The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) warns that successive Atlantic squalls will continue to reach the Peninsula over the next few days, mainly affecting the northwest quadrant of the Iberian Peninsula. However, a much deeper and high impact squall, called ‘Ciarán’, is expected to arrive on Thursday. This will affect the entire peninsula and the Balearic Islands, including Ibiza and Formentera, leaving widespread rainfall, as well as bringing very strong winds, which are expected to be the most significant phenomenon, according to Aemet.
On Tuesday will be a transition day with hardly any precipitation or strong wind, according to weather forecasts. On Wednesday a new Atlantic squall will arrive that will affect the northwest quadrant of the peninsula with heavy showers and very strong gusts of wind, but its impact will not be significant in the rest of the territory.
It will be at late Wednesday, but especially on Thursday, when the effects of squall ‘Ciarán’ will be felt. Cit will start entering the northwest peninsular, where it is expected to leave heavy showers occasionally accompanied by thunderstorms in Galicia, the Cantabrian area and the western Pyrenees, warns Aemet.
Precipitation will spread throughout the day to the rest of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, although with less intensity. The southeast peninsular will be, according to forecasts, the area least affected by precipitation.
First snowfalls
With the with the entry of a colder air mass, the snow cover will drop sharplyto the 1.400 meters of altitude in the Pitiusas Islandsand 1,000 and 1,200 in the northern half of the peninsular, so that in the mountain systems may fall the first significant snowfall of the season.
Aemet forecasts minimum and maximum temperatures of 14 and 23 degrees on Thursday and 12 and 21 degrees on Friday in Ibizaand 16 and 23 degrees on Thursday and 14 and 21 degrees in Formentera.
The Agency expects that on Thursday the most significant phenomenon will be the wind, with very strong gusts widespread in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, being especially intense in mountain areas and in the Cantabrian area, where it may exceed 100 km / h. In the Pitiusas gusts of 45 kilometers per hour are expected.
This day there will also be a strong sea stormespecially in the Bay of Biscay, but that will also affect the Mediterranean. During the rest of the week the Atlantic flow and autumnal weather will continue, with another deep Atlantic squall affecting us on Saturday.
Rainfall radar
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