Several Atlantic fronts will cross the Peninsula this week, leaving abundant rainfall in much of the territory, with a special impact on the northern area and the Atlantic slope. The situation will change at the end of the week, when a powerful subtropical ridge will rise from the Atlantic, spreading across the European continent from Sunday. This is the weather forecast from Samuel Biener, Meteored expert (tiempo.com), for the next few days.
During the weekend, the weather could change in the northeast and the Balearic Islands. The arrival of cold air and intense winds from the north will reactivate the rains, with significant accumulations, according to the Meteored presenter. In addition, wind gusts exceeding 100 km/h and an intense sea storm are expected.
Thus, he points out that On Saturday, rain is expected, with accumulated amounts of between 10 and 35 l/m² on the Cantabrian slope, Galicia, the Pyrenees, the Central System, points in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.. On Sunday, the arrival of a continental polar air mass, characterized by its low humidity content, will limit rain to areas of the central Catalan coast and especially the Balearic Islands. In these areas, the northwest winds, loaded with humidity from the Mediterranean, could generate accumulated up to 20-25 l/m² in the north of Mallorca and Menorca, with the possibility of higher registrations from time to time.
Regarding the winds, Biener indicates that between Saturday and Sunday, Gusts could exceed 100 km/h in mountain areas, the northeast of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. These conditions will also cause a significant sea storm on the coasts of these regions. According to meteorological models, the gusts will be intense even considering the typical January records. Furthermore, the expert advances that the situation will favor copious snowfalls in high altitudes of the Pyreneesespecially on the divide and the north face. However, In the rest of the Peninsula, the air mass will be too dry to generate significant snowfall, limited to some isolated flakes..
Is it going to snow next week?
In recent days, various social networks have fueled rumors about the arrival of a great winter storm in Spain. According to the Meteored popularizer, a polar air mass will be isolated over the central Mediterranean, generating an isolated cold storm there that will bring a important storm of rain and snow in the Balkans, southern Italy and northern Africa. The bag of cold air will move to the south of the anticyclone across the Mediterranean from east to west, contrary to what is usual in our latitudes, thus approaching our country. So, Will a historic snowfall really come to Spain?
Biener explains that although the effects of storms and Atlantic fronts can be predicted further in advance, in retrograde situations, such as the one expected for next week, their effects are more complicated to predict. “Today it is quite evident that a “historic” snowfall is not going to occur in a few days in Spanish territory”says the expert.
It indicates that there is uncertainty about the path of the storm, which could park in the central Mediterranean or move towards North Africa. However, it advances that For next week, abundant rainfall is not expected, and stable weather is expected in much of Spain. thanks to the influence of a powerful anticyclonic blockade over central Europe.
The rain and snowfall could affect areas of the Balearic Islands, points on the Mediterranean coast, the Strait, Ceuta and Melilla, due to the approach of a cold air pocket in the Mediterranean and the entry of northeasterly winds. But the expert insists that this episode will be limited in scope and will not be exceptional or widespread.