The AEMET activates warnings for freezing fog and fog in all these areas

This Thursday, anticyclonic, stable and rainless weather is expected in most of Spain. Sunny skies will predominate in many areas, although Dense fog will be recorded in a dozen provinces, especially in the interior of the peninsulawhich can reduce visibility to less than 100 meters in some areas.

According to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), a yellow warning for fog until 1:00 p.m. on the plateau of Ávila, Burgos, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Valladolid and Zamora. In these areas, fog can be freezing, which means that water droplets freeze when they touch the surface and can form ice sheets.

Also They can be accompanied by chipping, which generates ice crystals on surfaces such as trees and streetlights. Starting at 8:00 p.m., the yellow warning will be reactivated in those same areas due to the persistence of fog.

In addition, the yellow warning for fog also affects the provinces of Albacete and Toledo (La Mancha), Ciudad Real (La Mancha and Guadiana valley), Lugo (center) and Zaragoza (Cinco Villas and the Ebro riverside), where visibility will be limited to about 200 meters.

On the other hand, The province of Cádiz (Andalusia) is on yellow alert due to maximum wind gusts between 70 and 80 kilometers per hour and coastal phenomena. adverse with easterly winds of 50 to 61 km/h (force 7), occasionally of 52 to 74 km/h (force 8) in the Strait and the Trafalgar area offshore. The AEMET indicates that there is only a low probability of any drizzle on Mediterranean coasts or an afternoon shower on the most prominent islands of the Canary Islands.

As for temperatures, they will decrease in the Canary Islands, the plateaus and the northeast and southeast of the peninsula, while the mountains in the north and center will increase slightly. Temperatures will be cool in the north, with maximums of 6 degrees in Zamora, 8 in Palencia and Valladolid, and 9 in Logroño and Pamplonareports Servimedia. In the south, the maximum temperatures will reach 21 degrees in Seville and 22 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

More fog and falling temperatures

During the period from Friday the 27th to Tuesday the 31st, stability will continue to predominate in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with mostly clear skies and some low clouds in the north and east of the peninsula. In these areas, it is expected that there will be some light rainfall, especially in the north. The fogs in the interior, particularly on the Northern Plateau, will spread and could be locally freezingwith the risk of ice formation on some surfaces. Starting on Sunday, December 29, the arrival of abundant medium and high cloudiness is expected.

Temperatures will remain unchanged or experience a slight drop. The frosts could extend to the Southern Plateau, being moderate or even strong in areas of the Pyrenees. The wind will be weak, with a predominance of the easterly component and a strong lift in the Strait, although it is expected to decrease throughout the period. In the Canary Islands, the haze is expected to extend to more islands, with stable temperatures and easterly winds.

The rains return

Between Wednesday the 1st and Thursday the 2nd, a front could approach the northwest of the peninsula, bringing precipitation to Galicia and the western Cantabrian Sea. On Thursday, January 2, the rains could be persistent in these areas and extend to the northwest quadrant of the Peninsula and the Cantabrian coast.. As for temperatures, it is likely that they will begin to rise.

The winds will continue to be weak in the interior, with moderate easterly in the Strait, although the southwesterly wind could intensify in the extreme northwest. In the Cantabrian Sea, it is not ruled out that the wind turns to the west and strengthens. In the Canary Islands, the weather will continue to be dry, with the presence of haze and stable temperatures, accompanied by wind from the east or southeast.