The storm Francis It will leave unstable weather and overcast skies in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands this Friday, according to the predictions of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). In the west of the peninsula, which during the afternoon will extend across the Cantabrian Sea, the northern plateau, the upper Ebro and the western Pyrenees. The agency predicts a general rise in temperatures in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands for this day, although with few changes on the Mediterranean coast. The Aemet spokesperson, Rubén del Campo, explained that, for the weekend, “there is still a lot of uncertainty about where the snowfall will occur and in which areas it will be the most abundant,” although he anticipates that on Saturday night it could snow at low levels in the extreme north and on Sunday in areas of the north and center of the Peninsula.
The spokesperson warns that in the coming days “it will affect areas with a large population and important communication routes”, so he recommends “checking the weather forecast and the state of the roads before embarking on a trip, especially on January 4, 5 and 6.”
This Friday it may snow lightly in the Pyrenees at levels above 1,100 meters at the beginning of the day. There will be morning fogs in high areas of the northern half and eastern third and fogs in Galicia and the Cantabrian Sea. In the Canary Islands the sky will have cloudy intervals with generally weak rainfall. There is a possibility of heavy rainfall in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote in the late hours.
The meteorological agency predicts that the temperature will increase in central areas of both plateaus and that the minimum temperatures will increase in much of the high areas of the western half. The frosts will be weak and will be restricted to specific mountain areas in the northern half, although they will be more extensive in the Pyrenees and its surroundings, where locally they will be moderate. In the Canary Islands, very strong gusts of wind from the west and southwest are expected in exposed areas and high areas of the islands with greater relief.
On Saturday, rain, occasionally with storms, is expected in the Gulf of Cádiz and the Strait. An entry of arctic air is also expected in the extreme north, where it will leave precipitation, which may be snow in the later hours at low levels in the Pyrenees, the surroundings of the northern Iberian Mountains, the eastern Cantabrian mountain range and the upper Ebro. There will be morning fogs in the northern plateau, in high areas of the Iberian Mountains and in the depressions of the northeast. Weak frosts are expected, restricted to mountain areas in the northern half.
For Sunday, a sharp drop in temperatures is expected and frost will extend to the entire territory, except the coasts, the lower Guadalquivir and the archipelagos. Furthermore, the combination of low temperatures with the wind can leave very low thermal sensations, even in central hours. The storm is expected to Francis moves weakened towards the east, leaving instability in the south and east of the peninsula, in areas of the Gulf of Cádiz, Estrecho, Alborán and Cabo de la Nao. Meanwhile, the cold arctic air will continue to move southward, leaving snowfall at low levels with significant accumulations in the Cantabrian Mountains and in areas of the Iberian Mountains, the east of the southern plateau, the Mediterranean pre-coastal mountain ranges and around the Baetic Mountains. In the Canary Islands there will be cloudy intervals with light rains and moderate winds from the northwest moving to the northeast.
