Aemet warns Spain of more than 200 l/m2 of rain in the coming hours and snow in these areas

After the training of storm Emilia in the Gulf of Cádiz and on the day of intense rains in the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean areathis Sunday appears with similar weather.

According to the National Meteorological Agency (Aemet), heavy showers, storms and snow are expected locally above 2,000 m, as well as very strong winds and lower temperatures. The northern islands, which are more mountainous, will be the most affected.

On the Peninsula, Aemet emphasizes that the greatest probability of showers will occur in the Mediterranean arc, from Tarragona to Cádiz. The storms, which could be strong, will cross the Valencian Community, the Murcia region and eastern and southern Andalusia, as well as Ceuta and Melilla.

“The province of Valencia will start tomorrow with moderate to very heavy rain, intensities greater than 30 l/m2 in one hour are expected, especially on the south coast and the pre-coast.12 hours could drop around 200 l/m2” explains Andrea Danta of Weatherized.

“The episode will also be notable in Alicante. The north of the province will experience a rainy day starting today. Looking ahead to tomorrow, they will strengthen and release more than 30 l/m2 in an hour, and accumulate more than 60 l/m2 in 12 hours,” he continues.

It will continue to rain in points of the center and the rest of the southern half of the peninsula, although with less intensity and more sporadically. The weather in the north will be the most stable throughout the weekend, with a relatively mild environment.

Finally, temperatures will generally be high for the season. There will only be frost in mountain areas, while in the Mediterranean area temperatures will exceed 20ºC.

Looking ahead to the start of next week, instability could continue in the Mediterranean area on Monday, Aemet warns. At the same time, a new front will enter Galicia and will cross the peninsula the next dayleaving rain over large areas of the peninsular territory.

This Tuesday the rains will reach the Balearic Islands. Regardless, Aemet does not expect any major temperature changes during these first two days of the week, so the mild environment for this time of year will continue.

Snow level is falling

Storm Emilia will move north on Monday. “However, “The cold air that it will leave at all levels will act as a ‘gap’ between the Azores anticyclone and another located in the south-east of Europe”, warns Víctor González, of Weatherized.

This will lead to the development of a new storm which will move from Monday, “predictably” affecting the entire territory on Tuesday. Unlike Emilia, its trajectory will take it “a little further west, affecting less the Canary Islands and more towards the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa.

Low temperatures associated with “the air mass of polar maritime origin that will bring the storm from the Atlantic” will also facilitate snow, González continues. “THE the snow level will be between 800 and 1400 meters. “This uncertainty in snow altitude will be one of the factors to take into account in future forecasts.”

After the passage of this new storm, the situation will tend to stabilize throughout the peninsula during Wednesday, with precipitation gradually easing and temperatures gradually increasing, explains the expert.

“However, it appears that this will not be a stable pattern, and new blockages and bifurcations of the polar jet may appear. allow the arrival of fronts and storms in the long term towards the peninsula”, concludes the expert.