The danger of floods, flooding and landslides keeps Andalusia on alert, after successive days of intense rain. The storms, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), are expected to continue this Thursday in the west, center and south of the peninsula, due to the passage of new Atlantic fronts associated with the storm. Leonardo. The wind will blow with very strong gusts throughout the territory, except the northeast. The agency recommends following the forecasts, due to the persistent instability and its associated potential hydrological impact.
The Aemet maintains a special warning for and has also activated the orange level, which indicates significant danger, in Almería, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén and Málaga due to wind and rough seas. It has also turned on orange warnings in Ávila and Cáceres due to accumulated rainfall; in Albacete, due to strong winds, and in A Coruña, Pontevedra and Murcia, due to rough seas. In the Balearic Islands, there will be coastal warnings from midday.
It will be a very adverse day, after a Wednesday with thousands of people evicted, homes without electricity and dozens of roads closed in Andalusia. In the mountains of Cádiz and Málaga in just two days. The water falls on saturated soils, already very loaded with moisture. The Aemet spokesperson, Rubén del Campo, warns that, even in areas where it does not rain too much, “you have to pay close attention to the channels, because they can become very swollen.” It is recommended to stay away from these areas, avoid outdoor activities and not travel, unless strictly necessary.
The maritime storm will also continue in Galicia and the Andalusian coast, and will extend to the Balearic Islands. The other determining factor will be the wind, which will blow with strong gusts and can cause objects to fall from high areas or branches or trees to fall.
Temperatures will increase. In the provinces of Alicante and Murcia the maximum temperature could reach 25 degrees Celsius. Snowfall is expected in the central and northern mountains, with a level around 1,500 meters in the Pyrenees and above 2,000 meters in the rest.
Del Campo explains that the rainfall is being “extraordinary in terms of quantities, especially in the middle of winter,” because the mass of air arriving from the Caribbean, driven by Leonardowhen crossing the Atlantic.
Adverse weekend
On Friday, the rains will mainly affect the Atlantic side of the peninsula and, with less probability, the Mediterranean environment. The snow level will also decrease, which would be below 1,000 meters in the northwest quadrant and between 1,200 and 1,400 meters in the rest of the Peninsula. Temperatures will drop, although frost will be reserved for mountain areas.
For Saturday, there is still uncertainty in the predictions, although the arrival of a new Atlantic storm is expected to intensify precipitation and wind, especially over areas of the southern third of the peninsula that were very affected in previous days. It is possible that it will rain persistently in the Béticas and in the central system, also in the area around the Strait and on the Andalusian Mediterranean coast. and in the Cantabrian Sea it will tend to improve throughout the day. However, in the Mediterranean it will maintain its intensity.
Although there is a possibility of showers on Sunday, they are expected to not have the adversity of the previous days. The weather is expected to stabilize while the wind continues, with the possibility of very strong gusts blowing in the eastern third of the peninsula.
