The Xunta issued the opinion of coastal storm on the coast of A Coruña and Pontevedra. The General Directorate of Emergencies and the Interior has issued an alert orange for the early hours of this Sunday morning. The meteorological entity warns of southerly winds with forces up to 100 kilometers per hour and waves 6 meters high offshore.
The two provinces will be under yellow and orange alert all weekend. The warnings refer to accumulating rain, gusty winds and large waves. Sunday will be the worst day for the two provinces.
The cause of bad weather is the powerful storm Bertwhich will affect the British Isles with a heavy storm of rain, wind and snow. The phenomenon occurs after the passage of the Caetano storm.
Saturday November 23
This Saturday, November 23, yellow alert for winds from 80 kilometers per hour. It will be active all day both inside A Coruña and in Pontevedra. Also in the northwest of the province of A Coruña. The orange alert is limited to the Costa da Morte and the Rías Baixas due to sea winds of force eight and a yellow warning due to waves several meters high.
Sunday November 24
On Sunday the entire coast of Galicia, with the exception of the Lugo region, will be in orange alert for strong winds on the coast. These could exceed the 100 kilometers per hour in A Coruña, from early morning until 12:00 p.m. In the case of Rías Baixas, the notice will last until 3 p.m. From this moment until 6:00 p.m., the alert will be lowered to the yellow level of 80 kilometers per hour.
There will be yellow alert for precipitation of up to 40 liters per square meter at the end of the afternoon in the province of Pontevedra and in a good part of the province of La Coruña. On the coast there will be waves between three and six meters depending on the point.
