A total of fifteen provinces and the autonomous city of Melilla will activate warnings this Saturday rain, snow, waves and windwith very strong westerly gusts in Melilla and locally heavy showers in the Balearic Islands and Alborán, as well as in western Galicia and eastern Catalonia, where they could also be persistent, according to forecasts from the National Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
Concretely, the rain will activate the yellow reviews in Malaga, the Balearic Islands (Menorca, Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera) and Barcelona, while at this level also but because of the snow it will be León, Zamora, Lugo and Ourense. Melilla will have a yellow warning for wind.
For their part, Almería, Granada, Asturias (west coast and east coast), Cantabria (coastal coast), Lugo, Gipuzkoa, Vizcaya and Melilla (coast) will be under yellow alert due to the waves, which will move to orange level (important) in A Coruña and Pontevedra.
AEMET does not exclude significant accumulations of snow for this Saturday at mountains of the northern peninsula and predicts a situation of instability in the peninsula and the Balearic Islands due to the entry of a new northwest front that will leave very cloudy or overcast skies and precipitation over most of the territory.
However, rains will be unlikely and scattered across the eastern Cantabrian Sea and – with the exception of Catalonia and the Pyrenees – across most of the eastern third. In addition, locally heavy showers, accompanied by occasional thunderstorms, are likely to occur in the Balearic Islands and Alborán, as well as in the Balearic Islands. Western Galicia and Eastern Cataloniawhere they can also be persistent.
In turn, the snow level will reach 2,000 meters (m) in the southeast, while it will be between 1,200 and 1,400 m in the northwest, possibly going down to a range between 900 and 1,000 m. In the rest, It will range between 1,500 or 1,700 mdescending to 1,200 or 1,400 m, with probably significant accumulations in the mountains of the northern half, particularly the northwest.
At the same time, the Canary Islands will experience cloudy spells with rain in the north of the larger islands, possibly occasionally in the rest. In addition, they are expected morning fog banks in a mountain environment, depressions in the northeast and eastern tips of the southern plateau, as well as frontal mists at the end of the day in the northwest.
As for maximum temperatureswill experience a slight increase in the Cantabrian and upper middle Ebro, with decreases in the rest of the northeastern third, in Andalusia, Ceuta, Melilla and the Balearic Islands. In this way, minimum temperatures will increase in the eastern third and drop in the rest of the peninsula, with little change in the rest – including the Canary Islands – and locally moderate frosts in the main mountainous environments, also possible in the neighboring regions of the two plateaus.
Eventually it will explode moderate wind with a western component with strong intervals and very strong gusts in Alborán and on the coasts of Galicia and Asturias, with moderate trade winds in the Canary Islands and light winds in the rest. Likewise, the northern and eastern components will predominate in the Balearic Islands and on the northeastern coasts of the peninsula and western in the rest, with moderate intervals in the second half of the day.
Forecasts by communities
GALICIA: Overcast skies with rain and showers spreading from west to east during the day. The snow level will drop to around 900 meters. Minimum temperatures will not change and maximum temperatures will decrease, with light frosts on the peaks. Winds will be light to moderate from the south inland and moderate to strong from the west on the coast.
ASTURIAS: a cloudy sky with morning mists and fog, precipitation which will increase in intensity at the end of the day and a snow level which will drop to 900 meters. Minimum temperatures will decrease and maximum temperatures will increase, with frost on the peaks. The wind will come from the south, weaker inland and more intense on the coast.
CANTABRIA: cloudy skies with light precipitation in the mountain range and a snow level of 1,000 meters. Temperatures will not change or will decrease, there will be frost on the peaks and the wind will be light from the south, increasing to moderate in the eastern half.
THE BASQUE COUNTRY: Skies covered with morning mist and fog in Álava and clear opening in the afternoon. Minimum temperatures will decrease and maximum temperatures will not experience major variations. The wind is expected from the south, with moderate intervals in Biscay and on the coast.
CASTILE AND LEÓN: cloudy skies with light precipitation that will intensify at night in the mountainous northwest, where frost and snow are expected from 1,000 meters in the northwest and 1,300 in the rest. Temperatures will remain the same or decrease and winds will be variable, tending to come from the southwest, light with moderate intervals.
NAVARRA: cloudy skies with morning mists and mists in the western third and some light precipitation in the Pyrenees. The snow level will drop to 1,200 meters. Minimum temperatures will decrease and maximum temperatures will remain unchanged. The wind will be light from the south.
RIOJA: cloudy skies with scattered light precipitation and snow from 1,400 meters. The minimum temperatures will record drops and the maximums will remain unchanged. Winds are expected to be variable, tending to be from the southwest and southeast, light with moderate intervals.
Aragon: sky covered with mists and banks of morning fog in the depressions, light precipitation in general, locally persistent in the Pyrenees, and a snow level which will go down to 1,300 meters, leaving frost in the Pyrenees and the Iberian system.
Minimum temperatures will not change and maximum temperatures, falling in the Pyrenees, will increase in the western half and remain the same in the rest. The wind will be light and variable, tending southwest in the Iberian Peninsula.
CATALONIA: overcast skies with widespread precipitation, without excluding locally heavy precipitation in the eastern half, and a snow level of 1,400 meters in the Pyrenees, where there will be light frost.
Minimum temperatures will increase in the northeast, with no change in the rest, and maximum temperatures will decrease. The wind will be light and variable in the interior and light to moderate from the east on the northern half coast and from the northwest on the rest of the coast.
EXTREMADURA: cloudy sky with mists, fog banks and light precipitation. The snow level will be around 1,300 meters. Minimum temperatures will remain unchanged or decrease and maximum temperatures will not change. Winds should be variable, tending to blow from the southwest, light with moderate intervals.
COMMUNITY OF MADRID: cloudy skies with mists and fog at altitude and light rain, which will tend to ease after midday. The snow level will drop to 1,400 meters.
Minimum temperatures will decrease and maximum temperatures will see little change, although there will be frost in high mountain areas. The wind will blow light and variable at first and will shift towards the southwest from midday.
CASTILE-LA MANCHE: cloudy skies with haze and fog banks in mountainous areas, light precipitation that will sweep the community from west to east and a snow level above 1,600 meters. There will be light frosts in high areas of the Sierra de Cuenca.
Minimum temperatures will increase in the southeastern third and decrease in the rest and maximum temperatures will increase in the western provinces, without changing in other areas. The wind should be light from the east, turning to the west in the morning.
VALENCIA COMMUNITY: very cloudy skies, without excluding precipitation which could be abundant on the coast of Alicante, decreasing in cloudy intervals. Thermometers will experience little change and the wind will be light and variable, tending to the west in the afternoon, with occasional increases in intensity.
MURCIA REGION: cloudy skies with light to moderate precipitation, although it will tend to clear in the afternoon. Temperatures will not experience any major changes and light variable winds are expected with moderate intervals of easterly components in the afternoon.
BALEARIC: Overcast skies with rain and showers which may be locally heavy and stormy. Temperatures will remain the same or decrease. The wind will generally be light and variable, tending towards a westerly component.
ANDALUSIA: cloudy skies with locally heavy precipitation on the east coast of Malaga early in the morning. Temperatures will decrease, with light frosts in the mountains of the eastern half.
The winds will be light and variable, tending towards the westerly component and with moderate intervals in the afternoon, and moderate westerly on the coasts, sometimes strong.
CANARY ISLANDS: cloudy skies without excluding occasional light rainfall, heaviest in the northern midlands of the islands and exposed high altitude areas. Temperatures will record drops in the North Midlands and in the rest of the regions there will be little change.
The wind will blow from the northeast with strong intervals on the southeast and northwest slopes, while on the southwest coasts of the mountainous islands breezes will predominate.
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