Storm Claudia arrives, bringing up to 200 l/m2 of rain and extreme temperatures in these areas

Weather weeks are marked as follows: temperature higher than normal In most of Spain, 28 degrees in Seville and GranadaThe step is, the storm stops influence claudia From Wednesday onwards, heavy rain will fall on the Atlantic slopes of the Canary Islands and Peninsula.

Temperatures will rise throughout the week, with “definitely clear skies” expected by midway through the week. Higher than normal in many areas of the country“However, it will go down a little after that,” said Ruben del Campo, a spokesman for the state meteorological agency (Aemet).

On Tuesday, the influence of the Atlantic front continues in the northwestern part of the peninsula, with another day of rain in Galicia and heavy and persistent rain in the western part of the region. Also Rain will occur in parts of Asturias and Leonalso in the western Canary Islands.

Morning fog may occur in areas of the highlands, reducing visibility and making travel difficult. The northern third of the country should be aware of winds from the south with very strong gusts. Gentle southerly winds are expected to bring temperatures above 20°C in large areas of the Cantabrian Sea, Mediterranean region and Andalusia. Murcia and Granada will be around 25 degrees..

Locally very heavy rain with storms is expected in the western Canary Islands on Wednesday. On the peninsula, rainfall is confined to Galicia (in the western part of the region, rainfall is very strong and persistent and can accumulate in significant amounts), west of Asturias, Castilla y León and Extremadura, but there is no chance of some rain in the province of Huelva.

Temperatures will rise again, and the Cantabrian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the central and southern parts of the peninsula will experience mild conditions for the season, with little frost and maximum temperatures exceeding 20 degrees Celsius. Maximum temperatures in Seville and Granada will be around 28 degrees. It will be 25 degrees in Bilbao, Toledo, Murcia and Parma, and 22 degrees in Madrid. those are values 5 to 10 degrees higher than normal For this period.

On Thursday, a front will move from west to east, bringing heavy storm rain to the Canary Islands with significant rainfall. On the peninsula, heavy rain will continue in western Galicia and, although less intense, is expected to spread to the rest of the Galician region, Asturias, western Castilla and León, Extremadura and Andalusia.

Temperatures are likely to rise a little further during the night, especially in parts of the Eastern Cantabrian Sea and the Andalusian Mediterranean Sea, and may not fall below 18 degrees. Temperatures will exceed 20 degrees in large parts of the country during the midday hours. 25 are located in cities such as Bilbao, San Sebastian, Cadiz, Murcia and Ciudad Real. Temperatures in Seville and Granada will be around 28 to 30 degrees. In the autonomous city of Melilla, the number could reach 32.

With the arrival of the cold air mass on Friday, temperatures will drop sharply and approach typical values ​​for this season, but will remain high in the northernmost tip of the peninsula and the Mediterranean region. The rain has reached large parts of the western and central parts of the territory, and this situation is likely to continue throughout the weekend, although conditions will return to normal in the Canary Islands once the rain ends.

“We can accumulate until Saturday.” In western Galicia more than 150-200 l/m²“On the western slopes of La Palma, on the other hand, local concentrations could exceed 120-140 l/m2,” warns expert Samuel Beener. meteor.

“In the rest of Galicia, west of the central water system, around the southwestern slopes of the western and central Canary Islands, precipitation will exceed 100 l/m2. In large areas of the eastern and Balearic Islands, and in the eastern Cantabrian Sea due to southerly winds, there will be little rain,” he concluded.