The snow and freezing temperatures this Friday endanger a dozen provinces in the northern half where they can be reached. minimum of 6 degrees below zero caused by a mass of cold air. Cantabria, Asturias, the Community of Madrid, León, Palencia and Zamora have active warnings for low temperatures, and Castellón, Barcelona, Girona and Lleida, for snow.
In Catalonia, Girona and Barcelona they are also present risky situation important due to the waves, a warning which turns yellow in Tarragona and Valencia. This province and Alicante are also threatened by rain. Precipitation around Cape Palos, La Nao, the Balearic archipelago and northeastern Catalonia can also be heavy and be accompanied by thunderstorms and sometimes small hail. In the rest of the territory, showers will be weaker inland and more frequent and intense in northern Galicia.
Very cloudy or overcast skies are expected across much of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with a unstable situation with low pressures in the east, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). The sky will be slightly cloudy over certain areas of the northern plateau at the end of the day.
there will be a general drop in minimum temperatureswith values that will be reached at the end of the day in large areas of the northern half and center of the peninsula, although slight increases will be recorded in the depressions of the northeast and the Balearic Islands. There will also be a general drop in maximum temperatures both in the peninsula and in the Balearic Islands, except in the southwest with slight increases.
In this context, it will snow at levels above 800-1,200 meters in the central and eastern Pyrenees, above 1,100-1,300 meters in the mountainous areas of the southeast and 500-700 meters in the rest, in the form of light showers snow and more frequent in the northern mountains, with significant accumulations in higher areas.
THE winds They will be moderate from the northeast on the coasts of Galicia and the Cantabrian Sea, with strong intervals to the northwest of the Galician community, tending to attenuate. In Estrecho and Alborán they will be moderate to the west. For the rest, weak northern component with moderate intervals in the northern and northeastern half, with strong to very strong gusts between the northern coast of the Mediterranean and the Balearic archipelago.
In the Canaries the weather will be cloudy in the north of the islands with greater relief, with occasional moderate rainand cloudy periods in the rest, without excluding a few light showers. Morning fogs will appear in southwest areas and mountainous areas.
Weekend
For Saturday and Sunday, the state agency predicted that the northwest weather would move towards the Gulf of Cádiz and establish humid winds with an easterly component. In this context, Aemet explained that in the southwest, the Mediterranean slope and the Balearic Islands, precipitation could be locally persistent and occasionally accompanied by storms.
Concerning temperatures, the agency announced that will risetherefore the snow level will also increase, which will settle above 1,200 to 1,400 meters. However, Aemet stressed that frosts are still expected in the mountain valleys and northern highlands, although of lesser intensity. On the other hand, it was indicated that the Canary Islands will record cloudy intervals with light rain likely to the north of the most important islands and to the south of them during central hours, as well as moderate to light winds from the north.
Looking forward to first half of next week, The state agency indicated that with the uncertainty inherent in this forecast range, a gradual stabilization of the atmosphere is expected with increasingly less cloudy skies. However, expect clouds on the Cantabrian side and cloudy skies with precipitation in the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community. For the rest, few changes or a slight drop in temperatures and light to moderate winds are expected. Meanwhile, in the Canary Islands, cloudy spells will continue with light precipitation and northerly winds.
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