Spain prepares for a sharp change over timeover the next few hours. The arrival of a trough and the subsequent formation of a DANA will leave a prominent episode of showers, storms accompanied by hail and wind in large areas of the Peninsula, especially on Thursday.
The storm will approach the western peninsula in the late hours of Wednesday and could leave Accumulations of precipitation of between 30 and 40 liters in one hour. Temperatures will drop, and they will do so sharply in the interior, putting end to the summer heat which has dominated recent weeks.
Heat warnings this Wednesday in 5 provinces
Until then, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has activated yellow heat warnings in the Community of Madrid and in some areas of the interior provinces of the peninsula of Cordoba, Zaragoza, Toledo and Cacereswhere they can reach the 38 degrees. Specifically, these temperatures will be reached in the Cordoba countryside as well as in the Tajo Valley, in Toledo (Castilla-La Mancha) and in the Community of Madrid, in the southern, lowland and western areas of the region.
Temperatures of up to 36 degrees are also expected to be recorded on the banks of the Ebro, in Zaragoza (Aragon), as well as in Villuercas and Montánchez in Cáceres (Extremadura) and in the metropolitan area of Madrid and the Henares area.provincial capitals that will record higher values This Wednesday, Toledo will have 38ºC; Badajoz, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén and Zaragoza with 37ºC; and Cáceres, Guadalajara, Logrono, Madrid and Pamplona with 36ºC.
Meteorology advances that the Approach of an Atlantic front from the northwest The forecast for Wednesday will be cloudy skies in Galicia and the western Cantabrian Sea. Light rainfall is not ruled out, which will be more likely and intense in the north of the Galician community. In turn, low morning cloudiness is also expected in areas of the Mediterranean area and the Strait of Gibraltar. In the rest of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, the day will start with few clouds or with high clouds, which will increase to medium and high clouds in the west and south.
In the afternoon, clouds of evolution will form in the center and interior of the eastern third, without ruling out Isolated showers or storms, more likely and intense in the Iberian system and the Pyrenees. It will also arrive haze through the southern third of the Peninsula and Alboran, without ruling out that it may spread with less intensity through the rest of the southern half.
The DANA will impact these areas
At the end of the day we will begin to notice the first signs of the change in weather. deep trough will approach from the west of the peninsula with a associated cold core and will lead to an episode of locally strong showers and thunderstorms, which can be very strong, accompanied by hail in large areas of the Peninsula, and in some areas with Very strong gusts of wind and a drop in temperatures.
According to this forecast, showers are expected from early Thursday in a wide strip from north to south between the Cantabrian Sea and the Guadalquivir valley, still with some uncertainty and which could extend to the Strait of Gibraltar.
The showers may be locally strong or very strong, accompanied by thunderstorms and leave accumulations of between 30 and 40 liters in one hour. During the second half of Thursday, it is likely that these storms and showers will extend to the northwest of the peninsula and to the upper and middle Ebro, eastern Pyrenees and northern Iberia. The portal eltiempo.es indicates that, with the most updated forecasts, Cordoba, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Madrid, Guadalajara, Avila, Segovia, Soria, Burgos, La Rioja, Navarra and the entire Basque Country would see the greatest storms and rainfall.
In addition, some of the storm cells could be associated with locally very strong gusts of wind, according to AEMET. With this situation, a significant drop in daytime temperatures in a wide strip of the interior of the peninsula between the northeast of Castile and León and the center of Andalusiato.
Starting on Friday, a DANA will approach the northwest of the peninsula, which will cause storms and showers to continue, although they will most likely be located around the Cantabrian mountain range, Iberian system and Central Systeml, where they will remain locally strong, although they may spread to the eastern third of the peninsula and the southeastern mountain ranges.
Temperatures today and Saturday will gradually recover, but will remain below those forecast. for the days prior to the arrival of the trough. During the weekendit is likely that the DANA will move through the Cantabrian Sea while it begins to be absorbed by the general circulation, so there could still be Showers and storms are more likely in the northern half of the peninsula.
The weather for the first days of September: more rain and storms
The first half of September will record More rain than average in almost the entire Peninsulaexcept in Galicia and the Cantabrian side, according to Metored expert Samuel Biener. In addition, there could be cold air drops or some DANA. By areas, the expert has pointed out that lStrong storms could be noticeable in areas of the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and Catalonia.
In this context, Biener explains that the polar jet stream will present more pronounced meanders and a blocking pattern could be configured with possible rises of the anticyclonic ridge. This could favour cold air drops or some DANA, which he recalled is a fairly frequent situation at this time.
He also stressed thatThe temperature of the Mediterranean is extremely high for the dateswhich together with the presence of a DANA or a trough could increase the rainfall.