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Some pretty cold bits of Spain recently. Now we are expecting rain.
A google translation of the article here:
The cold wave ends this Sunday: the rain arrives
Filomena has brought chaos to a large part of the Peninsula
It comes to an end. The cold wave that began on January 5 will end this Sunday, according to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and collects the Cadena SER.
Until then, the minimum temperatures will remain around -20ºC in the same areas of the center and the east of the peninsula.
"The snow coverage persists, the environment is still very stable, with clear skies and the winds are calm, which will cause very strong frosts, so we have extended the cold wave warning until at least Monday," he summarized.
After the cold, the rains
In addition, although the frosts are now lower, they will not go away until Wednesday when an Atlantic storm arrives, with humidity and milder wind. The spokesperson foresees that over the weekend and Monday the situation will be similar to that of these days since the anticyclone persists over the Peninsula, which will continue to stabilize the weather and will cause the phenomenon of thermal inversion that means that the cold stays in the lower areas, so that it can be colder in valley areas and on the two plateaus than in mountain areas.
Likewise, Del Campo emphasizes that this phenomenon favors a worsening of air quality, since pollutant particles also remain stagnant in the lower layer and this causes citizens to stay within that air mass with more contamination, such as if they were inside a bubble or a sponge. "The air quality forecast for Madrid and Valladolid is bad due to this circumstance," he says.
The cold triangle will remain frozen
In short, the frosts will continue to be very strong in the center, in Madrid, especially in the east, in Toledo, east and south of Castilla-La Mancha, south of Aragon and Iberian Zaragoza as well as in the east of Castilla y León, in particular in Soria and Segovia where the minimum temperatures will repeat the temperatures of -10 to -15ºC and in the Guadalajara or Teruel area, in points of the Molina de Aragón or Bello area, it will be possible to reach one more day between -15 and -20ºC . "Friday and Saturday are still going to have colder early mornings than today, although the coldest day will not be reached, which was January 12," the spokesman pointed out, explaining that the situation is getting worse because a cold air mass will enter from the north of the European continent that is cold and dry and that will contribute to lower temperatures.
"We are going to return to -20ºC in areas of Teruel and Guadalajara; to the range of -10 to -15ºC in the east of Madrid and will have between -5 and -10ºC in the interior areas not covered with snow. It seemed that the The cold was leaving, but it persists and in some points it will be possible to occasionally exceed -20ºC ", explains Del Campo, who adds that the Ebro valley, for its part, will get rid of the intense frosts due to the wind.
The AEMET could end the cold wave with the arrival of an Atlantic front, driven by westerly winds that are humid and temperate. "The weather will change radically," predicted the AEMET spokesperson, who anticipates that it will rain mostly in the western half.
With the rains the temperatures will rise
This situation will contribute to the thaw, but he points out that where it will rain the most is in the western half and on Thursday the rains will reach the eastern half, which is where there is more snow, so he hopes that this thaw will be more gradual. With the rains, temperatures will rise so that between Tuesday and Wednesday the minimums will rise between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius in much of the center and west, so the frosts would disappear.
The forecast by autonomous communities
- GALICIA: Cloudy intervals with morning mist and fog banks, which will decrease from noon to slightly cloudy with intervals of high clouds. Light and scattered rains are expected in the northeast during the early morning. Minimum temperatures in slight decrease in the northwest coast, points of the mountain of Lugo and the east of Orense; in slight ascent in the rest. Maximum temperatures slightly rising except in the north and southeast, where they will drop slightly. Weak frosts in the eastern interior. The wind will blow variable lax.
- ASTURIAS: cloudy with a decrease at intervals of high clouds with weak and scattered rains in the early morning. Morning mists and fogs in the Cordillera. Minimum temperatures in slight ascent except in the western half of the Mountain range where they will descend slightly. Maximum temperatures in slight descent. Weak frosts in the Cordillera. The wind will roll loose variable.
- CANTABRIA: cloudy with a predominance of low cloudiness, with morning mist and fog banks in the interior, with a tendency to cloudy intervals at the end of the day. Weak and scattered rainfall, unlikely in the Campoo area, with a tendency to subside during the morning in the western half and in the rest during the afternoon. Minimum temperatures, which will be reached at the end of the day, rising and maximum temperatures slightly decreasing. Frosts in mountain areas. The wind will blow from the northwest, light in the interior and with a tendency to variable light at the end.
- BASQUE COUNTRY: cloudy with a predominance of low cloudiness, with mists and morning fog banks in the interior. Weak, more frequent and intense rainfall in the northeast that will remit at the end of the day. Minimum temperatures on the rise, except in the extreme northeast where they will remain unchanged. The wind will blow from the northwest and roll north and northeast at the end on the shoreline.
- CASTILLA Y LEÓN: in the extreme north cloudy with weak rainfall, which may be snow above 1,000 to 1,200 meters, with a tendency during the afternoon to cloudy intervals. In the rest, cloudy intervals of low clouds with a tendency to slightly cloudy with intervals of high clouds. Morning mists and mists accompanied by rime on the plateau. Minimum temperatures in ascent and maximum in descent, except inside the plateau where they will rise. Generalized frosts, more intense in the east and south. The wind will blow variable with a predominance of the north component, loose.
- NAVARRA: cloudy with a predominance of low cloudiness, with morning mists and fog banks in the northern third, with a tendency to cloudy intervals at the end of the day in the extreme south. Weak and scattered rainfall in the northern half, more frequent and intense in the Cantabrian slope, which will subside at the end of the afternoon. The snow level will be between 1,000 and 1,200 meters and will drop between 900 and 1,000 meters. Minimum temperatures rising in the southwest third, slightly decreasing in the Pyrenees and with little change in the rest. Frosts in the Pyrenees. Northwest wind, more intense during the central hours, with very strong gusts in the Pyrenees during the second half of the day.
- LA RIOJA: covered, with weak rainfall in the Rioja Alta during the first half of the day, which may be snow above 1,200 meters, with a tendency to cloudy intervals during the afternoon. Minimum temperatures in ascent and maximum in slight decrease. Frosts in the Iberian. The wind will blow from the northwest and north.
- ARAGON: in the Pyrenees, cloudy skies with weak rainfall, more likely in the divide and during the first half of the day, with the snow level that will drop from 1,300 to 900 meters. In the Iberian, cloudy with a tendency to cloudy intervals. In the rest, clear skies with intervals of high cloudiness and low morning cloudiness or a bank of freezing fog in points southeast of Huesca. Minimum temperatures in slight ascent, with local ascents in the Iberian and south of Huesca; maximum in slight descent. Frosts in the Pyrenees and the Iberian, locally strong. In the Pyrenees, north wind with strong or very strong gusts at high altitudes. In the rest, a weak to moderate northwest wind, with very strong gusts during the afternoon in the Ebro valley, Bajo Aragón and the eastern Iberian mountains.
- CATALONIA: in the western Pyrenees, cloudy skies with rainfall, more likely on the north slope in the early hours and during the afternoon, with the snow level that will drop from 1,300 to 900 meters. In the rest, slightly cloudy or clear skies with some intervals of high cloudiness and with banks of freezing fog and low morning cloudiness in the south of Lleida with an increase at cloudy intervals during the afternoon in the northeast quadrant. Maximum temperatures with local decreases in the Pyrenees and a slight rise in the rest. Frosts in the interior of the northern half, strong in parts of the Pyrenees. In Tarragona, Pyrenees and Ampurdán, the wind will blow from the north and moderate northwest with strong or very strong gusts; in the rest, a loose variable.
- EXTREMADURA: clear sky. Morning mists and mists that will be accompanied by rime, especially in the Tagus and Guadiana Valleys. Temperatures with slight changes. Weak frosts in general. The wind will blow from the northeast to the north or variable lightly.
- COMMUNITY OF MADRID: little cloudy with cloudy intervals in the mountain area and an increase in high clouds during the afternoon. Minimum temperatures increasing in the mountains and a marked increase in the rest, which will be locally notable in the southeast, and maximum temperatures decreasing in the mountains and increasing in the rest. Generalized frosts that will be more intense in the center and south of the region. The wind will blow from a weak north component with variable intervals.
- CASTILLA-LA MANCHA: slightly cloudy or clear with intervals of low clouds in the morning in the northeast and with increased cloudiness in the afternoon. Minimum temperatures in slight increase and maximum in slight increase in Toledo and without changes or in slight decrease in the rest. Generalized frosts, more pronounced in La Mancha and in mountain areas of the northeast where they will be locally strong. The wind will blow from a weak north component, somewhat more intense in the eastern third.
- VALENCIAN COMMUNITY: slightly cloudy or clear skies will predominate with some intervals of high cloudiness and low morning cloudiness in the northern interior of Castellón. Minimum temperatures slightly rising and maximum temperatures without significant changes, except for some local rise in the southern third. Weak frosts in indoor areas. The wind will roll from the northwest and west, loose to moderate, with very strong gusts from the northwest in the northern third.
- MURCIA: clear sky. Minimum temperatures on the rise, with weak frosts in the north of the region and maximums with slight changes. The wind will veer from the northwest.
- BALEARIC ISLANDS: slightly cloudy sky with a tendency to increase, in Mallorca and Menorca during the afternoon to cloudy with an occasional shower. Temperatures with few changes, or rising at night. Some weak and local frost is expected in Mallorca. The wind will roll from the west and northwest, in Menorca strong north wind at night.
- ANDALUSIA: clear sky. Minimum temperatures with slight changes and maximum temperatures rising in the western half, decreasing in the rest. Faint frost on the inside. The wind will blow from a weak north component. West on the western Mediterranean coast and the Strait.
- CANARY ISLANDS: cloudy in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, as well as in the north and northeast of the islands of greater relief, opening wide clearings on the easternmost islands during the second half of the day. In the rest of the areas, a little cloudy sky in general. Weak, occasional and scattered rains are expected in the north of the islands of greater relief, mainly in the midlands. Temperatures with few changes or in slight rise. The wind will blow from the northeast occasionally strong on the southeast and northwest slopes, with a predominance of the breeze regime on the southwest slopes of the mountainous islands.
A google translation of the article here:
The cold wave ends this Sunday: the rain arrives
Filomena has brought chaos to a large part of the Peninsula
It comes to an end. The cold wave that began on January 5 will end this Sunday, according to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and collects the Cadena SER.
Until then, the minimum temperatures will remain around -20ºC in the same areas of the center and the east of the peninsula.
"The snow coverage persists, the environment is still very stable, with clear skies and the winds are calm, which will cause very strong frosts, so we have extended the cold wave warning until at least Monday," he summarized.
After the cold, the rains
In addition, although the frosts are now lower, they will not go away until Wednesday when an Atlantic storm arrives, with humidity and milder wind. The spokesperson foresees that over the weekend and Monday the situation will be similar to that of these days since the anticyclone persists over the Peninsula, which will continue to stabilize the weather and will cause the phenomenon of thermal inversion that means that the cold stays in the lower areas, so that it can be colder in valley areas and on the two plateaus than in mountain areas.
Likewise, Del Campo emphasizes that this phenomenon favors a worsening of air quality, since pollutant particles also remain stagnant in the lower layer and this causes citizens to stay within that air mass with more contamination, such as if they were inside a bubble or a sponge. "The air quality forecast for Madrid and Valladolid is bad due to this circumstance," he says.
The cold triangle will remain frozen
In short, the frosts will continue to be very strong in the center, in Madrid, especially in the east, in Toledo, east and south of Castilla-La Mancha, south of Aragon and Iberian Zaragoza as well as in the east of Castilla y León, in particular in Soria and Segovia where the minimum temperatures will repeat the temperatures of -10 to -15ºC and in the Guadalajara or Teruel area, in points of the Molina de Aragón or Bello area, it will be possible to reach one more day between -15 and -20ºC . "Friday and Saturday are still going to have colder early mornings than today, although the coldest day will not be reached, which was January 12," the spokesman pointed out, explaining that the situation is getting worse because a cold air mass will enter from the north of the European continent that is cold and dry and that will contribute to lower temperatures.
"We are going to return to -20ºC in areas of Teruel and Guadalajara; to the range of -10 to -15ºC in the east of Madrid and will have between -5 and -10ºC in the interior areas not covered with snow. It seemed that the The cold was leaving, but it persists and in some points it will be possible to occasionally exceed -20ºC ", explains Del Campo, who adds that the Ebro valley, for its part, will get rid of the intense frosts due to the wind.
The AEMET could end the cold wave with the arrival of an Atlantic front, driven by westerly winds that are humid and temperate. "The weather will change radically," predicted the AEMET spokesperson, who anticipates that it will rain mostly in the western half.
With the rains the temperatures will rise
This situation will contribute to the thaw, but he points out that where it will rain the most is in the western half and on Thursday the rains will reach the eastern half, which is where there is more snow, so he hopes that this thaw will be more gradual. With the rains, temperatures will rise so that between Tuesday and Wednesday the minimums will rise between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius in much of the center and west, so the frosts would disappear.
The forecast by autonomous communities
- GALICIA: Cloudy intervals with morning mist and fog banks, which will decrease from noon to slightly cloudy with intervals of high clouds. Light and scattered rains are expected in the northeast during the early morning. Minimum temperatures in slight decrease in the northwest coast, points of the mountain of Lugo and the east of Orense; in slight ascent in the rest. Maximum temperatures slightly rising except in the north and southeast, where they will drop slightly. Weak frosts in the eastern interior. The wind will blow variable lax.
- ASTURIAS: cloudy with a decrease at intervals of high clouds with weak and scattered rains in the early morning. Morning mists and fogs in the Cordillera. Minimum temperatures in slight ascent except in the western half of the Mountain range where they will descend slightly. Maximum temperatures in slight descent. Weak frosts in the Cordillera. The wind will roll loose variable.
- CANTABRIA: cloudy with a predominance of low cloudiness, with morning mist and fog banks in the interior, with a tendency to cloudy intervals at the end of the day. Weak and scattered rainfall, unlikely in the Campoo area, with a tendency to subside during the morning in the western half and in the rest during the afternoon. Minimum temperatures, which will be reached at the end of the day, rising and maximum temperatures slightly decreasing. Frosts in mountain areas. The wind will blow from the northwest, light in the interior and with a tendency to variable light at the end.
- BASQUE COUNTRY: cloudy with a predominance of low cloudiness, with mists and morning fog banks in the interior. Weak, more frequent and intense rainfall in the northeast that will remit at the end of the day. Minimum temperatures on the rise, except in the extreme northeast where they will remain unchanged. The wind will blow from the northwest and roll north and northeast at the end on the shoreline.
- CASTILLA Y LEÓN: in the extreme north cloudy with weak rainfall, which may be snow above 1,000 to 1,200 meters, with a tendency during the afternoon to cloudy intervals. In the rest, cloudy intervals of low clouds with a tendency to slightly cloudy with intervals of high clouds. Morning mists and mists accompanied by rime on the plateau. Minimum temperatures in ascent and maximum in descent, except inside the plateau where they will rise. Generalized frosts, more intense in the east and south. The wind will blow variable with a predominance of the north component, loose.
- NAVARRA: cloudy with a predominance of low cloudiness, with morning mists and fog banks in the northern third, with a tendency to cloudy intervals at the end of the day in the extreme south. Weak and scattered rainfall in the northern half, more frequent and intense in the Cantabrian slope, which will subside at the end of the afternoon. The snow level will be between 1,000 and 1,200 meters and will drop between 900 and 1,000 meters. Minimum temperatures rising in the southwest third, slightly decreasing in the Pyrenees and with little change in the rest. Frosts in the Pyrenees. Northwest wind, more intense during the central hours, with very strong gusts in the Pyrenees during the second half of the day.
- LA RIOJA: covered, with weak rainfall in the Rioja Alta during the first half of the day, which may be snow above 1,200 meters, with a tendency to cloudy intervals during the afternoon. Minimum temperatures in ascent and maximum in slight decrease. Frosts in the Iberian. The wind will blow from the northwest and north.
- ARAGON: in the Pyrenees, cloudy skies with weak rainfall, more likely in the divide and during the first half of the day, with the snow level that will drop from 1,300 to 900 meters. In the Iberian, cloudy with a tendency to cloudy intervals. In the rest, clear skies with intervals of high cloudiness and low morning cloudiness or a bank of freezing fog in points southeast of Huesca. Minimum temperatures in slight ascent, with local ascents in the Iberian and south of Huesca; maximum in slight descent. Frosts in the Pyrenees and the Iberian, locally strong. In the Pyrenees, north wind with strong or very strong gusts at high altitudes. In the rest, a weak to moderate northwest wind, with very strong gusts during the afternoon in the Ebro valley, Bajo Aragón and the eastern Iberian mountains.
- CATALONIA: in the western Pyrenees, cloudy skies with rainfall, more likely on the north slope in the early hours and during the afternoon, with the snow level that will drop from 1,300 to 900 meters. In the rest, slightly cloudy or clear skies with some intervals of high cloudiness and with banks of freezing fog and low morning cloudiness in the south of Lleida with an increase at cloudy intervals during the afternoon in the northeast quadrant. Maximum temperatures with local decreases in the Pyrenees and a slight rise in the rest. Frosts in the interior of the northern half, strong in parts of the Pyrenees. In Tarragona, Pyrenees and Ampurdán, the wind will blow from the north and moderate northwest with strong or very strong gusts; in the rest, a loose variable.
- EXTREMADURA: clear sky. Morning mists and mists that will be accompanied by rime, especially in the Tagus and Guadiana Valleys. Temperatures with slight changes. Weak frosts in general. The wind will blow from the northeast to the north or variable lightly.
- COMMUNITY OF MADRID: little cloudy with cloudy intervals in the mountain area and an increase in high clouds during the afternoon. Minimum temperatures increasing in the mountains and a marked increase in the rest, which will be locally notable in the southeast, and maximum temperatures decreasing in the mountains and increasing in the rest. Generalized frosts that will be more intense in the center and south of the region. The wind will blow from a weak north component with variable intervals.
- CASTILLA-LA MANCHA: slightly cloudy or clear with intervals of low clouds in the morning in the northeast and with increased cloudiness in the afternoon. Minimum temperatures in slight increase and maximum in slight increase in Toledo and without changes or in slight decrease in the rest. Generalized frosts, more pronounced in La Mancha and in mountain areas of the northeast where they will be locally strong. The wind will blow from a weak north component, somewhat more intense in the eastern third.
- VALENCIAN COMMUNITY: slightly cloudy or clear skies will predominate with some intervals of high cloudiness and low morning cloudiness in the northern interior of Castellón. Minimum temperatures slightly rising and maximum temperatures without significant changes, except for some local rise in the southern third. Weak frosts in indoor areas. The wind will roll from the northwest and west, loose to moderate, with very strong gusts from the northwest in the northern third.
- MURCIA: clear sky. Minimum temperatures on the rise, with weak frosts in the north of the region and maximums with slight changes. The wind will veer from the northwest.
- BALEARIC ISLANDS: slightly cloudy sky with a tendency to increase, in Mallorca and Menorca during the afternoon to cloudy with an occasional shower. Temperatures with few changes, or rising at night. Some weak and local frost is expected in Mallorca. The wind will roll from the west and northwest, in Menorca strong north wind at night.
- ANDALUSIA: clear sky. Minimum temperatures with slight changes and maximum temperatures rising in the western half, decreasing in the rest. Faint frost on the inside. The wind will blow from a weak north component. West on the western Mediterranean coast and the Strait.
- CANARY ISLANDS: cloudy in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, as well as in the north and northeast of the islands of greater relief, opening wide clearings on the easternmost islands during the second half of the day. In the rest of the areas, a little cloudy sky in general. Weak, occasional and scattered rains are expected in the north of the islands of greater relief, mainly in the midlands. Temperatures with few changes or in slight rise. The wind will blow from the northeast occasionally strong on the southeast and northwest slopes, with a predominance of the breeze regime on the southwest slopes of the mountainous islands.
