The AEMET activates orange alerts for waves of 7 meters and very strong winds in these areas

This Thursday, the communities of Galicia, Cantabria and the Basque Country continue with an orange notice for amaritime storm that will leave waves of up to 7 meters and strong gusts of wind, according to the prediction of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). In addition, in Aragón, Asturias, Catalonia and the Valencian Community there are yellow notices.

In Galiciathe orange warning affects the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra, where gusts of wind from the southwest of 62 to 74 km/h (force 8) will be recorded, which will occasionally reach between 75 to 88 km/h (force 9). Besides, the combined sea from the west will generate waves of 5 to 7 meters. In the province of Lugo there is a yellow level due to the combination of the west or northwest and waves between 4 to 5 meters.

InCantabria has an orange alert due to a storm offshore with westerly winds that will range between 62 and 74 km/h (force 8) and waves of 5 to 7 meters. For its part, In the Basque Country, the orange notice affects the coast of the provinces of Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa. The westerly winds will reach similar speeds (62 to 74 km/h) and waves of 5 to 7 meters. The Meteorological Agency warns that the orange warning will be activated between 6:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. peninsular time.

The rest of the wave warnings will be on the coast of the eastern and western coasts of Asturias (Principality of Asturias); and Girona (Catalonia). On the other hand, wind warnings will be registered in Teruel (Aragón); Tarragona (Catalonia); Alicante and Castellón (Valencian Community).

Meteorology indicates that this Thursday an anticyclonic situation will be established in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands after the passage of the cold front the previous day, althoughIn the surroundings of the Gulf of Cádiz and the Strait there will be rains that may be persistent. In the rest of the peninsula, cloudy skies will predominate with possible weak and scattered rains, more likely in the north, especially in mountain areas, although They are not expected to affect the eastern peninsula or the Balearic Islands.. It could snow in the Pyrenees with the elevation dropping from 1,600 to 1,800 meters to about 1,400 meters.

Rising temperatures

Maximum temperatures will rise in most of the western half of the peninsula and the Mediterranean coastsand they will descend in the Pyrenees and interiors of the southeast of the peninsula. It will be warmer in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (24 degrees), Alicante and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (23), and Castellón de la Plana, Málaga, Murcia and Valencia (22), and colder in León and Vitoria (11), and Ávila, Cuenca, Huesca and Segovia (12).

For their part, the minimum temperatures will rise in much of the southeastern half of the peninsula and will fall in the northern third. The provincial capital with the lowest minimum forecast will be Ávila, with 2ºC; followed by Teruel with 3ºC.

Is it going to rain on the weekend?

HeFridaythe passage of a new Atlantic front will leave unstable weather in the northwest of the peninsula, with abundant cloudiness and rainfall in Galicia and Cantabrian. These could reach other points in the northwest and the Pyrenees, where they would be in the form of snow. In the rest of the country, more stable weather will prevail.

On Saturday, a northerly flow will bring rainfall to a good part of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Looking ahead to Sunday, the latest forecasts point to a general improvement, with the return of stability in most of the country. As for temperatures, they will remain above normal until the last day of the week, when a notable drop in thermometers.