The last week of February in Spain will be marked by high temperatures during the seasona haze episode in the Canary Islands and the multi-front approachs that will leave rain in the northern half of the country, according to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and Meteored.
During the first days of the week, maximum temperatures of 18 to 20 ºC are expected in large areas of the Peninsula, exceeding 25 ºC in the Mediterranean and the eastern Cantabrian Sea. Cities like Bilbao and Oviedo could register up to 25ºC, while Murcia will be close to 27ºC.
The AEMET spokesperson, Rubén del Campo, has also warned of a Canarian suspended dust episodes, where thermometers could exceed the 30ºC at some pointss. The haze will reduce visibility and worsen air quality, although it is expected that from Wednesday the northerly winds will carry the dust and return temperatures to normal values.
On the Peninsula, rainfall will initially be limited to points in Galicia, although Looking ahead to Friday and the weekend they could extend to more areas of the northern half.
Weather forecast by days
Stability will continue Tuesday throughout the country, although a front will approach Galicia and leave some weak rains in the west of this autonomous community. Temperatures will barely vary and will remain between 18 and 20ºC or even higher in large areas of the territory, with values that will rise significantly on the Cantabrian coast. In the Canary Islands, the intense haze and warm atmosphere for the season will persist.
The front will advance on Wednesday and will leave rainfall in much of Galicia, more abundant in its western half. It is not ruled out that it will also rain dispersedly and weakly in points of Asturias and from the west of Castile and León. The atmosphere will be cooler in the western half of the peninsula and temperatures will drop slightly in the Mediterranean. In the Canary Islands, the haze will begin to subside and thermometers will drop sharply until they return to normal values.
On Thursday, stable weather will prevail on the Peninsula. No rain is expected, except in the north of the Canary Islands, where it could occur precipitation with storms. Temperatures will continue to drop in the archipelago and rise in the west of the peninsula, although in general they will continue to be high for the season.
Del Campo advances that a front could reach Spain on Friday and weekendleaving rain in areas of the northern half and causing a thermal drop. Thermometers will tend to normalize in this final stretch of the week. In addition, the rains could continue in the north of the Canary archipelago.
Mud showers and DANA
For his part, Samuel Biener, climatologist at Meteored Spain, points out that the position of the trough will favor southerly winds that could carry dust towards the Peninsula, causing rains accompanied by barrThere are some storm cores in the western end.
The advance of the front will be slowed by the ridge located in the western Mediterranean and by the rise of the Azores anticyclone, which will stretch the trough over the Peninsula. Finally, The system could be isolated to the southwest and give rise to a DANA that would move towards the Canary Islands environmentwhere locally heavy downpours would occur from Thursday.
Uncertainty increases heading into the final stretch of the week, according to Biener, although everything points to a general drop in temperatures. Current models indicate that vseveral fronts could cross the Peninsulaleaving more probable rainfall in the northern third and snowfall in the main mountain ranges. However, other scenarios raise the possible isolation of a new DANA in our environmentalthough the latest map updates reduce the probability.