The arrival of a new storm of great impactappointed Emiliewill complicate the situation in Spain in the coming hours, as warned by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in a recent review. It will be tomorrow, December 12, when … The Atlantic cold front begins to wreak havoc in our country, leaving in its wake “very intense winds, storms at sea, heavy rain, storms and snow” in parts of the peninsula.
As the organization explains, throughout the day Friday, this storm will be “between the Gulf of Cádiz and the Canary Islands”causing heavy and persistent rains in the southwest of the peninsula and in the strait area, as well as in the Canary Islands. This will also cause very intense gusts of windit is not excluded that they are accompanied by hail and storms in certain regions.
In addition to these heavy rains, it is not excluded that we could see snow parallel to this situation of instability, notably the highest mountain levels. Neither in Canary Islandswhere some snowfall is expected to be observed in some mountain ranges of the archipelago.
Aemet warns of the arrival of storm Emilia in Spain: these are the areas affected by the rain
Storm Emilia arrives in Spain this Friday, December 12, leaving intense precipitation in the north of the country. Canary Islandsas well as in points of Andalusia, Ceuta and Melillawith the possibility of expanding to other areas of the southeast of the peninsula, leaving yellow and orange notices. According to Aemet, throughout the weekend, these heavy rain They could also reach the Mediterranean coast, including areas like Murcia, Valencian Community, Catalonia and Balearic Islands.
The worst of this cold storm will be Canary Islandswhere he will stay instability throughout the weekendespecially on Saturday 13. From Friday there will be heavy rain showersaccompanied in certain cases by hail and stormalthough the most notable will take place “from the first half of Saturday in the eastern islands and from midday in the western ones”.
Throughout this day you can register “very strong gusts of north wind» which would exceed 90 km/h “in high areas and the summits of mountainous islands”, where snow will also be recorded this weekend. The organism does not exclude that phenomena such as “branches and falling objects”that the sea can “drag people onto breakwaters, beaches or cliffs” and even “possible floods and floods”.
⚠️ INFORMATIONAL NOTE | Temporary wind, waves and intense rain in the Canary Islands and the southwest of the peninsula.
🌬️Falling branches and objects.
🌊The sea can carry people onto breakwaters, beaches or cliffs.
⛈️ Flooding and inundation possible.https://t.co/0qneNvQx4A pic.twitter.com/UdbQGuYZVh
– AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) December 11, 2025
Very heavy rain will also occur in the southwest of the peninsula, especially Friday and Saturday. The affected regions will be southern Andalusia, Ceuta and Melillaas well as Strait areas. These could even reach the Mediterranean coasts over the days, reaching the coasts of the Valencian Community and Murcia.
The situation will improve from next Sunday as Storm Emilia weakens as it advances across the peninsula. However, we expect that the southeast and east of the peninsula continue its influence until next week, leaving a rainy environment in many provinces of the country.
Temperatures rising, although there will be snow in parts of the peninsula
Temperature-wise, we will see little change this week despite the arrival of storm Emilia. According to the agency, these will be on the rise in the western halfleaving quite notable increases of points in the extreme west, in the upper Ebro and in the east of the southern plateau. It is possible that the values soften compared to the beginning of the week, although it is normal that they remain about 15 and 10 degreesa little above what is usual for the time of year.
♨️ Meteorological winter is wreaking havoc in Europe.
Spain and Portugal are practically the only countries where temperatures are normal for this time of year. ❄️🎅 The arrival of winter cold on the old continent is not expected until at least Christmas.
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– Meteored (@meteoredcom) December 11, 2025
Where we will see more the changes are in the Canary Islands minimum and the northwest quadrant, where values could drop a few degrees compared to previous days. Additionally, we will continue to see weak frosts in the mountains of the northern half of the peninsula and possibly snowfall on the summits of the highest islands of the archipelago.
As for Sunday, everything indicates that the situation will continue as Storm Emilia moves away from the southwest of the peninsula. Despite this, we will continue to see intense frosts in interior areas of the peninsula, as well as in some northern mountain ranges.