The storm ―the tenth since the year began― is behind us, and the weather will stabilize in Spain this Friday, according to the forecasts of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). In any case, precipitation will still fall in the eastern Cantabrian Sea and the Pyrenees during the first half of the day and the extreme north of the peninsula will remain with overcast skies until the afternoon. Gusts in the lower Ebro, the Pyrenees and the Balearic Islands. The agency maintains an orange warning, which indicates significant danger, in Girona until 2:00 p.m. There will be “spring weather” with “rising temperatures in most of the country during the weekend and the beginning of next week,” according to Aemet spokesperson Rubén del Campo.
After a concatenation of storms that, in addition to , have caused , an anticyclone located in front of Portugal will gain ground towards the east, entering the Peninsula and continuing the progressive stabilization of the atmosphere. It will snow on the north face of the Pyrenees with the elevation around 1,000 meters. In the rest of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, slightly cloudy skies are expected, tending to clear throughout the day. In the Canary Islands, it will be cloudy in the north of the islands and clear in the rest.
Maximum temperatures will have a practically general increase in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, except in the Ebro and the Mediterranean coasts, where no changes are expected. The increase will be notable in the mountain systems, where they will exceed six degrees Celsius, except in the Pyrenees. The minimums will decrease, generally light in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, except in the extreme northeast.
In the Canary Islands, a mass of warm air will arrive from Africa. Temperatures could be around 28 degrees in some parts of the islands in the coming days. The air mass will be loaded with suspended dust, giving rise to haze, which will be more intense on Sunday and Monday.
Hot Saturday and Sunday
The weekend will be stable, “with temperatures clearly rising.” Saturday will dawn with weak frosts in areas of the north and center of the Peninsula, but on Sunday they will only occur in isolated points of the northern plateau. The maximum temperatures will generally exceed 15 degrees on Saturday and 18 degrees on Sunday. This day “the maximum temperatures will be five degrees,” according to Del Campo and details: “Values more typical of the end of March or the beginning of April will be reached.” The skies will be clear and there will be hardly any rain in the country.
The situation will be similar on Monday and Tuesday, when it could be around 25 degrees in both the Cantabrian and the Mediterranean. The skies will continue to be slightly cloudy and there will be no rain, although it could arrive on Tuesday afternoon. “It is likely that the next day this front will move from west to east through the interior of the Peninsula, leaving rainfall in a good part of the territory,” according to the spokesperson. Temperatures would drop significantly that day. However, Del Campo clarifies that there is still uncertainty about the arrival of this front.
