Scandinavian weekend in Madrid: rain and cold temperatures

Today is the change of cycle. The penultimate in a winter that has surprised us with spring temperatures and that, starting this Thursday, returns with a drop in temperatures and showers. The State Meteorological Agency announces in the Community of Madrid weak or moderate precipitation that will be in the form of snow in the mountainswhere there will be a probability of very strong gusts in high areas during the central hours.

Cloudy intervals are expected at the beginning, tending towards cloudy or overcast without ruling out mists and fogs in the mountains at the end of the day.

Precipitation will be weak or moderate, will extend from west to east from midday, and could be locally heavy and range accompanied by storms and hail.

The snow level will be at 1700 – 1600 meters and will drop to 1100 – 1200 at the end of the day.

Minimum temperatures will register an increase, less pronounced in the mountains, and maximum temperatures will experience slight changes, with elevations predominating.

There will be weak frosts in high areas of the mountains.

The winds will be weak from the south, increasing to moderate.with strong intervals at the beginning of the afternoon and probable very strong gusts in high areas of the mountains during the central hours.

The thermometers will range between 5ºC and 16ºC in Madrid; 2ºC and 18ºC in Alcalá de Henares; 3ºC and 18ºC in Aranjuez; 5ºC and 16ºC in Navalcarnero; 5ºC and 16ºC in Getafe; and 3ºC and 13ºC in Collado Villalba.

A situation that will not only affect the Community of Madrid, since this arrival of Atlantic storms will cause widespread rainfall starting this Thursday, March 7, with snowfall not only in mountain areas, as well as intense winds and a decrease in temperatures. temperatures in different areas of Spain.