The storm Francis According to forecasts from the National Meteorological Agency (Aemet), there will be a period of unstable weather and cloudiness in the peninsula and in the Balearic Islands. In the west of the peninsula, floods are expected which, in the afternoon, will extend to the Cantabrian Mountains, the Northern Plateau, the Upper Ebro and the Western Pyrenees. The agency forecasts for this trip a general rise in temperatures in the peninsula and the Balearics, but with little change on the Mediterranean coast. Aemet spokesperson Rubén del Campo explained that, for the weekend, “there is still a lot of uncertainty as to where the snowfall will occur and in which areas it will be most abundant”, although it is assumed that on Saturday evening it could snow in the lower parts of the far north and on Sunday in the northern and central areas of the city. Peninsula.
The spokesperson warns that in the coming days there will be an episode of snowfall at low altitude “which will affect highly populated areas and important communication routes”, which is why he recommends “consulting hourly forecasts and road conditions before undertaking a trip, especially the 4, 5 and 6 of energy”.
This winter, it may snow lightly in the Pyrenees above 1,100 meters above sea level at the start of the day. There will be morning fog in high areas of the north and third east and mists in Galicia and the Cantabrian region. In the Canary Islands, the sky will be cloudy with generally low precipitation. There is a possibility of heavy rainfall in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote over the last few hours.
The weather agency predicts that the increase in maximum temperatures will be notable in the central areas of the two plateaus and that minimum temperatures will increase in much of the high areas of the western region. The frosts will be weak and limited to certain mountainous areas in the north, although they will be more widespread in the Pyrenees and surrounding areas, where they will be locally moderate. In the Canary Islands, very strong westerly and southwesterly winds are expected in exposed areas and elevated areas of the islands with the greatest relief.
On Saturday, rain, sometimes stormy, is expected in the Gulf of Cádiz and in Estrecho. An entry of arctic air is also expected in the far north, which will cause precipitation, which could be snowy in recent hours at low altitude in the Pyrenees, around the northern Iberian Cordillera, the eastern Cantabrian Cordillera and the upper Ebro. There will be morning fog on the northern plateau, in elevated areas of the Iberian Peninsula and in northeastern lows. Weak ice is expected limited to northern mountainous regions.
For Sunday, a drop in temperatures is expected and cold temperatures extend to the entire territory, with the exception of the coasts, lower Guadalquivir and the archipelagos. Additionally, the combination of low temperatures with wind can produce very weak thermal sensations, even at central times. If you wait for the storm Francis it moves weakly eastward, causing instability in the south and east of the peninsula, with heavy or persistent rainwater in the areas of the Gulf of Cádiz, Estrecho, Alborán and Cabo de la Nao. Meanwhile, cold Arctic air will continue to spread southward, causing snowfall at low altitudes with significant accumulations in the Cantabrian Cordillera and areas of the Iberian Peninsula, east of the Southern Plateau, in the Mediterranean pre-coastal mountains and in the vicinity of the Beticas. In the Canaries there will be cloudy intervals with light rain and moderate northwest winds blowing northwest.
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