The cold front associated with Storm Bert has motivated the activation today of weather warnings in eleven autonomous communities due to the strong storm, intense rainfall and wind, with gusts that in many places will once again exceed 100 kilometers per hour and which in some points can be “hurricanes”.
The warning is “orange” (significant risk) on the Galician coast due to the strong waves, and the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has announced that the waves will reach up to 6 meters.
The AEMET has activated “yellow” (risk) warnings for rain in six autonomous communities (Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla y León, Catalonia Extremadura and Galicia) due to the forecast that accumulations of 15 liters per square meter will be recorded in one hour in the provinces of Cádiz, Córdoba and Seville, and 40 liters per square meter in twelve hours in many places in the northern half.
In addition to the “orange” warning, which focuses on the coasts of Galicia, “yellow” level alerts have also been activated due to strong waves in the communities of Asturias and Cantabria, given the forecast that the waves will reach a height of up to 5 meters.
Wind warnings, also at the “yellow” level, have been activated in the communities of Aragón, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Navarra and La Rioja, and Aemet forecasts indicate that gusts will be reached. of 80 kilometers per hour in many places, although it has warned that these gusts will exceed 100 kilometers at high altitudes.
The general forecast for today from the Meteorological Agency indicates that very strong gusts of wind will be recorded in large areas of the northwest quadrant, in the Cantabrian Sea, in the Pyrenees and in the Iberian system, without ruling out that they may be locally “hurricanes” in high altitudes of the Cantabrian, northern Iberian and Pyrenees mountain ranges.
The rains will be persistent and locally strong to the west of the Central and Cantabrian system, in the south of Galicia and the Pyrenees, and the front associated with Storm Bert will also cause a locally notable drop in temperatures in areas of Galicia, Castilla y León and the Cantabrian Sea.
The Aemet has announced that although temperatures will drop during today and tomorrow, the rest of the week will be clearly warmer than normal for this time of year, and also that the rains will be less than normal. common on the Cantabrian coast, in much of the east and south of the peninsula and in the two archipelagos.
The effects of Storm Bert, which today will be felt in many autonomous communities, have been very pronounced over the weekend, with a very strong maritime storm in Galicia and the eastern Cantabrian Sea, with waves of up to 6 meters, very strong winds. strong, with “hurricane” gusts that have exceeded 120 kilometers per hour in the Cantabrian mountain range and rains that have left accumulations of up to 80 liters per square meter in twelve hours on the coast Galician.
The data collected by Aemet reveal that yesterday wind gusts of up to 236 kilometers per hour were reached in the Mirador del Cable (Cantabria), in the Picos de Europa National Park, and above 140 at high altitudes in the provinces of Asturias and Palencia.
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