Instability will continue to dominate the weather in the coming days, with widespread rain, snow at mid-levels and a marked temperature drop. Madrid and Castilla y León are on yellow alert this Tuesday due to snowfall that could leave more than 5 centimeters in 24 hours from levels of 1,400-1,200 meters, to which are added five other communities under warning for maritime storm.
During the day, snowfall of this thickness is expected in different parts of the country within a episode that will persist on Wednesday. In the mountains of Madrid, snow may appear from 1,200 meterswhile in the Ibérica de Burgos and the Centra Systemlespecially in Segovia and Ávila, the level will tend to decrease. In areas of the plateau close to the Iberian region of Burgos, the accumulation of 1 to 2 centimeters is not ruled out.
Regarding the maritime storm, Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia are at orange levelwith significant risk due to waves that will reach 5 to 6 meters, increasing to 6–7 meters out to sea, especially in the northwest and west of A Coruña, as detailed by the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
Likewise, two other communities maintain yellow notices due to the state of the sea: the Basque Country and Andalusiathe latter in the west of Almería, its capital and the Granada coast, where strong maritime disturbance is also expected.
He Wednesday will begin with rain in the center and south of the Peninsula which, throughout the day, will move towards the east, even reaching the Balearic Islands. In Melilla, the rains could be locally heavy.
The snow level in the north will be between 800 to 1,000 meterswhile temperatures will continue to drop and frost will be recorded in the north, center and east, more intense in the Pyrenees. In the afternoon, a new front will once again leave persistent rain in western Galicia.
Heavy snowfall in the north
He Thursday It will begin again with frost, although it will be the last really cold day of the week, with maximums below 10 °C in much of the interior and just 6 or 7 °C in cities like Soria or Cuenca. The front that will enter from the northwest will leave rainfall in large areasless likely in the Mediterranean and Balearic Islands.
For its part, Meteored foresees locally heavy snowfall in the north, with accumulations of up to 10 centimeters in 24 hourswhich could reach 20 centimeters in high areas of the Central System, the Cantabrian Sea and the Pyrenees.
On Friday, rains and storms will be concentrated mainly in the Cantabrian Sea and the Mediterranean, although weak rainfall will continue to be recorded in much of the country. They will be more intense and persistent in Galicia, the Cantabrian Sea and some parts of the Pyrenees.
Eltiempo.es points out that there will be a notable thermal rise, of more than 5 to 7 °C in many areas, both minimum and maximum temperatures, which will exceed 5 °C at night in much of the territory.
Warmer atmosphere on the weekend
Starting this weekend and looking ahead to the December long weekend, uncertainty increases, although the models point to the arrival of new fronts with more probable rains in the north and west of the countrys. Even so, it is not ruled out that the rainfall reaches other areas.
Temperatures will clearly recover and the snow level will riseá, being restricted to high mountain areas. The environment will be temperate in coastal areas, with values of 18 to 20 °C in the Cantabrian Sea and up to 22 °C in the Mediterranean.