Although there is not always calm after the storm, in this case the saying is true. After the violent storm of wind, waves and rain caused by the Ciarán storms between Wednesday and Friday and Domingos between Saturday and Sunday, the weather will be generally “calmer” this week, reports Rubén del Campo this Monday, Spokesman of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). Rainfall will be “limited to the north-west of the peninsula and will be more intense in Galicia, but by midweek a more active front could bring rainfall across much of the northern half and the centre,” the spokesman says. In the first days of the week temperatures will drop and there will be night frosts in the interior of the north and east, which then tend to increase. Although it may seem very cold, “it will be a week of generally normal temperatures for the time of year.”
A marine storm is still expected this Monday in areas of Galicia and Cantabrian municipalities, whose waves could rise above five meters, but nothing to do with the 11 meters of the weekend. It will rain in these regions and there may be storms with hail. Even in mountainous areas of the peninsula there may be already weak and isolated rainfall, while in the rest of the territory, except for the Canary Islands, there is no need to open the umbrella. The passage of a front will lead to rainfall in the archipelago, which may be locally heavy or persistent in the north of the more mountainous islands.
Expected weather for this week:
➡️ Precipitation in the northwest quadrant of the peninsula.
➡️ Temperatures typical of the time; Frost in high and mountainous areas.
➡️ A significant increase in temperature is expected this weekend, announced the #SanMartínSummer pic.twitter.com/7SjFMOz6tu– AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) November 6, 2023
On Tuesday, in the north of the islands with greater relief, the rain will continue, slightly less intense, and the trade winds will blow intensely, which will lead to a poor state of the sea. In the peninsula, a front will move northwards, bringing rainfall in Galicia, the Cantabrian municipalities and around the central system, possibly reaching other parts of Castile and León. “It will snow above 1,200 to 1,400 meters and in the rest of Spain no rain or, if it falls, four drops,” Del Campo completes the forecast.
As for temperatures, night temperatures will drop and frost will occur in mountainous areas but also in parts of the plateau, especially in the center and even in valleys in the northern half. Soria, Teruel, Loroño, Cuenca or Burgos will have around 0°, the capital Madrid will wake up with 2° and on the coast Valencia or Barcelona will wake up with 8° or 9°. Maximum temperatures “will remain below 15°C in most of the territory, except in the Mediterranean municipalities and the southern third where they are higher.” Murcia and Málaga will exceed 20° or 22°,” says the Aemet spokesman.
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On Wednesday, another front will irrigate the northwest of the peninsula, especially in Galicia, where heavy and persistent rain may occur. It will also rain in Asturias and in the provinces of León and Zamora. The rest of the peninsula will have partly cloudy skies and the Canary Islands will experience lighter rainfall with more relief in the north of the islands.
Temperatures will generally “tend to rise”, although areas in the northern interior will experience repeated light frosts. The increase “will continue on Thursday and be more significant.” The sky will be cloudy and there will be winds from the southwest, combined with the passage of a front, which will increase the nighttime values by around 6° to 8° compared to the previous day. The front will leave rain again in the northwest of the peninsula, which could extend to large parts of the north and center that day, “without fundamentally affecting either the Mediterranean or Andalusia”.
In the afternoon, maximum temperatures could exceed 25° in some parts of the Mediterranean coast. Looking ahead to Friday and the weekend, there is still uncertainty, “but it is most likely that generally stable weather will prevail and rainfall will again be limited to the northwest of the peninsula.” Temperatures will “generally tend to rise”, although in mountainous areas and plateaus were again experiencing weak frosts. And in the Canary Islands the regime of intense trade winds will continue, with light rains in the north of the most mountainous islands.
Wind strength initially 203 kilometers
Two people watch the waves breaking in the town of Plentzia in Bay of Biscay on Sunday.Luis Tejido (EFE)
The Domingos storm’s maximum gusts at times exceeded an incredible 200 kilometers per hour in high-altitude areas of the northern half. It happened on Saturday in the Valdezcaray ski resort (La Rioja), where 203 kilometers per hour was measured. “These data seem to be valid a priori, although they are preliminary,” explains Del Campo.
Also on Saturday, Estaca de Bares (A Coruña) reached 162 kilometers per hour and Cabo Busto on the Asturian coast 155. On Sunday the worst was already over, although hurricane gusts were repeated in the coastal mountains with over 120 in the north with 131 kilometers in Valdezcaray and 130 kilometers in Cabo Busto. As for the rainfall, “it was heavy, especially in Galicia and the Aragonese Pyrenees.” They are characterized by 133 liters per square meter collected between Saturday and Sunday in Aspontes (A Coruña) and 91 liters in Astún (Huesca). .