Bad weather this Monday, even with heavy snowfall in the mountains of northern Spain. Up to 12 communities ―Aragón, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Castilla y León. Catalonia, Galicia, Murcia, Navarra, the Basque Country, La Rioja and the Valencian Community – due to the scourge of the first winter storm of the season, which will still persist until Tuesday. The most serious warnings are red level, the maximum, due to snow in Asturias and Castilla y León, although Aragon, Catalonia and Navarra, where they were also active on Sunday. Catalonia has an orange warning, the second on a scale of three, for bad seas, while the rest are already yellow warnings, the minimum, for snow, rain, wind or bad seas. Starting Tuesday, “the cold environment will continue, with the highest probability of precipitation in the extreme north, the Mediterranean area and the Balearic Islands,” says Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
⚠️Monday, the 9th, will still be an unpleasant day in much of the country.
→ Snowfall will be heavy, especially during the first half of the day, in the Cantabrian mountain range.
→ Also pay attention to intense rains and winds, as well as sea storms.
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Day by day, this Monday there is “the presence that, together with the approach of a Mediterranean storm, it will lead to precipitation in the Balearic Islands, with locally strong showers and snowfall in the archipelago above 1,000 meters.” It will also rain in the northern half of the peninsula. The rains will be especially “abundant in the Cantabrian communities and the snowfall will be very heavy in the Cantabrian mountain range and the Pyrenees”, with a snow level initially low, around 700 meters, although it will rise throughout the day to about 1,000 meters. “Some intense showers in parts of the Catalan coast” cannot be ruled out.
The winds will continue to blow with intensity, although they will subside after midday, while temperatures will continue to drop. “The atmosphere will be cold. Cities such as Burgos, Pamplona, Segovia and Soria will not exceed 5°, Madrid capital will remain at 9° and only cities in the southeast such as Alicante or Murcia will approach 18°”, Campo’s figure.
Thus, snow, rain and wind will continue to complicate travel by road and rail this Monday. Although in most communities it ended on Sunday, the return operation on the roads remains open because in Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Castilla y León, Extremadura and Murcia it is a holiday this Monday, having moved the Immaculate Conception holiday from Sunday.
From here on, “the most abundant rains and showers will occur in the extreme north of the Peninsula, in the Mediterranean area and in the Balearic Islands, with calmer weather in the rest, but very cold, because temperatures will continue going down and night frosts will occur in large areas of the interior.” It is possible that, heading into the final stretch of the week, there will be a rise in temperature.
On Tuesday “cloudy skies will continue in the extreme north, with rain and snowfall from 500 to 1000 meters of altitude, but the snowfall will be less important than in the previous days.” On the Catalan coast and in the Balearic Islands “there may be intense showers and storms, while in the rest of the country there will be cloudy intervals, but without precipitation, except in mountain areas in the north and center.”
In thermometers, temperatures will continue to fall and the winds will be weaker, which will translate into more intense frosts. In the moors of the central zone it may drop below -4° and the frosts will also be strong in the Pyrenees and the daytime cold will continue with values similar to those of the previous day. In , but the cold ones will be activated. Aragon, Catalonia and Navarra will have warnings for cold weather and Catalonia, in addition, for bad seas and rain, all of them yellow.
On Wednesday “there will be knotty skies in a good part of the Peninsula and in the Balearic Islands, with showers in the Mediterranean area, in the south of Andalusia and in the Balearic archipelago.” The elevation will generally be above 1,000 meters and the frost will continue in much of the interior, more intense in the Pyrenees and in the moors of the central area. “In provincial capitals, for example, Teruel will reach -3°,” says the meteorologist, adding that “the daytime values will be similar to those of the previous days, with maximums below 10° in much of the interior.” and from 15° to 17° in the Mediterranean.” active: due to cold in Aragon.
From Thursday, “it is possible that there will be a rise in temperatures, but the cold atmosphere and night frosts will continue, although perhaps by the weekend they will be restricted to the north of the peninsula and points in the center.” On Thursday “there will be the possibility of locally strong showers in the peninsular Mediterranean and in the Balearic Islands, with a possible tendency for the atmosphere to stabilize in the following days,” the expert notes.
And, meanwhile, in the Canary Islands over the next few days the trade winds will blow with intensity, which will drag clouds to the north of the archipelago and leave drizzles and light rains. There will be cloudy intervals in the south of the islands. Temperatures will drop this Monday and then continue without major changes. “On the coast they will range between nighttime values of between 16° and 18° and daytime temperatures between 22° and 24°,” concludes the Aemet spokesperson.
