The anticyclone that has brought stability to Spain is about to give way to a new storm, according to the warning State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). With the month of December starting, the arrival of a atlantic front and the possible entry of a polar air mass coinciding with the December long weekend, they will radically transform the time of our country, giving way again to cold and rainy in many parts of the country.
The arrival of this atlantic frontcoming from the west, will leave a predominance of cloudy skies in the western third, with precipitation accompanied by some occasional storm in Galicia and Asturias likely to be persistent and locally strong.
For its part, according to the meteorological agency, in the coming weeks we will experience a intense drop in thermometersleaving a week that will generally be colder than usual for the time of year. This thermal drop will finally mean the arrival of the meteorological winter to our country, after several weeks of temperatures above normal.
An Atlantic front arrives and will leave storms in Spain
The influence of this anticyclone It will continue to be present throughout this week, which, in general, will be warmer than usual, according to Aemet. As in previous days, we will continue to have morning mists in many parts of the country and also intervals of medium and high clouds associated with a front that will leave some rains in the northwest of the peninsula throughout Monday.
Coinciding with this situation we will also have the arrival of this atlantic front to the west, which will leave rainfall in points of the western third. In this way, in Galicia, Asturias and the Cantabrian Sea we could see some precipitation, which could even leave occasional storms in these areas. The rains this Monday could be persistent and locally strong in the west.
Although temperatures will be above normal for the season, we will have a thermal drop in many parts of Spain. The maximums will drop significantly in the west of Canary Islands, Galicia, Ebro and southern third of the peninsulawhile the minimums will also fall in the archipelago and will increase in the Cantabrian Sea and Catalonia.
There will also be some Weak frosts in high altitudes of the Pyreneeswhere light winds with a southern component will predominate in the Cantabrian Sea, the northwest and north quadrant of the Mediterranean area, and moderate winds in the west of Galicia.
Change in weather: the cold and rain return on the December long weekend
The Aemet has also confirmed new changes in the weather that will begin to be noticed during the last days of the December long weekend. Although this week “it will be, generally speaking, warmer than normal” and we will see little rainfall away from the extreme north, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, the situation will change as we approach next weekend and, specifically, the Saturday December 7.
According to meteorological models, with the start of the month of December, we could witness the arrival of “an arctic or polar air mass towards the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands”, Meteored now reveals. From Aemet, for their part, they anticipate that the week of December 9 to 15 will be «colder than normal in the south and east of the Peninsulaand the temperatures in the northern half and the Balearic Islands would be around their normal values.
At the moment, with still a lot of uncertainty, everything indicates that the Precipitation will be “lower” that week to those usual in a good part of the Peninsula,” warns the Aemet. Still, it could be “rainier than normal in the Balearic Islands” and we will also have to be attentive to the Cantabrian Mountains, the Cantabrian coast, the Pyrenees, the northeast of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, where it is possible that they occur. significant snowfall due to the mixture of cold air and humidity.
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