Spain is preparing for days of meteorological instability due to the arrival of Atlantic storms. with some subtropical featuresone of these storms will break through the southwest of the peninsula this Wednesday, leaving in its wake heavy rains, storms and strong gusts of wind in numerous communitiesas reported by Meteored. For now, Orange warnings have been activated due to heavy rains in five provinces in the southeast of the peninsula.
Although the storm will lose strength as it moves across the Peninsula, the models predict that it could generate quite adverse phenomena, especially in Extremadura and Andalusia. However, the rains associated with this low will affect a large part of the country.
Precipitation will be persistent and locally strong, accompanied in some points by thunderstorms and intense wind. Furthermore, according to Meteored expert Samuel Biener, Flash floods, sea waves or small tornadoes are not ruled out in the southwest and around the Strait.
Areas on alert this Wednesday
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) indicates that there is an orange warning in Badajoz (Vegas del Guadiana), Cáceres (plateau), Córdoba (Sierra and Los Pedroches), Huelva (the entire province) and Seville (Campiña and Sierra Norte) due to very heavy rains of at least 30 liters per square meter in one hour or persistent rains of about 60 liters in 12 hours.
The rest of the warnings are yellow levelsome of them due to heavy rains of 15 to 25 liters per square meter in one hour in the rest of Badajoz, Cáceres, Córdoba and Seville, as well as areas of Ávila, Barcelona, Cádiz, Ceuta, Ciudad Real, Girona, Málaga, Salamanca, Tarragona and Toledo.
Meteorology has also activated the yellow warning for storms in Cádiz, Ceuta, Granada, Huelva, Málaga and Seville; due to gusts of 70 km/h in areas of Cádiz, Ceuta, Huelva and Seville, and due to rough seas on the Cadiz and Huelva coasts.
Finally, temperatures will drop in the west of the plateaus, western Andalusia, the Pyrenees and the Canary Islands, and the drop may be notable in Extremadura. According to Srevimedia, it will be warmer in Melilla (28 degrees), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (27) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Murcia (26), and colder in Burgos, Cáceres, Cuenca, Madrid and Segovia (16).