The Agency has warned of the arrival of a new storm
There have also been very strong gusts of wind
Three weeks ago autumn arrived in Spain, and it did so with very high temperatures. In fact, the ‘summer of San Miguel’, a meteorological phenomenon that is characterized by dry and hot weather, was brought forward this year, and, although it has resisted saying goodbye completely, it has now done so.
The AEMET has put Spain on alert due to the arrival of a more humid and fresh Atlantic air mass that will cause “successive storms of Atlantic origin” that will affect the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
Furthermore, the Agency has warned that southern component wind intervals on the coasts of Galicia, Cantabria and the Gulf of Cádiz, with very strong gusts in large areas of the northwest half of the peninsula. “They will be given very strong gusts in large areas of the northwest half of the peninsula, more intense on the coasts of Galicia, the Cantabrian mountain range and the eastern Pyrenees. Light winds from the north in the Canary Islands.
Specifically, the storm Babet, which will approach from the northwest of the peninsula and leave rainfall that will move from west to east and will affect the western half of the peninsula and the Pyrenean environment.
“Precipitation will be more abundant in the extreme west of the peninsula, especially in the west and south of Galicia, Sanabria and the west of the Central system, likely to become persistent and locally strong, as well as in the extreme southwest of the peninsula, where they could also reach forts and go with storm“, has published the AEMET.
In the Balearic Islands there will be cloudy intervals, and in Canary Islands little cloudy, although it will increase over the “closer of the tail of a front that could leave an occasional shower on the most prominent islands”.
The Agency has reported that the end of this episode of precipitation and intense winds cannot yet be determined, although “it is most likely that ends between Friday and Saturday, but rainfall could persist until the following week.