the risk of DANA persists in these regions of Spain according to meteorologists

Wednesday’s rain keeps four eastern peninsula communities on yellow alert (risk) –Aragon, Catalonia, Valencian Community and Balearic Islands– due to precipitation which will accumulate between 15 to 30 liters per square meter in one hourreports the Meteorological Agency (Aemet). The Balearic Islands have a yellow warning in Menorca for accumulations of 30 liters in one hour, and locally 50 liters in 12 hours.

Meanwhile, in Mallorca, the area most affected by rainfall will be the Sierra de Tramontana and the southern zone, where 20 liters are expected in an hour. All provinces of Catalonia They are in yellow because of the rain, 20 liters in an hour, which in the case of Girona could be accompanied by a thunderstorm, while in Aragon only the Pyrenees of Huesca are under alert for precipitation of up to to 15 liters in one hour.

In the Valencian Community, Aemet has activated the yellow alert in the north coast of the province of Alicante And on the south coast of Valencia due to rain -with storms likely- this will leave 20 liters in an hour. In Andalusia, the province of Cádiz is on yellow alert for Levantine winds of 50 to 61 km/h (force 7) west of the strait and offshore south of Trafalgar. Although not as torrential as a week ago, this precipitation worsens the situation by fall on areas already flooded by DANA.

“Scandinavian blockade” and new risks

“In the next few hours there will be a change in weather conditions Europe”, warns Samuel BienerWeathered expert. “It will be imposed a robust anticyclonic blockingthe maximum of which will be centered between the center of the continent, the British Isles and Scandinavia. The position of the anticyclones will favor an easterly maritime flow over long distances which will affect the Eastern Peninsula and the Balearic Islands“.

Furthermore, “the Mediterranean Sea continues to present temperatures up to 2-2.5ºC above the season average”, continues the specialist. Therefore, “the combination of these factors will lead to precipitation of a certain intensity in the coming hours on the shores of the Mediterranean, especially in the Valencian Community, Catalonia and the Balearic archipelago”. However, Biener insists that they will not reach the “catastrophic” character of the latter days.

“On Thursday the weather situation will remain similar, but the scale and scale of Mediterranean storms will be a little greater,” adds the meteorologist. Jose Miguel Vinas. “Again, they will unload in the Balearic Islands, eastern Catalonia and the northern half of the Valencian Community, and in some forts of Menorca, in the north of Majorca, in the coastal area of ​​Tarragona and Castellón and on the south coast of Valencia“.

Instability returns

“The stormy activity will ease on Friday and Saturday, although showers cannot yet be ruled out, but they will be scattered and less intense,” estimates Viñas. “It will be for the next Sundayas might be expected, when time becomes stormy in the southern Mediterraneanwith damage to Pitiusas and the southeast of the peninsula. Indeed, the Scandinavian blockade, which will last until mid-November, “will allow dislodge cold air in the Mediterranean basin“.

“In this meteorological situation, atmospheric stability – with dry and sunny weather – will continue to predominate in most of the Iberian Peninsula, with temperatures somewhat higher than what corresponds to the time of year, while the atmosphere will remain unstable in the Mediterranean area, where storms will continue,” concludes Viñas. In these circumstances, it will be necessary to monitor the training of potential DANAs that, although they do not reach the destructive potential of the previous one, they involve a risk for the potentially affect areas already flooded.