areas most affected by the Atlantic coast

This Wednesday, Levante will continue under the influence of the stormwhich will still leave rains, coasts and storms on points on the eastern coast of the peninsula, as well as on the Balearic Islands. There will still be yellow reviews active due to heavy showers, which will continue until Thursday, although the intensity will be much lower than at the beginning of the week.

In the rest of the Peninsula, for its part, we will have a much more stable environment until the same day, when the entry of this country the new Atlantic front begins to affect Galicia and the rest of the northwest communities. As the weekend approaches, rains associated with this storm will begin to reach other areas of the country, accompanied by coldwhich will leave snowfall, even at low altitudes.

An Atlantic front brings heavy rain and falling temperatures to Spain

After a few very unstable days in the Mediterranean, with red and orange alerts active in many provinces, This Wednesday 17 the atmosphere will begin to soften east of the peninsula. THE storms They will continue throughout this day and may arrive accompanied by occasional haileven if they will be much less intense than the previous days. However, heavy showers are expected in the Valencian Community, Balearic Islands and coastal and pre-coastal areas of Catalonia.

To see rain in other parts of Spain you will have to wait until Thursday, when it is expected to reach the peninsula. “an Atlantic front”which will leave “precipitation in the northwest third of the peninsula“. Galicia will receive the largest accumulation during this day, although instability is expected to continue spreading towards the rest of the northwest as the hours pass. In La Coruña, Pontevedra and Lugo there will be yellow yellow and orange reviews activated by rain, wind and sea storm.

In the rest of the peninsula, we expect stable weather until Friday 19when Aemet predicts that the Atlantic front will extend “from west to east”, leaving precipitation in its wake. The showers will reach communities such as Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Castile and León, Extremadura, Madrid, Basque Country or even parts of Andalusia and Castile-La Mancha.

Although there will be widespread rain throughout Spain, the most affected provinces will be those in the north of the peninsula. “It is likely that they are persistent and strong in the Cantabrian Sea, the north of Castile and León and some areas of Catalonia are not excluded.», they warn from the organization.

The regions of Spain where it will snow lightly in the coming hours

In addition to these new rains, thermometers will also drop considerably, especially from Friday. According to Aemet, a sharp drop in temperatures of our country which will allow it to continue throughout the weekend “a cold, damp winter environment”.

we will have decreasing maximums in a good part of the peninsula, while Minimums will also drop in Galicia and the eastern thirdremaining in the rest of the country. All this will lead to some weak frosts in the main mountain environments.

With this change in temperatures caused by this new front, we will also see snowfall again from Thursday and especially Friday. Depending on the organization, we will see snow ‘in the mountains of the northern half from 1600/1800 meters, lowering the level to 1200/1400 in the northwest“.

This winter situation will worsen throughout the weekend, which promises to be not only cold, but also wet. According to Aemet, this could reach snow at low altitude, around 600-800 metersespecially in the northern interior of the peninsula and in the Pyrenees throughout Sunday.