2024 ends and, with it, an intense meteorological year. Gone are the days of intense heat, cold winter days and, of course, torrential rains, a meteorological phenomenon also known as ‘cold drop’ or DANAlike the one that occurred last October in the Valencian Community, Castilla-La Mancha and part of Andalusia. However, The penultimate day of the year will be marked by climatological stabilityat least in Spain.
This way, theState Meteorological Agency(AEMET) highlights as significant phenomena the appearance of possible dense and persistent fogs in large areas of the northern plateau, Ebro valley and depressions in the northeast and interior of northern Galicia, as well as the southeast of the peninsula. Furthermore, and more likely, it is expected moderate frosts in areas of both plateauswhich can be strong in the Pyrenees and in the Central and Iberian Systems; with possible intervals of strong easterly weather in Alborán.
Temperatures remain stable, although with decreases in some areas
The AEMET predicts that temperatures “will not experience major changes”but, at the same time, he maintains that Minimum temperatures will drop in Galicia and the Cantabrian Seaas well as the maximums in the northeast of Catalonia and part of the Ebro and Tagus Valleys. However, the State Meteorological Agency assures that “there may also be some increases in maximum temperatures in the eastern Cantabrian Sea and on the northern plateau.”
For this reason, frost will persist in much of the territoryalthough, in many cases, they will continue to be moderate. In this way, it is expected that the frosts will continue to affect, above all, large inland areas of the northern half of the peninsula, the southern plateau and the mountains of the southeastern peninsulaalthough “locally weak” frosts are not ruled out in Mallorca.
For its part, the AEMET predicts that these frosts They could be “strong” in other areas of the Peninsula, especially in the Iberian plateau, in the Central System and in the Pyrenees.
The anticyclonic situation persists: clear skies, but for a short time
For today, the AEMET indicates that The anticyclonic situation is expected to persist in most of the countrywhich is why the “slightly cloudy” or clear skies and the absence of precipitation.
The AEMET only points out a single point in which clouds and precipitation are expected throughout Spain: the southern half of the Mediterranean areawhere a cloudier environment is expected with generally weak to moderate rainfall that will occasionally be accompanied by storms. Likewise, “It cannot be ruled out” some scattered showers in the north of the Canary Islands and in the extreme northwest of Galiciawhere it could be accompanied by a storm.
For its part, the Low morning cloudiness will be abundant in the northern half and southeast quadrant of the peninsula, as well as in the Balearic archipelagowhere it will leave mists and fog in large areas. For this reason, the AEMET hopes that these mists tend to risealthough it points out the possibility that they are “densest and most persistent” in areas of the Northern plateau, Ebro Valley and depressions in the northeast and interior of Galicia and the southeast of the peninsulaand can be locally chilling. Finally, it is expected that the Calima continues to persist in the Canary archipelago.