Good weather will predominate this weekend in Spain, with sunny skies and high temperatures for the season. However, as of Sunday the effects of Storm Bertnamed by the Irish meteorological service Met Éireann and located in the Atlantic, will leave rains and intense winds in the northwest of the peninsula.
Bert will be a very deep storm and will give rise to a major sea storm and also intense winds in the British Isles. In Spain, its effects will not be so adverse, but They will be mainly noticed on Sunday in the northwest of the peninsula with rain and strong winds, and on Monday with more general rainfall in the north and west, in addition to a maritime storm.. According to Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), this storm has suffered “a process of explosive cyclogenesis”that is, it increases in intensity in a short period of time.
This Friday you will still feel the “tail blows” of the Caetano stormwhich will leave rain in the north and will decrease, with snow in the mountains and the level falling, to 600 or 900 meters in the Pyrenees. There will also be strong winds in the east of the peninsula and temperatures will drop significantly in the north and in the Balearic Islands.
Most affected areas
Saturday will be a calm day of transition between storms, with temperatures rising in many parts of the country and some light rain in mountain areas. This increase in temperatures will be felt especially in the north, where the Cities like Bilbao or A Coruña will exceed 20 degrees thanks to the warm winds from the south. On Saturday afternoon they could blow with intensity in the extreme north of the peninsula and frost will be recorded only in the Pyrenees.
On Sunday, a front associated with Storm Bert, which will now be close to the British Isles, will leave rains in Galicia, Asturias, western Castilla y León and northern Extremadura. The southerly winds will blow with intensity in the northern third of the peninsula, especially in mountain areas and coastal areas, with Gusts that could exceed 80 to 90 km/h and waves of up to five meters in Galicia. Temperatures will continue to rise, reaching values of 20 to 22 degrees in many areas, with a temperate environment for the time.
Forecast for next week
On Monday, Storm Bert will continue crossing the peninsula from west to east and will leave rain in most of the west, center and north of the peninsula, Precipitation that will be abundant in the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian mountain range, western Castilla y León and northern Extremadura. There will be gusts of strong or very strong winds in much of the northern half. Temperatures will drop in the northwest and rise in the east and south, remaining warm for the season. The Cities such as Albacete, Badajoz and Huelva may exceed 23 degrees.
From Tuesdaya period of atmospheric stabilitywith high pressures that They will limit the rains to Galicia and the Cantabrian Seaand mild temperatures in much of the country, with values between 5 and 10 degrees above normal.