Over the next few days, humid westerly winds will continue to arrive in Spain, coming from the Atlantic and "driven by a deep storm whose centre is to the west of the British Isles", announces Rubén del Campo, spokesman for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). Thus, fronts loaded with rain will continue to arrive, which will irrigate the west of the Peninsula and, especially, the northwest ―Galicia and nearby areas―. However, the rainfall will not reach the Mediterranean, where the skies will be clearer and there will be a temperate environment. "In the rest of the country, temperatures will be typical of the season or in some places somewhat cooler," the expert completes the forecast.
Thursday was the rainiest day of the week, especially in Galicia, where 128 litres per square metre were collected in Muiños (Ourense), and it was also very windy, with 134 kilometres per hour in La Cobatilla (Salamanca). Temperatures were high in the Mediterranean area, "as a result of these westerly winds, they arrive in the area overheated." In Novelda (Alicante) and in Murcia, 30° was reached on 26 October.
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This Friday it will rain mainly in Galicia and nearby areas, where rainfall may be locally heavy and persistent. In a milder way, it will also rain in the eastern Cantabrian Sea, the Pyrenees and surroundings of the Central system, as well as in other points in the northwest. Snow will make an appearance from 1,800 meters and temperatures will drop throughout the country. In addition, the wind will blow intensely in the northern half and there will be a strong maritime storm in the Galician Atlantic and on the Cantabrian coast, with waves of five or six meters or more. There are orange warnings, the second level of three, for winds and rough seas throughout this area.
On Saturday, "the maritime storm will continue in Galicia, with waves of six to seven meters, and in the Bay of Biscay, where the waves could reach five meters, especially offshore." In addition, "it will rain abundantly in the Galician community and surrounding areas and, with somewhat less intensity, in the west of Castilla y León and north of Extremadura".
"Weaker rains are also expected in the Pyrenees and nearby areas, without ruling out some isolated drops in the southern half". Precipitation will be snow at about 2,200 meters in the northern mountains, while winds will blow with strong gusts in much of the northern half as well. There are warnings for wind, rain and rough seas, which are orange in Asturias, Cantabria, Galicia and the Basque Country, and yellow, the minimum, in Castilla y León, Navarra and La Rioja.
On Sunday, a new front "will bring rain to much of the west of the Peninsula, more abundant in Galicia, west of Castilla y León and north of Extremadura". It will also rain in the Bay of Biscay, the Pyrenees and, more weakly, in the central area. It will not do so in the peninsular Mediterranean or in the Balearic Islands and the wind "will blow with intensity in the northern third of the peninsula". There is an orange warning in Galicia, while it is yellow in Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Extremadura, the Basque Country and La Rioja.
Temperatures "won't vary too much" over the weekend. In the western half and central area, as a result of the abundant cloudiness, the values will be "cool for the time of year, during the day, but mild during the early morning". It will not drop below 8° or 10° at night and in the early afternoon it will be between 15° and 20°. However, in the Mediterranean regions and in the Bay of Biscay the atmosphere "will be somewhat milder than usual for the season", with 20° in the Cantabrian communities and 25° on the shores of the Mediterranean.
And next week, more
On Monday, "a frontal system will cross the territory from west to east, leaving more widespread rains in its wake than in previous days." It will rain "in a good part of the country, except in the Mediterranean, although some drops are not ruled out in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands," says the Aemet spokesman. The heaviest rainfall will be recorded in Western Andalusia, Galicia and around the Pyrenees and it will snow in the northern mountains above about 1,600 to 1,800 meters. Temperatures will drop sharply after the passage of the front.
During Tuesday and Wednesday, Del Campo glimpses, "it is most likely that the rainfall will be limited to Galicia and surrounding areas, although it is not ruled out that it may rain in parts of the southern half". In the rest of the country "there will be cloudy intervals without rain" and temperatures will drop on Tuesday and rise on Wednesday. "But thermometers in general will reach values appropriate for the time of year," the spokesperson said. During the second half of the week "fronts with rainfall will probably arrive again, especially in the west of the peninsula".
In the Canary Islands "there will be abundant cloudiness and possible rain, especially this Friday and Saturday". From Sunday and for the following days, trade winds will prevail with cloudy intervals, especially in the north of the more mountainous islands, where it could drizzle.