The Balearic Islands and Catalonia are on yellow alert this Thursday (risk for certain activities) due to rains of 20 liters per square meter in one hour in addition to wind, storms and rough seas, and three other communities also maintain alerts for some of them. bad weather and the Canary Islands for heat, strong gusts of wind and sea storms.
Aragon and the Valencian Community are also in level yellow, due to strong wind gusts. Likewise, Andalusia and the autonomous city of Melilla due to maritime storms, according to forecasts from the National Meteorological Agency (AEMET), on its website.
In Catalonia, on the coast and pre-coast of Barcelona and Girona, precipitation will accumulate up to 20 liters per square meter in one hour; More than 40 liters per square meter can be collected in twelve hours.
In the Balearic Islands, due to rain in one hour, up to 20 liters per square meter will accumulate on the islands of Mallorca and Menorca, where gusts that can exceed 70 kilometers per hour will also blow, accompanied by strong storms, and the wind will also blow. get intense in Ibiza and Formentera.
In the Catalan coastal area of Tarragona there will be gusts of up to 80 kilometers per hour, and in the Valencian Community, in Castellón, the winds will oscillate between 90 kilometers per hour inland and 70 kilometers per hour on the side.
On the other hand, Almería and the coast of Granada, in Andalusia, are on alert for coastal phenomena and waves of 2 to 3 meters; as well as the autonomous city of Melilla, the coast of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
The Canary Islands archipelago is also on alert due to rough seas, temperatures reaching 34 degrees in Gran Canaria and wind gusts of up to 70 kilometers per hour on the island of La Palma.
Prediction by the autonomous communities:
– GALICIA: abundant morning mists are expected, the sky will be cloudy and some isolated and moderate showers are expected in the morning, except in Lugo which will be weaker and more likely during central hours.
Minimum temperatures will decrease, while maximum temperatures will increase in the southern half. The wind will be weak and variable with a predominance of a westerly component, except on the north coast, where it will be moderate from the east.
– ASTURIAS: the sky will be overcast accompanied by possible abundant scattered fog in the morning and isolated rains are expected in the morning which will advance from the northwest.
Minimum temperatures will decrease and maximum temperatures will not change. The wind will be light and variable inland, while on the coast the light easterly wind will have moderate intervals in the central hours.
– CANTABRIA: the sky will be cloudy, abundant morning mists are expected and scattered at high altitudes and some scattered showers accompanied by occasional thunderstorms are likely, mainly in the interior of the western half.
Minimum temperatures will decrease and maximum temperatures will decrease in the south and without significant changes in the rest. The wind will be light and from the east on the coast and inland it will be light and turn to the north during central hours.
– BASQUE COUNTRY: abundant morning fogs are expected in high areas, the sky will have intervals of low clouds and some scattered high clouds, although they will tend to be lightly cloudy at the end of the day and some Scattered and occasional showers are expected, especially in the morning.
Minimum and maximum temperatures will decrease. The wind will be weak and variable with a predominance of a northern component during central hours.
– CASTILLA Y LEÓN: fog banks are expected in mountainous areas and the sky will be covered with possible light rain. Minimum temperatures will experience a slight drop, while maximum temperatures will increase slightly in the northwest and without change in the rest. Winds will be light in general.
– NAVARRA: scattered mists are likely in high areas in the morning and the sky will be cloudy with possible showers on the Cantabrian slope. Temperatures will drop. The light northerly wind will have moderate intervals in the Ribera del Ebro.
– LA RIOJA: the sky will be cloudy although it will tend to ease in the afternoon and light rain is expected. Temperatures will decrease, they will be more pronounced in low temperatures and lighter in high ones. West and northwest winds will come with strong gusts in Rioja Baja.
– ARAGON: fog banks are expected in the morning in the valleys of the Pyrenees and the sky will start with cloudy intervals and clear in the afternoon.
Temperatures will experience a general drop, which will be notable in the minimum temperatures of the Iberian system and in the maximum temperatures of Lower Aragon.
The wind will be moderate and from the northwest in the Ebro depression and will be weak from the west in the rest, with occasional increases in intensity in the Iberian system, as well as probable very strong gusts in the areas of the Ebro valley in the morning. .
– CATALONIA: Morning mists are expected in parts of the Catalan depression in the morning, the sky will be overcast, although it will decrease in the afternoon to slightly cloudy and showers are expected in the early morning which could be heavy and persistent in parts of the eastern half, except in Empordà.
Temperatures will decrease, with the exception of a slight increase in maximum temperatures in the northeast, more pronounced in Empurdán.
The north wind in Ampurdán will be strong at times, the northwest wind in the southern third will probably have very strong gusts in the southern areas in the first half of the day and the rest the northeast wind will be moderate and sometimes strong on the coast. . The morning.
– EXTREMADURA: The sky will be cloudy and light precipitation is expected in mountainous areas with possible morning fog banks. Temperatures will not change or will experience slight decreases in minimum temperatures. The winds, from the west and northwest, will be generally weak, with some strong gusts in mountainous areas.
– COMMUNITY OF MADRID: Cloudy skies are expected, the possibility of fog in high areas of the mountain at the beginning and end of the day and light or moderate precipitation in the mountain in the morning, which could spread to the rest of the community in the afternoon. Temperatures will experience a drop which will be more marked in the mountains. Winds will be light and variable.
– CASTILLA-LA MANCHA: scattered morning fogs are expected in high areas of mountain areas, cloudy skies with low clouds at the start of the day which will tend to intervals of medium or slightly cloudy clouds and light rains, which will be less likely in the center-west and more intense and frequent in the mountainous areas of the eastern half, which in the afternoon will be accompanied by showers.
Minimum temperatures will decrease, which will be more marked in the northeast, except in Ciudad Real, where they will not change or increase, while maximum temperatures will decrease, which will be more marked in the eastern half. Winds will be light to moderate from the west and northwest.
– VALENCIA COMMUNITY: slightly cloudy skies are expected, with cloudy periods in the south in the afternoon. Temperatures will decrease, which will be notable in the case of maximum temperatures on the central coast.
The wind will be moderate from the northwest in the northern interior of Castellón, with probable very strong gusts in the first half of the day, while on the coast it will be moderate and with a northern component and in the rest the wind from northwest will predominate. with moderate intervals.
-MURCIA REGION: the sky will have cloudy intervals accompanied by occasional light precipitation, which will be more likely and intense during the afternoon in the south.
Minimum temperatures will increase, while maximum temperatures will decrease inland and will not change on the coast. Moderate northwest winds will tend to be light and variable in the afternoon.
– BALEARIC ISLANDS: Cloudy skies are expected with showers which may be heavy and accompanied by thunderstorms, which will tend to be cloudy at intervals in the afternoon with occasional showers in Menorca. Temperatures will decrease, noticeable during the day. The north wind will be moderate with strong intervals and gusts of 70 to 80 km/h, which will decrease in the afternoon to light and moderate.
– ANDALUSIA: morning fog is expected in the interior mountains and the sky will be cloudy to very cloudy accompanied by light precipitation in the first part of the day in the sierras, which will be more persistent in the eastern half.
Minimum temperatures will increase slightly, while maximum temperatures will experience a general decrease. Westerly winds will increase from weak to moderate, with strong intervals and sometimes very strong gusts in the high areas of the Mediterranean slope early in the morning.
– CANARY ISLANDS: the sky will be generally clear but with cloudy intervals in the low areas of the north of the islands of greater relief and with light mist likely at high levels.
Temperatures will generally rise above 30ºC in the southern half of the eastern islands and north of Tenerife and may reach 34ºC in the central southern and western regions of Gran Canaria.
The trade winds will blow moderately with strong intervals and probably very strong gusts on the south-east and north-west slopes of the mountainous islands, notably on La Palma and La Gomera, while on the summits, the east wind will occasionally be strong on La Palma during the first half of the day.
