Civil Protection of the Generalitat has activated the alert phase of the special emergency plan for floods in Catalonia (Inuncat) due to the forecast of heavy rain this wednesday at dawn in the central coastal and pre-coastal regions. Specifically, Meteocat has issued a warning of moderate and high danger due to accumulation of water and heavy rains.
In a statement on Tuesday, they have detailed that they rains that can exceed 40 liters per square meter in 30 minutes, and that the rain accumulation threshold of 100 liters per square meter in 24 hours can be exceeded.
The showers will often be accompanied by thunderstorms and do not rule out hailand they have explained that this Wednesday morning the rains can continue until nightfall, but “with less intensity.”
⚠ The Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya warns of the perill weather situation (#notices SMP) for feather accumulation ⚠
➡ DC. 02:00 a.m. 02:00 a.m.
➡ Possibility of precipitation > 100 mm / 24h
➡ Grau de perill max. 🟡 2/6
*Local time (h) = TU +2 pic.twitter.com/L3B3mPSdnk
—Meteocat (@meteocat) August 29, 2023
In the Balearic Islands, especially the island of Majorca, the storm has hit with strong winds and torrential rains that have caused chaos in airports and cruise ships. Many tourists have been affected and, in the case of the United Kingdom, there are no more places for return flights until Saturdayand some have been forced to fly to Barcelona due to the ‘sold out’ of the hotels on the Balearic island.
Is a DANA coming?
The entry of the cold air mass from this past weekend could lead to an Isolated High Level Depression (DANA) that could end with extreme storms this week.
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As of this Wednesday, instability will increase again and, although a situation of general storms is not expected, very intense downpours could be recorded in Catalonia. Also, on Thursday there could be another drop of cold air in the Atlantic, according to Meteored.
He Fridaythe cold air will already be in the vicinity of the Peninsula and could break away from the polar jetgenerating a DANA or “cold drop”, with an erratic and uncertain evolution to this day. If this scenario is fulfilled, adds the Meteored expert, the rains and storms can be very intenselocally torrential in some areas of the country during the weekend.