Farewell to stability with the arrival in Spain of storm Emilia. The passage of this Atlantic cold front has already begun to modify the environment of the peninsula, affected in recent hours by “very intense winds, sea storms, heavy rains, … storms and snow. A situation which, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), will last at least until next Sunday, December 14.
Precipitation will be the main protagonists of this weekend, especially in the Canary Islands and the southern Andalusiawhere the agency activated warnings for heavy showers and thunderstorms. The positioning of the storm, located “between the Gulf of Cádiz and the Canary Islands”, will also cause very intense gusts of windwhich could be accompanied by hail and storms.
⚠️SPECIAL NOTICE | Heavy rain, wind and waves.
➡️Unfavorable situation in the Canary Islands, in the extreme southwest of the peninsula and in the strait area on Saturday.
➡️Sunday, significant rainfall in certain areas around the Mediterranean.
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Given this new storm which is already affecting Spain, an alert has been requested meteorologist Mario Picazoclimatology expert at Eltiempo.es. The former Mediaset meteorologist published his forecasts for the coming days and asked for caution in the face of “cold fronts” which will arrive from the Atlantic in the coming hours, also including Storm Emilia.
Mario Picazo warns that Storm Emilia could turn into a hurricane
According to these forecasts, this cold front will leave “abundant precipitation in the southern and eastern areas of the peninsula and the Canary Islands” throughout the weekend. The physicist warned about the possible evolution of this storm “towards a DANA in the coming hours”which, if isolated, would move “between the Strait area and the Canary Islands”.
Picazo warned that the worst of the episode would fall on the northern areas of the archipelagowhere “heavy rain” is expected between Friday and Sunday. But we will also see persistent rains “in southern Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla”and may extend to other points in the southeast of the peninsula.
As for Saturday and Sunday, the famous meteorologist predicts that the instability will extend to parts of eastern Spain. Precipitation will reach areas of Mediterranean coast, Eastern Andalusia, Murcia and Valencian Community. In addition, we could see some showers in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, although these regions should “be more isolated”.
The storm will also intensify the east windI’m leaving like this intense waves “in the areas of the southern peninsula, Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands”. In these communities, Picazo warns, they will remain active yellow and orange warnings for coastal areas.
Temperature changes in Spain this weekend
Mario Picazo also warned of small changes in temperatures, which “will soften this weekend” compared to those at the start of the week. “The maxims, in many cases, They will be between 15ºC and 20ºCvalues higher than the average of these dates in the last part of autumn”, explained the expert.
As for Saturday, it looks like we’ll continue to see slightly high temperatures for the time, particularly in the south of the peninsula. The meteorologist predicts that in the Canary Islands the values “they will approach 20ºC”even if “they will not be as high as a few days ago”.
Regarding Sunday, temperatures will be “practically the same” as Saturday, with “soft values in many areas”. Furthermore, the frost in interior areas of the peninsula will be “less intense”, even if snow could fall “at higher mountain levels”as well as in “the highest islands of the Canary Islands”.
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