they will spread throughout the Cantabrian and nwestern Castile and Leon. Throughout the weekend, rain, sometimes stormy, will spread across much of the northeast from Navarra, Aragon, inland Catalonia, the Valencian Community to the southeastern mountains.

Falling temperatures

The arrival of a mass of Cooler air will bring an almost general drop in temperatureswhich will be more pronounced in the north. In the Cantabrian Sea the mercury will be close to 20 degrees, warns eltiempo.es. However, in areas of the south temperatures will continue to soar with values ​​between 35 and 40 degreesAccording to the weather information portal, maximum temperatures will drop on Saturday, especially in Galicia and Castilla y León. And on Sunday, the decreases will extend across large regions of the northern and eastern half of the peninsula.