After the brief respite granted on Christmas Eve, the instability and cold return in their maximum splendor for the second day of Christmas, which will leave a particular intensity of frost and snow inside the plateau and mountain areas, as well as persistent precipitation in Catalonia, according to the forecasts of the National Meteorological Agency (AEMET) for December 26.
Thus, the day of this second day of Christmas, a holiday in some regions of Spain, will be marked by persistent and heavy rains in the Mediterranean, especially in Girona, in the Balearic Islands and on the Valencian coast, with an orange alert in Catalonia and a yellow alert in areas of the Valencian coast, with a cold that will be intense, especially at dawn, in Asturias, in Cantabria, in Castile and León, in Castile-La Mancha and in the Community of Madrid, where a yellow alert has been activated due to low temperatures. temperatures.
Cold with below zero degrees indoors
The day will be marked by the return of instability, with the entry of a continental polar air mass across northern Europe, which will bring intense cold and frosts to the interior of the peninsula and mountain valleys, leaving minimum temperatures of up to -3 degrees in the regions of Albacete, León or Lugo, and -2 degrees in Zamora, Palencia or Ciudad Real.
In the northeastern third of the peninsula, however, they will increase, with a decrease in the western half, Murcia and the Canary Islands, and little change in the rest. Thus, there will be weak frosts in large areas of the interior of the peninsula, moderate and locally heavy frosts in the mountainous areas of the northern half.
The polar cold of Christmas days will leave a snow level that will be between 900 and 1,200 meters in the northeast quadrant, which could occasionally even go down to 500 meters, and which could locally be between 400 and 500 meters in parts of Galicia and Castilla y León. Significant accumulations could occur in the eastern Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula and surrounding areas.
Heavy rain possible in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia
As for the maximum temperatures, although in much of the country they will be between 10 and 15 degrees, in some parts of the peninsula they could reach 17 degrees, as is the case in Almería, or 16 in Malaga or Alicante, with 22 that will be recorded in the Canary Islands. These will increase in the northeastern half of the peninsula, while they will decrease in areas of the southern plateau.
Precipitation will be concentrated mainly in the northeastern third, the Balearic Islands, the straits and Galicia, and may also be possible in Melilla and early in the day in the center of the peninsula. The largest accumulations and storms are expected in the Balearic Islands, around Cape Nao and eastern Catalonia, where they could become persistent and locally strong. On the other hand, light and scattered rain will also be likely on the mountainous eastern and northern islands of the Canary Islands.
So, this December 26 the sky will be mostly cloudy or overcast on the islands, northeast of the peninsula, to be little cloudy or with intervals of clouds in the rest, and the wind will blow moderately. to the east in the Cantabrian Sea, in the Balearic Islands and with strong intervals on the coasts of Catalonia, a moderate southern component on the Galician coast, to the west in the Strait and Alborán, and with possible strong intervals of a northern component in the rest of the Mediterranean. For the rest, light wind from the north and west.
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