A cold air mass from Europe will plummet thermometers in much of Spain. The maximum temperatures will not exceed 10 degrees for several days in large areas of the country, and night frosts are expected in most of the territory.
“As of Sunday, a mass of cold air will arrive, with a marked temperature drop. There will be widespread frosts, even near the coast,” the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has announced on the social network X. Likewise, the state agency indicates that in the middle of the week rain could arrive in the Mediterranean area and snowfall in the eastern mountains.
In its forecast for tomorrow, Friday, the AEMET announces the approach of a new Atlantic front from the northwest of the peninsula, which will leave cloudy or covered skies in most of the Atlantic and Cantabrian slopes as well as in the upper Ebro, reaching the northeast of the peninsula at end. The rainfall, advancing from west to east, will affect Galicia, the Cantabrian environment, the upper Ebro, northern Iberia and the Pyrenees.without ruling out dispersed areas in surrounding areas to the south.
Until Saturday, an anticyclone located in northern Europe and extended towards the west of the peninsula will guarantee stability and higher temperatures than normal, with more than 20 degrees in areas of the Mediterranean, western Andalusia and even areas of the Cantabrian Seareports Servimedia. However, On Sunday, a mass of cold air will arrive that will move from the European continent towards the peninsula, causing a notable temperature drop..
Temperatures will fall that day moderately and even noticeably and the night frosts will gain extension and intensity until affecting the interior of the southeast of the peninsula and the entire northern half, except Galicia and the coasts. The most intense frosts, between night and dawn, will expand to a good part of the peninsula at least until Tuesday. Only areas close to the coast and areas of western Andalusia and Extremadura will escape the sub-zero temperatures. In addition, the frost will extend to Mount Teide, on the island of Tenerife.
The coldest cities
During the day, both Monday and Tuesday, less than 10 degrees are expected in large areas of the northern half and the interior of the southeast. The coldest capitals during the day could be Burgos, Pamplona and Vitoria this Sunday (7 degrees); Ávila, Lleida and Pamplona on Monday (5), and Lleida on Tuesday (5) and Lleida on Wednesday (6). Night, The most severe frosts would occur on Sunday in Teruel (-5), on Monday in Teruel (-7), on Tuesday in Soria (-7) and on Wednesday in Teruel (-6).
Where is it going to snow
Snowfall will begin on Sunday in the northeast of the peninsula below 700 to 800 meters. On Monday, the snow level will remain in that area and will reach 1,000 meters in the southeast of the peninsula. For Tuesday and Wednesday, snowfall is possible in the mountains of the north and east, and even with a low probability in lower areas of the southeast and the Southern Plateau.