heavy rain up to 120 mm in the coming hours

He step of a facade It will leave rain this Wednesday and Thursday in much of the north and center of the country, with showers also in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. They will ease on Friday and the weekend, but the precipitation will continue to affect Galicia, where it will be abundant. The spokesperson for the National Meteorological Agency (AEMET), Rubén del Campo, explains that temperatures will experience ups and downs but “they will be mild, even hot in parts of the south and east of the peninsula.

This Wednesday, the passage of fronts associated with a Atlantic storm will bring rain to much of the north and center of the peninsula, which will spread throughout the day, from west to east, and which will be heavy and persistent in parts of Galicia, Western Cantabrian, northwest of Castilla y León. Also in mountain systems such as the central and northern Iberian system. In the evening, moreover, they could form strong storms in Catalonia.

Temperatures will drop everywhere and noticeably in the northern third of the peninsula, where, on the shores of the Cantabrian Sea, they will reach maximum 20ºC. Temperatures will increase in the south-east of the peninsula and cities like Alicante or Murcia will be around 35ºC. On Thursday the front will leave the country, but in the early hours of the morning and early morning there could be heavy showers on the Catalan coast and also in parts of the Balearic Islands.

The wind will blow strongly in parts of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, causing poor sea conditions with waves up to 3 meters. Temperatures will drop in the east of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands and increase in the northwest. Temperatures will exceed 30 to 32ºC in the Guadalquivir Valley, on the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia and also in points in the south of the Valencian Community and in the Murcia region.

Friday will be a day without rain except in points on the Catalan coast and the Balearic Islandswhere traces of instability will remain. The environment will be mild, with more than 25ºC in the center and south of the peninsula. This will be the prelude to a weekend which promises to be calm, with anticyclonic weather and no rain. except in the extreme northwest of the peninsulawhere the arrival of a front will leave rain on Saturday in Galicia. On Sunday, they could also spread to neighboring areas.

These rains in Galicia will be abundant, especially in the west of the community. In the rest of the country, less cloudy skies are expected, with temperatures rising significantly over the weekend. “Until Sunday, the accumulated majors we will find them in Galicia and Asturias. In western Galicia one could add more than 120mm and at the points of Asturias more than 70 mm. In eastern Catalonia they could accumulate between 30 and 40 mm and in other areas of the northern half between 10 and 30 mm,” warns meteorologist Marta Almarcha of ElTiempo.es.

The weekend will be warm for the season. Temperatures will exceed 25ºC in large areas of the territory, especially on Sunday, and 30ºC in many localities in the south, notably in Extremadura, Andalusia, Valencia and Murcia. In Guadalquivir and in some points in the interior of the Valencian Community and the Murcia region it could be around 34ºC on Sunday.