Rainstorm maintains orange warning this Saturday due to heavy precipitation practically the entire province of Malaga and in yellow Catalonia, Valencia, Huelva and Cádiz, reports the National Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
In Malaga, with an orange alert due to intense storms, accumulations of 80 liters per square meter in 12 hours in certain points, accompanied by very strong gusts of wind coming from the east and coastal phenomena on the coast.
The precipitation is persistent in all the Catalan provinces, where between last Thursday and this Saturday it could reach total accumulations of 250 liters per square meter in certain areas of the provinces of Barcelona and Girona. In these two Catalan provinces and in Tarragona there will be very strong gusts of easterly wind, up to 70 kilometers per hour, and very rough seas. Waves could reach 4 meters on the coast of Barcelona.
In Catalonia, there are concerns about the flow of rivers in Girona, such as the Tordera or the Onyar, which are very full. The Civil Protection of the Generalitat remains in alert phase the special emergency plan for the Inuncat floodsdue to the likelihood of intense and accumulating rain in the coming hours.
According to data provided by the General Directorate of Traffic at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday, In total, 15 roads are affected by ice and snow, which caused the closure of eight roads, while the use of snow chains or winter tires is mandatory on seven others. The closed roads are in Andalusia, Asturias, Castile and León, Catalonia and Navarre.
Cloudy skies in the rest of the peninsula
In the rest of the peninsula, Saturday started with slightly cloudy skies, although it will tend to be overcast in the southern half due to the entry of a front that will leave rainfall in most of Extremadura and Andalusia, sometimes being accompanied by storms and hail.
The weekend also began with snowfall in the mountains of the northeast and southeast quadrant of the peninsula, with significant accumulations. above 1400/1600 meters, especially in the eastern Pyrenees. After the intense cold of recent days, thermometers have started to rise in most of the peninsula, with the exception of the area of western Andalusia affected by storms.
The Canary Islands, on the other hand, experience a Saturday of generally stable weather, with the possibility of light rain only in the north of Tenerife, and Maximum temperatures around 18-19 degrees.
This Sunday, a depression will be located in the south of the peninsula and will leave a day marked by instability over most of the territory, with a predominance of cloudy or overcast skies, and precipitation in the southern half, the eastern third, the Ebro, Ceuta and Melilla.
The largest accumulations are expected in Mediterranean coastlines and pre-coastal areaswith the probability of being heavy and persistent rainfall, even locally very heavy, in the Valencian Community, Murcia and Mediterranean Andalusia. The Cantabrian Sea and the northwest quadrant will experience a Sunday with stable weather.
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