Spain prepares for the arrival of the BORRASCA LAURENCEthe twelfth of the season, which will impact from Monday With more rains distributed over large areas of the Peninsulaas reported on Friday the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet).
This new storm of great impact, named by Portuguese meteorological services, will continue with the Racha of storms that have hit our country In the last weeks, after the passage of Konrad and Jana. His arrival will bring more rainfall to the peninsula and even more complicate the situation in several parts of the country, with rivers and channels at critical levels and risk of floods in several areas.
Winter weekend
Before Laurence’s impact, the last winter weekend will be marked by a Fully winter time. According to Rubén del Campo, spokesman for the AEMET, “we will have cold time for this time of year”, with night frost in the north and peninsular center, and maximums that will barely exceed 10-12 degrees in many cities.
As for the rains, the weekend will not be so abundant, in general, as in previous days. The snow will appear in low levels, 700 to 900 meters, from mountain areas, plateau areas and moors of the center.
He Saturday tomorrow could rain in southern Andalusia, on the Mediterranean facade, in Catalonia, Balearic Islands and in the northern third. Throughout the day, instability with scattered showers in the west and southern territory will increase. Snowy are expected from about 700 to 900 meters in the north and downtown area, and above 1,000 to 1,200 meters in the south and the Balearic Islands.
Temperatures will be “clearly colder than normal”, with values between 5 degrees below the usual for this time of year. Frosts are foreseen in large part of the north and center of the peninsula, With minimas of up to -5 or -6 ° C in cities like Cuenca and Teruel.
Sunday will increase instability with Chubascos widely distributed throughout the territory, less likely in the north and on the Mediterranean coast. The snowfall will continue, with a low level in the north (700 to 900 meters), somewhat higher in the center (900-1,200 meters) and about 2,200 meters in the south.
Temperatures will remain coldwith frost in the north and center of the peninsula, where the maximum temperatures will barely reach 8 or 10 degrees.
However, this truce in rainfall will end next week due to the arrival of Borrasca Laurence that will lead to abundant and persistent rainfall in large areas of the Peninsula since Monday. However, RL environment will be softer and more temperate And the snow level will progressively rise.