The storm “Aitor” will finish crossing the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands this Friday and will leave a atlantic frontwith overcast skies since the morning and a notable and widespread drop in temperatures in practically the entire territory. Navarra is on alert for rain, Catalonia for wind and 4 other communities for waves.
Specifically, Navarra will activate the yellow alert for heavy rain, with rainfall that could accumulate up to 40 liters per square meter in twelve hours. Four other northern communities –Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country– they will maintain warnings of the same level, but due to rough seas, while In the east of Catalonia there is the same alert for strong winds.
According to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), gusts of wind are expected wind of up to 80 km/h on the coast and pre-coastal of Tarragonain Catalonia. Strong waves are expected on the Cantabrian coast, with waves of up to 5 meters in the Basque Country and Cantabria. Likewise, there will be a maritime storm in the Ampurdán area, in Girona.
This coming, rainfall is expected in areas of Andalusia and the Strait, Galicia, the Cantabrian area, the Iberian System, the Pyrenees and northeastern Catalonia, which will be abundant and accompanied by storms on the Cantabrian coast. Throughout the day, the rains will decrease, except in the easternmost area of the Cantabrian Sea, where they could remain strong and persistent.
Generalized and sharp drop in temperatures
After the storm passes, a mass of cold air will arrive from the north, causing a general drop in temperatures, especially in the north of the peninsula, where The maximum temperatures will drop between six and eight degrees compared to the previous day. Thermometers will only reach 30ºC in Mediterranean areas: Murcia (32), Alicante (31) and Valencia (30). The coldest capitals will be León and Lugo (15 degrees at most), Ávila and Soria (16), and Burgos, Oviedo, Palencia, Segovia and Vitoria (17). In the Pyrenees, it is possible to register light frosts in the highest areaswith a low probability of snow accumulation above 1,800 to 2,000 meters.
He Saturday A period of stabilization will begin with clear skies or high clouds in most of the country, although some may persist. rains in the Cantabrian Sea, the Pyrenees, eastern Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. It is possible that it will snow in the Pyrenees from 1600-1800 meters. Temperatures will be cool and many provincial capitals will not reach double digits in the morning. Even so, areas in the south, such as the Guadalquivir Valley, will reach or exceed 30ºC. A gradual recovery of temperatures will begin on Sundayespecially in the north, where daytime values will rise between six and eight degrees compared to Saturday.
At the beginning of next week, the weather will be stable in much of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, although some fronts will affect the northwest, with precipitation in Galicia, the western Cantabrian Sea and the northwest of Castilla y León. Starting Wednesday, the situation will become more uncertain with the possible arrival of a atlantic low. Precipitation will be more likely in the northern half although, due to this uncertainty, it could not be ruled out anywhere, according to the AEMET. Temperatures will rise at the beginning of the week, but will fall starting Tuesday, starting in the west.