The AEMET, forced to publish an urgent statement due to the impact of Hurricane Kirk in Spain

Very busy and unstable week in terms of weather, with strong winds, heavy rainfall and waves. During the next few days, several storms are expected to cross the country, one of them generated by the remains of Hurricane Kirk, which will arrive towards the middle of the week.

For now, ten autonomous communities have warnings for rain, storms, strong winds and waves this Monday, according to the forecast theState Meteorological Agency (AEMET). The maximum temperatures will decrease in almost the entire country, while the minimum temperatures will rise in the east of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands.

Andalusia, Castilla y León, Galicia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Madrid, Navarra and Aragon are under yellow notice for rainsand all, except Galicia and Castilla y León, also have alerts for storms.Aragon It is the only community with orange notice both by storms and rain. As to surfGalicia and Andalusia are on alert, while for strong gusts of windthey have warnings Aragon, Balearic Islands, Castilla-La Mancha and Catalonia.

During the day, several Atlantic fronts will cross the Peninsulacausing overcast skies and rainfall, especially strong or persistent in the west of Galicia, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Andalusia, Extremadura and areas near the Pyrenees. Less intense rains are also expected in the interior southeast, the Valencian Community and the western Cantabrian coast.

The winds will blow stronglymainly from the south and east in the eastern Mediterranean area and the northeast of the peninsula, while in the rest the south and southwest winds will predominate. In the Strait and Alborán, the west will intensify. Strong gusts are also expected in mountainous areas of the north and center, as well as on the coasts of Galicia and Alborán, and in parts of Mallorca.

Powerful Atlantic storm on the way

He Hurricane Kirkwhich will lose intensity as the hours go by, will transform into a powerful Atlantic storm which will approach the northwest of the Peninsula between the afternoon of Tuesday and Wednesday, producing a strong storm on the Galician and Cantabrian coasts, very strong gusts of wind in much of the Peninsula, even locally hurricanesand widespread rainfall on the Atlantic and Cantabrian slopes.

However, due to the uncertainty in the evolution of the system, the AEMET recommends being attentive to updates to the state agency’s predictions.

Meteorology forecasts for the Tuesdayintervals of strong wind on the Galician coasts and very strong gusts in Galicia, the Cantabrian mountain range and the north of the Iberian system. The rainfall will spread across the northwestern third of the peninsula, and is likely to be locally strong and persistent in western Galicia.

The most adverse day of the storm: hurricane-force winds in these areas

From the first hours of Wednesday expected a strong storm on the Galician Atlantic coastswith very strong winds from the south and southwest (8 or 9 on the Beaufort scale, locally 10) and a combined sea from the west with waves of 6 or 7 meters of significant height. During the day, The storm will spread to the rest of the Cantabrian Seawith west winds and combined seas of 5 to 6 meters.

The very strong gusts, from the south and southwest, will extend over a good part of the Peninsula, except for the Ebro valley and the southwestern end, blowing with greater intensity in the northwest quadrant. It is not ruled out that they will reach hurricane intensity in high areas of northern Galicia, the Cantabrian mountain range and the western Pyrenees..

Precipitation will extend over a good part of the Peninsula, less likely in its eastern end and more intense and persistent in the west of Galicia and the western Central system.

Alert against possible river flooding

From Thursdaywith the storm moving away towards the northeast, it is expected that the wind will tend to subside, although it is likely that the storm will persist in the eastern Cantabrian Sea in the early hours and the intervals of strong westerly winds will persist in the Mediterranean area. Precipitation will also tend to cease during the day. Despite this, The quantities accumulated in the episode in the western part of Galicia may be important, and they will be added to those already fallen in previous episodes, so The AEMET recommends caution against possible river flooding and slope slides.

Other storms in sight?

On the other hand, from Meteored they advance that, after the passage of the ex-Kirk storm, a deep atlantic storm that would bring a new storm of wind and precipitation from the west of the peninsula and that could affect large areas of Spain with a “spray of rain.” Possibly this storm will be named Bernice by some National Meteorological Service of the southwestern countries.

The meteorological portal indicates that this storm and its fronts would enter at the end of Thursday and a very unstable and rainy weekend is expected in almost all Spanish regions.