up to 8 degrees lower temperature and heavy rain in these areas

Wednesday was marked by the shocking images left by Ex-Kirk storm as it crosses Spain. The National Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued alerts for all autonomous communities, except the Canary Islands.

Even in the Picos de Europa region there has been a red alert for winds gusting up to 205 km/h. It is for this reason that falling trees, transport complications and even the fall of a roof in Valladolid were observed throughout the day.

Although the most impressive part of the day was the strong gusts of wind, the storm also left plenty of rain in its wake. Yes ok The worst of the Ex-Kirk storm has already passed, This phenomenon will continue into the early hours of Thursday.

However, throughout the day, Kirk will move towards northern Europe and enter southwestern France. With his departure, the atmospheric situation will gradually stabilize, even if meteorologists are already They warned that it wouldn’t last long.

From now on, although the weather will be more stable, the temperature will drop. “Maximum temperatures will drop by 2 to 6ºC about today’s values [este miércoles] in a large part of the northern half, the center and the Mediterranean slope”, they detail in Meteored.

“The drop could go up to 8ºC in the Iberian system, Pyrenees, coast of the Basque Country and interior of the province of Almería. “The minimum values ​​will decrease everywhere on the peninsula and in the Balearic Islands, especially in areas far from the coast.”

Lower the temperature

In which regions will it be colder this Thursday? Generally speaking, the lowest temperatures will be felt in the mountain areas, Cantabrian communities, the interior of Galicia and Castile and Leónhere the maximum temperatures will not exceed 16 ºC or 18 ºC.

“The coldest nights will be from Thursday to Friday, when the wind calms and the sky becomes clearer. The mercury will fall below 10ºC throughout the northern half, the southern plateau and the elevated areas of Mallorca. Minimum temperatures below 5ºC are expected on the northern plateaus and mountains as well as frost in the Pyrenees”, specifies Meteored.

Concretely, the lowest temperatures will be recorded on Thursday in Soria, around 3ºC, then to León, Palencia and Valladolid, where the thermometer will reach 5ºC, and then Burgos, Segovia, Ávila and Teruel, with around 6ºC.

For this Thursday, Aemet has placed Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, Galicia and Catalonia on yellow alert due to coastal phenomena and, in addition, The latter also has yellow warnings for wind. From 12 a.m. there will no longer be a weather alert situation in Spain.

The stable weather will not last long, experts have already warned that a new storm will arrive in our country on Friday, which they have named Berenice. “On Friday, a new low pressure system will approach the peninsula from the Atlantic, the result of the interaction of a depression with a pocket of cold air at altitude. It could have subtropical characteristics and would affect the southwest of the peninsula during the weekend,” explains meteorologist José Miguel Viñas in Meteored.

rainy weekend

For this reason, we will have a day on Friday that will gradually become stormy as this system reaches the peninsula: “It will generate heavy and stormy showers it will fully affect the southwest of the peninsula,” says Viñas.

“Throughout the afternoon, showers will spread to other areas of the southern half and interior of the peninsula”. The rains could be particularly intense in Galicia, Extremadura and western Andalusia and could extend to Castile-La Mancha, Madrid and the Iberian environment.

For the moment, Aemet has placed only the western area of ​​Andalusia on yellow alert due to rain and thunderstorms. from six in the morning until the end of the day. Although it appears that temperatures will increase compared to Thursday’s drop on Friday afternoon, Viñas explained that in this region of Andalusia there will be a drop in temperatures as well as in the Mediterranean area.

For the moment, experts indicate that the Berenice storm will remain in Spain during the weekend and will leave again “Widespread, locally heavy and stormy” precipitation. On Sunday, a storm located on the Gulf of Cádiz will create instability in the area as well as in the Mediterranean area.