After several days of anomalously high temperatures for the end of October, Spain is preparing for a drastic change in time. The passage of several fronts and the entry of polar air will cause a generalized temperature drop, with rain, wind and first snowfall of the season in the northern mountains.
According to José Antonio Maldonado, director of Meteorology at Meteored (tiempo.com), “an increase in rain and a sudden change in temperatures is expected on Sunday,” marking the end of the warm episode that has accompanied the month of October.
The new fronts have already begun to affect the northwest of the Peninsula, leaving showers in Galicia, the Cantabrian Sea and part of Castilla y Leónwith weaker rains in the center and south. In the south of the peninsula, especially in Andalusia and Murcia, temperatures continue to be unusually high, exceeding 30 ºC in some areas. However, as of the weekend, The arrival of polar air will cause a marked temperature drop, more in line with autumn dates.
Friday: cloudy skies and rain in the center
The forecast from the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) for this Friday indicates that the Peninsula will continue to be under the influence of an Atlantic circulation, which will provide humidity, as well as a stationary front in the center-west of the peninsula, which will leave cloudy skies in most of the country.
Thus, Precipitation is expected in large areas around the Central and Iberian Systems, where it will be more persistent, while it will occur weaker and occasionally in the northwest of the peninsula and areas of the Cantabrian Sea.. In addition, with low probability there could also be occasional rainfall in regions of the northeastern third of the peninsula, the eastern facade and the Balearic Islands, where cloudy intervals will predominate.
Saturday: new front and still high temperatures in the south
On Saturday, a new front will once again leave rain in much of the north of the peninsula and in the north of Extremadura, which could be most intense in Galicia, the northern plateau, the Iberian Mountains and the Central System, according to Meteored.
Weak and scattered rainfall is not ruled out in the rest of the country and in the Balearic Islands, while morning fogs will form on both plateaus. Temperatures will remain high in the south, with values that will exceed 30 °C in Andalusia and Murciaalthough light frosts could be recorded in the Pyrenees. The wind will blow from the west, turning north on the Cantabrian slope and in Galicia.
Sunday: polar air, thermal collapse and first snow
On Sunday the most pronounced change in weather will arrive: The rains will extend to the east and south, with storms in the northeast and in Andalusia. The The entry of polar air will cause a notable temperature drop and will lower the level of nine in the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains.where the first snowfall of the season could be seen. Winds will blow from the north, with snow and wind, although in the middle of the week the mild air from the southwest will return.