The rain storm this Saturday keeps practically the entire province of Malaga under an orange warning due to heavy rainfall and Catalonia, Valencia, Huelva and Cádiz in yellow, reports the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
In Malaga, with an orange warning due to intense storms, accumulations of 80 liters per square meter are expected in 12 hours in some points, accompanied by very strong gusts of wind from the east and coastal phenomena on the coast.
Precipitation is persistent in all the Catalan provinces, where between last Thursday and this Saturday total accumulations of 250 liters per square meter could be reached in some areas of the provinces of Barcelona and Girona.
In these two Catalan provinces and in Tarragona there will be very strong gusts of wind from the east, up to 70 kilometers per hour, and very rough seas. The waves could reach 4 meters on the coast of Barcelona.
In Catalonia, Civil Protection of the Generalitat maintains the special emergency plan for Inuncat floods in the alert phase, due to the probability of intensity and accumulation of rain in the next few hours.
According to data provided by the General Directorate of Traffic at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday, a total of fifteen roads are affected by ice and snow, which have caused the closure of eight roads, while the use of chains or winter tires is mandatory on another seven.
The closed roads are found in Andalusia, Asturias, Castilla y León, Catalonia and Navarra.
In the rest of the Peninsula, Saturday began with slightly cloudy skies, although they will tend to become cloudy in the southern half due to the entry of a front that will leave rainfall in most of Extremadura and Andalusia, occasionally accompanied by storms and hail.
The weekend also started with snowfall in the mountains of the northeast quadrant and southeast of the peninsula, with significant accumulations above 1400/1600 meters, especially in the eastern Pyrenees.
After the intense cold of recent days, thermometers have begun to rise in most of the Peninsula, except in the area of western Andalusia affected by storms.
The Canary Islands experience a Saturday of generally stable weather, with the possibility of light rain only in the North of Tenerife, and maximum temperatures that are around 18-19 degrees.
Tomorrow, Sunday, a low pressure system will be located to the south of the Peninsula and will leave a day marked by unstable conditions in most of the territory, with a predominance of cloudy or overcast skies, and precipitation in the southern half, eastern third, Ebro, Ceuta and Melilla.
The largest accumulations are expected on Mediterranean coasts and pre-coastal areas, with the probability of being strong and persistent rainfall, even locally very strong, in the Valencian Community, Murcia and Mediterranean Andalusia. The Cantabrian Sea and the northwest quadrant will enjoy a Sunday with stable weather.
