Since at the end of February the generalized rains began to Spain, they have practically not given a truce day. There have been generalized showers, a Dana and high -impact storms called Jana, Konrad and Laurence. And the weather forecast points to the rains will continue to sweep the peninsula the rest of the week while in the United Kingdom or in Germany what there are are clear skies.
The explanation behind the rains in Spain is in an atmospheric configuration that deviates to southern Europe the storms They usually cross the United Kingdom.
Specifically, the person in charge is a «Blocking anticyclone «, very persistent, located in the environment of the British islandsas explained a few days ago the spokesman of the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet), Rubén del Campo. Anticyclones are atmospheric high pressure systems, associated with stable time and clear skies. When these types of anticyclones are located in high latitudes of Europe, where storms normally circulate, they cut the passage to the rains. In the end The storms are forced to look for another path: “They have no choice but to go down to circulate and make a corridor that catches the Iberian Peninsula,” said Del Campo.
That is why the rains enter the west peninsular and end up leaving a lot of rain in Spain, especially in the south or in the Pyrenees area. They also favor the arrival of rains in Italy or Corsica. Being a situation that remains for weeks, Atlantic storms happen one behind another.
In fact, this week will arrive at the Peninsula new storms, so that after a relative Truce on Wednesday After Laurence’s march, rainfall will be widespread again, although they are less likely in the Mediterranean and Balearic Islands. Facing the end of March early, the weather forecast is not clear. “With the information available today, we would continue under the influence of Atlantic storms, so rainfall in large areas of the country will continue,” says Aemet.
End of drought
Everything indicates that the abundant rainfall this March will be to definitely take Spain out of drought. Only in the first nine days of the month, the provisional balance of the Aemet already indicated that everything that is normal in March had rained. In some areas, the amount of rain collection even triples the usual values for these dates. For example, in the Madrid-Retiro Observatory until March 8, 100 liters per square meter had been registered, which is what it rains throughout the spring. Something similar to what has happened in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), where the amount is approaching 150 liters per square meter, and many other locations of the peninsula. Only the Cantabrian area is below normal values.
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