The arrival of two cold storms throughout this week will cause a significant episode of instability in Spain, with practically widespread rainfall, locally intense storms and snowfall in several mountain ranges, according to Meteored. After a weekend already marked by strong storms in much of the country, the situation will continue to be unstable due to the presence of cold air at altitude and the wavy configuration of the polar jet, a typical spring patternbecause it favors the arrival of low pressures to the Peninsula.
Areas at risk this Monday
The week begins with an active episode of storms that has led to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) to activate yellow notices in eight autonomous communities: Aragon, Cantabria, Catalonia, Castilla y León, Navarra, Basque Country, La Rioja and the Valencian Community. In these areas, intense rains are expected in short periods of time, storms accompanied by hail and strong gusts of wind. In some places, especially in the northeast and the Mediterranean coast, rainfall could reach between 15 and 20 liters per square meter in an hour.
In Aragon and Catalonia The yellow warning affects the entire community due to rainfall that could reach 20 liters per square meter in one hour, as well as storms that can be accompanied by hail of up to 2 centimeters and very strong gusts of wind. In Cantabria The yellow warning extends to the coast, the center and the Villaverde valley, as well as Cantabria del Ebro, due to rainfall of up to 15 liters per square meter in one hour.
For its part, in Castile and Leónonly the province of Burgs is in yellow due to storms and rainfall of up to 15 liters in one hour in areas of the Condado de Treviño and the Cantabrian mountain range. Rioja, Navarre and all the provinces of the the Basque Country They continue to be on yellow alert for storms, which can be accompanied by strong gusts of wind and, locally, hail, as well as rain of up to 15 liters per square meter in one hour.
In it mediterranean areathe provinces of Castellón, in the Valencian Communityis also under a yellow warning due to rain that could leave up to 20 liters per square meter in one hour and due to storms accompanied by hail of up to 2 centimeters and very strong gusts of wind. The arrival of colder air will also cause a decrease in snow level, which will be located around 1500 meters in the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains.
Brief truce on Wednesday
A somewhat more stable day is expected on Wednesdayalthough without completely disappearing the instability, Meteored advances. Showers will continue in mountain areas in the north and east, especially in the Pyrenees, where they may be more intense and in the form of snow from about 1700 meters. However, This truce will be brief.
New trough and more rain at the end of the week
Starting Thursday, a new trough will once again increase atmospheric instabilityaccording to the meteorological information portal, with storms that will affect large areas of the north, the interior and the east of the peninsula, being locally strong in the Iberian area, the Pyrenees, Castilla y León, the Cantabrian slope, Galicia, the Valencian Community and mountain areas of the southeast. There will also be showers in the Balearic Islands.
Furthermore, in the face at the end of the week a new cold storm could approachwhich would open the door to an episode of more widespread and persistent rain over the weekend.
The models point to significant accumulations of precipitation in some points, especially on the Cantabrian slope, the Aragonese Pre-Pyrenees and the mountains of the north of Lleida where the 100 liters per square meter in the entire episode, according to Meteored. Episodes of hail, strong gusts of wind and rapid floods in rivers and ravines due to the intensity of some storms.
In Canary Islandss, the situation will be more stable compared to the Peninsula, although occasional showers are not ruled out on the islands of greater relief.