This week, Spain once again faces a sudden change in weather that will leave half the country affected by the instability. Since last Tuesday, some areas of the Mediterranean have begun to receive the first rains of the week, which is expected to be “generalized” and also extend to points in the northern peninsula, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
As the organization has confirmed, throughout the week we will have “stormy showers” in the peninsular Mediterranean strip and the Balearic Islands with the arrival of a trough, where its intensity could increase as the days go by. Regarding what will happen in other places, Aemet warns that “in the rest of the peninsula they will be widespread only on Friday.”
Weekly prediction:
Instability will increase throughout the week in the peninsular Mediterranean strip and the Balearic Islands with stormy showers that are expected to be of strong intensity starting Friday. In the rest of the peninsula they will be widespread only on Friday. pic.twitter.com/n9sfQs3RdX— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) October 21, 2024
The situation could worsen starting Friday, when we will have to be attentive to the possible formation of a DANA. This is what the experts from eltiempo.es warn, explaining that, if what is stated in the models is met, this storm could leave rain in its wake throughout the weekend, when it is expected to drop in the northeast of the Peninsula.
Widespread rains due to the passage of a front and a trough
The rainfall has already reached the east of the peninsula, where the arrival of a «lower Mediterranean» The first rains of the week have begun to fall. Over the next few days, in Murcia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands and points south of Catalonia will be exposed to a humid flow that will leave abundant cloudiness and showers, with rains that could be locally strong and come accompanied by storms.
For its part, in the north we will have a Atlantic front entering through Galicia that will leave some light rains in the eastern Cantabrian Sea and the Pyrenees, although they will tend to cease and open up in the northwest. In addition, we will also see a predominance of cloudy or overcast skies in the northern third.
Throughout Wednesday, we will have showers that could be especially intense in the coasts of Valencia and Alicanteas explained by Aemet. On the Levantine coast we could have accumulated more than 100mm in 12 hourswhile the rest of the country will maintain stability, at least until next Friday.
It will be from this date onwards that widespread rainfall will spread throughout the country, with the passage of a trough and a front that will reach the northwest of the peninsula. As it moves eastwards, we will have rain in points in the north and center that will reach the peninsular Mediterranean and the Balearic Islands on Friday, where rainfall will continue throughout the weekend.
Pay attention to a possible DANA: the areas of Spain where it will rain the most
This situation of instability could worsen as we enter the weekend. During these last few days, eltiempo.es models expect that a is isolated in a DANA (isolated depression at high levels), which can cause rain in many parts of the country throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Even with a lot of uncertainty, meteorological experts are already warning about the possible formation of this phenomenon, waiting for the evolution it may have. For the moment, the scenario suggests that, if the storm arrives, it could leave important accumulated at the points of the Cantabrian, Mediterranean and southern Balearic Islands.
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