The announced one. Due to the withdrawal of the European anticyclone, which brings with it “open winds from the southwest, temperate and humid”, the so-called rainy winds, explains the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). This will translate into widespread rain in the Peninsula during this week, more abundant in the southwest quadrant, as well as an increase in temperatures.” Garoé who, on the island of El Hierro, collected water from the fog. This storm will also leave rain in the Canary Islands starting on Tuesday. It is and was named last Friday by the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, since it initially affected the Azores with strong winds.
⚠️INFORMATIVE NOTE | The Garoé storm will cause a change in weather.
→ Abundant rains in the west of the peninsula, especially in western Andalusia and Extremadura.
→ Intense southerly winds and thermal rise: snow in high mountains
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On Sunday, as a preamble to this change in weather, the skies became cloudy over the Peninsula and the first rainfall already affected Galicia and nearby areas of the northwest. “Due to the cold accumulated in the previous days, it has been snowing in the last few hours in plateau areas of Castilla y León,” notes Rubén del Campo, Aemet spokesperson. In the coming days, “the rains associated with Garoé will spread throughout the Peninsula and will be abundant in the southwest, especially in areas of Extremadura and Western Andalusia” and the snow will only make an appearance “in high mountains because the open winds come from low latitudes and are warm, which is why they will raise temperatures.”
This Monday “there will already be rain in a good part of the peninsula, except in the Mediterranean area,” the spokesperson says. This rainfall will be abundant in Extremadura and western Andalusia, where more than 50 to 70 liters per square meter could accumulate in these areas in less than 12 hours. Minimum temperatures have clearly risen in the west of the peninsula compared to Sunday, but daytime values will be somewhat lower than the previous day due to cloudier skies. In a good part of the center and north of the peninsula it will not exceed 10° this Monday.
“It is not ruled out that freezing rains may occur in valleys and closed depressions of the Northern plateau,” Aemet points out in its note. Freezing rain “is composed of liquid droplets that freeze upon contact with very cold surfaces. It can form dangerous ice sheets for road traffic,” the agency warns. , the lowest level, due to rain, snow or cold. These are Andalusia (rain), Castilla y León (snow), Castilla-La Mancha (snow), Catalonia (cold), Extremadura (rain), Community of Madrid (snow), Navarra (snow) and La Rioja (snow) .
On Tuesday, Garoé It will continue to leave rain in almost the entire peninsula, weaker in the Eastern Cantabrian Sea, northern Catalonia and the extreme southeast. These rains will be abundant in Extremadura, especially in the north of this community and Western Andalusia, especially in the provinces of Huelva, Cádiz and Seville. The accumulated will be significant and may again be greater than 50 or 70 liters per square meter in less than 12 hours. Those due to rain, and yellow in the Canary Islands due to bad seas. The archipelago will also be affected from this day by the storm Garoéwith a chance of rain on all the islands on Wednesday.
In addition, the south wind will intensify, with strong intervals on the Atlantic and Cantabrian slopes and probable very strong gusts in coastal and mountain areas. As for temperatures, “they will increase, especially the minimum temperatures, so the frosts will progressively reduce in extent from west to east and the snow level will rise, leaving snowfall restricted to high mountain areas.”
On Thursday, “rainfall is expected to continue, although losing intensity in the southwestern quadrant of the peninsula, where it will gradually subside.” However, it is likely that they will remain in the northern half of the peninsula. A new drop in temperatures is expected, so rain would be in the form of snow in the mountain systems.
