After a day of intense heat on Wednesday, the weather seems to be giving us a break. The arrival of a trough and the subsequent formation of a DANA (Isolated Depression at High Levels) has not only caused a significant drop in temperatures but has also begun to leave Heavy showers, thunderstorms accompanied by hail and wind in large areas of the Peninsula. The trough that has entered through the west of the Peninsula with an associated cold core, which has plummeted temperatures in large areas of the Peninsula.
The storm will move from southwest to northeast, with the probability of occasional showers and storms that will affect large areas, which They can be locally strong or very strong and with hail in western Andalusia, areas of the southern plateaularge areas of the interior of the northern half and eastern Cantabrian Sea.
They may be locally persistent in central and inland areas of the northeast. In a weaker and more dispersed manner, they will affect other areas.except for northern Galiciawhere cloudy skies and precipitation are expected, and the eastern Mediterranean area, where high clouds are expected. In the Canary Islands, cloudy intervals are expected in the north of the islands, although light precipitation and partly cloudy weather are expected in the south.
This meteorological episode brings with it the Possibility of mud rains in the center and south of the peninsula and the Alboran Sea.
Maximum temperatures will tend to decreaseespecially in the interior of the peninsula, with notable local drops. However, temperatures could still exceed 34 degrees in parts of eastern Andalusia and in depressions in the northeast. Winds from the south and east will predominate in the Mediterranean area and the eastern third.with strong intervals on southeastern coasts.
Northerly and easterly winds in the Cantabrian Sea and, with strong intervals, on the Galician coast. In the rest of the country, they will be variable, with eastern and southern winds predominating in the central hours. Moderate trade winds will blow in the Canary Islands with some strong gusts or intervals in exposed areas.
What will the weather be like on Friday?
The superposition of two Atlantic troughs to the northwest of the Peninsula will make it possible the formation of a DANA on Fridayso there will be abundant medium and high cloudiness, together with daytime cloudiness. In the early hours of the day, scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely in the centre and north, which will cease from south to north and which may be locally strong in areas of the centre and inland northeast.
In the afternoon the rains will be accompanied by storms in the interior of the northern and eastern halves, more likely and intense in the center and inland northwest and northeast, even locally strong in the inland northwest. In the Cantabrian area there will be cloudy skies with the possibility of light precipitation, locally moderate. The Balearic Islands will be spared from rain but will have medium and high clouds. In the Canary Islands it is likely to rain in the mountainous areas, but in general there will be few clouds in the archipelago.
There will continue to be haze in much of the Peninsula and the risk of mud rains persists. Maximum temperatures will drop in the northern and eastern thirds and in the Canary Islands and will increase in the rest of the Peninsula, especially in the centre and south of the Peninsula. Minimum temperatures will increase in the Balearic Islands and the Cantabrian Sea and will slightly decrease in the rest of the Peninsula.
The weather for the weekend
During the weekend, the most likely scenario is that the DANA will move eastwards, crossing the Cantabrian Sea until reaching the Mediterranean late on Sunday. Therefore showers and storms would continue, more likely in the northern half of the peninsula, although the uncertainty for these days is greater and other areas could also be affected.
Thus, on Saturday, cloudy or overcast skies are expected in a good part of the Peninsula and cloudiness that will cause showers that could be accompanied by storms, which will be more intense in the northern half. In the interior of the southwestern third of the Peninsula, the southeastern coast and the extreme northeast of Catalonia precipitation is very unlikely.
In the eastern half of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, the presence of suspended dust is likely, so any precipitation will be accompanied by mud. In the Canary Islands, there will be intervals of low clouds in the north of the archipelago, although some light precipitation is not entirely ruled out, and partly cloudy skies in the rest of the archipelago.
Temperatures will rise in the northern and eastern parts of the peninsula, as well as in the midlands of the Canary Islands and, with rather slight increases, in the Balearic Islands. They will fall in a large part of the western half. Temperatures of 35 degrees are not ruled out in the Guadalquivir valley.
On Sunday, instability will continue in much of the country and the skies will remain overcast in the northern and eastern thirds of the peninsula and in the Balearic Islands, as well as in the rest of the interior of the peninsula, with the exception of southern Andalusia, where it will be clear. Showers and storms will affect the eastern Cantabrian region, the Ebro, the Pyrenees, inland Catalonia and Levante. Some light and scattered rainfall is also not ruled out in the centre of the Peninsula and in the Balearic Islands.
Inland areas of the western Cantabrian Sea, precipitation is likely, but it is also not ruled out on the coasts. Rain is unlikely in the rest of the western third.. The Canary Islands will continue with low clouds in the north of the archipelago, with the possibility of some light rainfall and partly cloudy skies in the rest of the archipelago.
The presence of suspended dust is likely to continue in the eastern third of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with precipitation accompanied by mud in these areas. temperatures will evolve without major changes, with falls predominating in the east and north of the peninsula and rises in the Canary Islands. It is not ruled out that temperatures will reach 35 degrees in the Guadalquivir valley and locally in the Guadiana and Tajo valleys in Extremadura.