The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has activated alerts this Thursday in twelve autonomous communities due to the arrival of a cold front that will bring very strong winds, with gusts that could reach 100 kilometers per hour, intense waves, significant snowfall and rain.
The Balearic Islands, Catalonia and the Valencian Community are in the orange level.. In the province of CastellonInside, they wait Very strong gusts of wind that could reach at least 100 km/h. In Tarragona the wind gusts could reach 90 km/h. As for the waves, waves of three to four meters are forecast in the Ampurdán area, in Girona; of three meters on the islands of Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera; and between two and three meters on the coast of Tarragona.
In addition, they have been issued yellow level notices in several communities. In Andalusiathe strong waves will impact the coast of Almeriawhile in Aragon there will be snowfall and intense winds in the Pyrenees.Asturias It will also be affected by snowfall at high altitudes and significant waves, as will Cantabria.
In Castilla y León, snowfall will be important in mountainous areasand in Castile-La Manchastrong winds will affect the province of Albacete.
In Galiciaheavy rains and morning seas are expected, while in Navarre there will be snowfall and strong winds. He the Basque Country and the Valencian Community will also register intense waves on its coasts. In BalearicsIn addition to the wave alerts, there is also a forecast of strong winds. In Catalonia, for its part, snowfall is expected in high mountain areas.
In general terms, the weather conditions will be marked by intervals of strong wind with very intense gusts in the Balearic Islands, the extreme north and the eastern third of the peninsula. The rains will be locally strong and persistent in Galicia and Asturias, and the snowfall will accumulate significant thicknesses in the Pyrenees and the western Cantabrian mountain range. The entry of a cold front It will bring widespread rain, more intense in the Cantabrian communities and the Pyrenees.
More than 25 degrees in the southeast of the peninsula
Temperatures will rise on the Mediterranean coast, the Ebro, the depressions of the northeast and the Balearic Islands, and will fall in the rest of the country, notably in the extreme northwest. It will be warmer in Murcia (26 degrees), Alicante and Almería (24) and Málaga and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (23), and colder in León (10), Burgos (11) and Cuenca, Lugo, Palencia, Pamplona, Segovia and Soria (12).
Forecast for the weekend
Friday will dawn with frost in large areas of the interior of the peninsula, and more stable weather will be established as the Azores anticyclone begins to exert its influence. However, this anticyclone will also drive humid winds from the north, which will bring rains in the Cantabrian Sea and the Pyrenees. These precipitations could turn into snowfall at altitudes above 900 or 1,000 meters. In some mountainous areas of the interior of the peninsula, light rains could be recorded.
Regarding temperatures, a general decrease is expected in much of the country. The central and northern half areas will feel this change more noticeably, with maximums that will barely reach between 10 and 13 degrees.
For the weekend, the AEMET advances that an anticyclonic situation is expected in most of the territory, although a DANA in the southwest of the peninsula could generate intense showers in Andalusia and the Canary Islands.