After a hectic farewell to summer marked by heavy rains spread across the country, the beginning of astronomical autumn will be accompanied by a new storm in Spain that will bring with it more heavy rainfall, storms and a cool atmosphere that will last throughout the week.
TheState Meteorological Agency (AEMET) warns that during the next few days the Peninsula will be exposed to fronts associated with Atlantic depressions. As for temperatures, they will remain within the usual values for the time at the beginning of this week. However, as the weekend approaches, a decrease is expected sudden drop in temperature and even night frosts in parts of the interior.
Areas on alert this Monday
This Monday, instability will continue in the north of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with rain and a drop in minimum temperatures in a large part of the country, while maximum temperatures will remain unchanged. Catalonia and the Balearic Islands remain on yellow alert for rain and storms, except in Mallorca where the warning has been raised to orange.
According to the AEMET forecast, showers are expected in the eastern Cantabrian region, the Pyrenees and the Balearic Islands, where they could be locally intense and accompanied by storms, especially in the northeast of Catalonia and the east coast of the peninsula, with a greater probability in Castellón. On the other hand, The approach of a front from the northwest will bring rain to the north of Galicia, with the possibility of it spreading to other areas of the region and the west of the Cantabrian Sea..
Maximum temperatures will not change much, but minimum temperatures will drop, especially in the interior of the northern half and Extremadura. In the Pyrenees, light frosts are not ruled out, which could leave some snow on the peaks.
New Atlantic storm
On Tuesday, a new storm will arrive from the Atlantic, and It will leave precipitation in the extreme north of the peninsula and northwest, where it could be abundant and very persistent.They will continue on Wednesday and Thursday and will affect the entire northwestern half of the peninsula.
He Friday will lose intensity and will tend to affect the far north and other points of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. According to the AEMET spokesperson, Precipitation could be present over the weekend in areas of the east and north of the peninsulaalthough there is uncertainty about this.
The temperatures will tend to drop until early Tuesday morning and then rise until Wednesday and go back down the following days. In the Canary Islands, the values will be abnormally low for the time of year.
Strong winds will also blow on the northwestern coast of the peninsula on Tuesday and will spread on Wednesday to large areas of the northwestern half of the peninsula. On Thursday, they will focus on the central north of the peninsula and will ease off in the following days.
More than 100 l/m2 in these areas
For his part, Victor Gonzalez, from Meteored, warns of a “very likely” scenario to trigger autumn rains in the west of the peninsula in the middle of the week, where they will be frequent, widespread and locally intense. In addition, The scenario will also favor the arrival of an atmospheric river from tropical latitudes to our environment..
González points out that this type of situation usually leaves significant accumulations of precipitation, especially in Galicia, northern Portugal and the southern slope of the western Central Systemwith records that could exceed thes 100 liters per square meter. They could also be affected, although to a lesser extent, areas of Castile and Leon and Asturias.
It also indicates that they could generate long-haul winds, occasionally strong. Although the exact position of the low pressure systems is still unclear, their proximity is expected to cause Winds with some intensity in much of the peninsula.