The prediction issued by the State Meteorological Agency for Saturday, May 9, 2026 draws a scenario of instability almost widespread. The combination of two systems low pressures, one anchored in the Atlantic and another in the development phase over the Mediterranean, it will envelop the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands under a blanket of dense clouds.
The direct consequence will be a day marked by precipitation that, far from being limited to continuous rains, will arrive organized as showersin many cases accompanied by stormy activity and with probability of hail. This type of atmospheric configuration encourages storms to move from the south to the north throughout the day, successively irrigating different parts of the territory.
Regions where ads charge greater relevance Due to the possible intensity of the storms, they cover Galicia, the Cantabrian coast, the upper Ebro, the Northern plateau, western Andalusia, the eastern façade and the Central System plus the lands that extend towards its southern slope.
In all these areas, the AEMET contemplates that “they are likely to reach strong intensities” and can be registered “significant accumulations throughout the day.” However, instability will not be strictly limited to those sectors. Other points of the Southern plateau, the southeast of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands will also live with the uncertainty of some strong stormy episode, although in these cases the probability is somewhat more contained.
The snow level will be located around the 1800 or 2000 metersso that mountain areas above that level will receive precipitation in the form of snow.
Thermal contrast, fog banks and very strong gusts
The storm episode will be accompanied by a disparate behavior of thermometers. Maximum temperatures will ascend in the extreme northwest and in the Pyrenees, while they will experience decreases in the southwest quadrant of the peninsula.
In the rest of the country are not expected great variations. The minimalinstead, will rise in the eastern half of the Peninsula, the Canary Islands, western Andalusia and Melilla, remaining stable outside of those areas.
Early in the day, the combination of humidity and nighttime cooling will leave fog banks in enclaves of the Mediterranean pre-coastal, the Iberian System and the upper Ebro, adding the presence of suspended haze in the extreme east of the peninsula and in the Balearic Islands.
He wind will complete the picture of significant phenomena with a regime that will vary depending on the area. In Balearics and the eastern peninsular façade will blow moderately from east and north components, without ruling out strong intervals in the archipelago, and later rolling to the west in the southern half. He Cantabrian and the Ebro valley They will feel a moderate wind from the east, while in the rest of the eastern third it will be weak, also with an easterly component.
In it rest of the Peninsula The moderate wind from the south will dominate, with possible strong intervals and very strong gusts in points of the southwest quadrant and in the northern mountains.
Canary Islands It will be outside the interaction of the two storms, with cloudy intervals, occasional rainfall on the mountainous islands that will tend to subside, and light to moderate wind from the west and northwest.