Civil Protection keeps activated the Inuncat plans, Given the possibility of intense rain and hail this afternoon in the northeast quadrant of Catalonia, and infocat due to the high danger of forest fire throughout the community.
According to Civil Protection, the rains can fall with an intensity greater than 20 liters per square meter in 30 minutes and be accompanied by storms and stones. The bulk of the precipitation is expected to be concentrated between 12:00 and 18:00.
The Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat) has also reported that temperatures, meanwhile, have dropped this Sunday between 1 and 5 degrees in the interior of Catalonia, due to the absence of clouds and the progressive arrival of a mass of air with lower temperature.
Much hot
However, on the coast and pre-coastal, especially in Barcelona and Tarragona, the temperature has even risen between 1 and 3 degrees because the wind is blowing from the west.
Yesterday’s highs broke records at five of the 153 stations in the Catalan automatic station network.
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In l’Ametlla de Mar (Tarragona), which has data for 27 years, 41.8 degrees were recorded and the previous record of 39.8 degrees on September 5, 2016 was broken. The other five stations that beat yesterday, Saturday its record temperatures were those of El Perelló (41.2); Paddles (38.9); Vila-rodona (38.7) and Constantí (38.7).
fire hazard
The risk of forest fires continues to be very high in most of Catalonia, which is why level 3 of the Alpha Plan is also activated in 249 municipalities in 23 counties.