The week could start with a rise in temperatures in much of the country
“This December long weekend will be through water in many regions,” explains the meteorologist Mar Gómez
December has started with the first drop in temperatures of the season. After a few months marked by unusually warm temperatures, the start of meteorological winter has (finally) brought a drop in thermometers In a large part of the country. But the arrival of this first winter cold in Spain seems not to last long. Starting next week, coinciding with the December long weekend, a rise in temperatures in all the country. “This December bridge will be been through water in many regions“, explains the meteorologist Mar Gómez, from ‘eltiempo.es’
This is the Weather forecast for the bridge of December 2022 in Spain.
Bridge of clouds, rains and rising temperatures
The week of the December bridge will start with cloudy skies over virtually the entire country and one new rise in temperatures. On the 5th, scattered rains are expected in the western half, especially on the Andalusian Atlantic coast. The precipitations could extend in a weak and dispersed way in the Valencian Community, eastern Cantabrian Sea, the Pyrenees and the Ebro Valley. This phenomenon, according to Gómez, will be related to the arrival of a storm in the peninsular southwest. “They wait heavy rain in Huelva, Cádiz, northern Extremadura and the Central System associated with a front linked to this storm”, highlights the expert.
At the start of the week it is also expected a rise in thermometers throughout the territory, both in the minimum and in the maximum. In Almería, Granada, Jaén and Málaga, maximum temperatures of over 20 degrees could be reached. In Barcelona, the thermometers will be between 7 and 15 degrees and in Madrid between 4 and 11.
Tuesday, December 6, Constitution Day, will be marked by cloudy skies Y rainfall in much of the Peninsula. The rains will spread from west to east and may fall as snow in the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains. That day is expected new rise in temperatures in the northern half of the country and a slight decrease in the extreme south. Thermometers could exceed 20 degrees in Alicante, Cádiz, Huelva, Murcia and Seville.
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– In the week of the “December long weekend” the high pressures will become strong in high latitudes. The squalls will have to move further south. Rains and temperate environment in southern Europe, including Spain. pic.twitter.com/edNNDXKLQP— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) December 2, 2022
According to the forecast prepared by the ‘eltiempo.es’ team, for Wednesday, which celebrates the day of the Immaculate Conception, the arrival of a new Atlantic storm located to the west of the peninsula. This phenomenon would bring rain at the end of the day from the west of the peninsula, very strong in Extremadura, western Andalusia and western Castilla y León with possible snowfall in the north and central interior in mountain areas. Between Wednesday and Thursday a possible drop in temperatures is expected. More intense winds, from the west, are also forecast.
Looking ahead to next weekend, in the December bridge closure, the arrival of a third storm is expected that will bring rains in the western half and affect most of the country with associated westerly winds. By then it is expected that temperatures drop again and are even below the usual values for this time of year.
Will there be snow?
After a few months marked by abnormal heat and a general lack of rainfall, winter starts with hardly any snow. At the moment, only six of the 34 Spanish ski resorts are open. Is about tracks located in the Catalan Pyrenees in which, according to the latest records, right now only 10 to 22 inches of snow accumulates (Alp 2500, Masella, Baqueira Bere, Boí Taüll, Espot and Port Ainé). It is still not clear to what extent the rainfall forecast for these days will help to dye the Spanish slopes white.
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The greatest probability will fall on the northern half of the country, and especially on the Cantabrian Mountains, where almost half a meter of snow could accumulate above 1600-1700m. pic.twitter.com/d8VwNXin5B– Eltiempo.es (@ElTiempoes) November 30, 2022
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Gomez explains that in the first weekend of december The snow level is expected to fall in the northern half at 800-1000 meters. This could bring snowfall in mountain areas of the peninsular north. They could be activated in the next few days. yellow level warnings due to snowfall on Sunday in the south of the Iberian System and the Pyrenees. In addition, according to the meteorologist from ‘eltiempo.es’, the morning frosts will be prominent both on Saturday and Sunday in the Pyrenees. In these areas it is expected that temperatures could easily drop to minus six degrees Celsius.
Is weather forecast is still marked by uncertainty. Above all because, as usual with the forecasts for this season, the forecast is refined in the previous days. At the moment, everything points to a December long weekend with clouds, rain and a rise in temperatures. But we will have to wait a few more days to confirm if the umbrella and scarves will have to be brought out for the first winter holidays.