After the notice of Civil Protection and the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat), the rains have returned this Saturday afternoon to Catalonia, but they have been primed in five regions: la Cerdanya, Berguedà, Alt Urgell, Ripollès and Osona; where hailstorms with stones of more than two centimeters in diameter have been recorded in some localities.
The rains, registered shortly before six in the afternoon this Saturday, give some hope to the episode of drought that Catalonia is experiencing this last year, with records of high temperatures and little rain.
These have reached the coast shortly before nine at night, when an electrical storm has started that has ended in heavy rainfall.
The storm has left stone to Vidrà as it is seen in the image that they rebut via @pinxu73. #meteocatpedra pic.twitter.com/It0zp5LpJf
—Meteocat (@meteocat) April 29, 2023
temperature records
This episode of rainfall comes after the AEMET warned of a generalized rise in temperatures -especially in inland regions- due to a mass of hot air coming from Africa; but this has been intercepted by heavy rains.
But also, 12 meteorological stations of the 114 existing ones have registered records temperature in the month of April with data prior to more than 20 years ago. These have been produced in Terres de l’Ebre, Ponent and Central Catalonia. The highest has been 33.1 degrees in Benissanet (Tarragona).
Barcelona has also broken another April record (compared to 1998), with a temperature of 19.6 degrees this noon. The figure exceeds the climatic average for this time of year by 12 degrees and has surpassed the 2012 record set at 18.6 degrees.
He #radiosondatge Barcelona on this midday has measured 19.6 ºC at 850 hPa (about 1,500 m of altitude), a value of 12 ºC above the average climate of this time of any and our April record (1998 -2023), exceeding 18.6 ºC on 04/27/2012 and 18.4 ºC from before morning. pic.twitter.com/NsSpv9m1YG
—Meteocat (@meteocat) April 29, 2023
How long will the episode last?
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Meteocat has alerted that this episode of violent weather, with a warning of maximum danger (6/6), has lasted until just before 10 p.m. with the probability of hail larger than two centimeters in diametergusts of wind over 25 m/s and tornadoes in the indicated regions.
Meteocat’s warning for rains, both the pre-alert of the INUNCAT Civil Protection plan for heavy rains, will last until Monday afternoon with different levels of danger, for now, and It will mainly affect the northeastern regions of Catalonia.
⚠ Update the perill weather situation notice (#advisosSMP) per plow intensity ⚠
➡ Ds. 2:00 p.m. to dl. 8:00 p.m.
➡ Possibility of precipitation > 20 mm / 30 minutes
➡ Grau de perill max 🟠 3/6
➡ Local time (h) = TU +2 pic.twitter.com/aUdLRE9T01
—Meteocat (@meteocat) April 29, 2023