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There is still “no prospect” of the weather front alleviating the current drought situation in Spain
As the end of February draws close, the start of the year is proving to be one of the driest on record so far this century in Spain, prompting many municipalities to prepare for drought and threatening to burden over-taxed residents even further with higher water bills as a result.
A blocking anticyclone present for more than a month has kept the storms plaguing the rest of Europe away from mainland Spain to a large extent, and what little rain there has been in recent weeks has been light and scattered for the most part.
From Thursday February 24, a DANA (Isolated Depression at High Levels) that has been hovering around the Canary Islands all week is set to hit the rest of the peninsula, but according to Samuel Biener of Meteored, “there is no prospect of an episode of abundant rainfall that would help alleviate the drought that a large part of the country is suffering.”
While the DANA has already caused some heavy downpours and even snow in the Canary Islands, aside from weak to moderate rainfall in Cantabria and the Pyrenees, the stable weather is set to remain in the rest of Spain this week. In fact, the ever-present anticyclone will cause temperatures to remain abnormally high for this time of year, at around 20ºC in southern areas, and the mercury could rise to 27ºC in Sevilla and other parts of Andalucía.
The DANA should hit the mainland on Thursday, bringing at worst some showers to Andalucía and southern Extremadura.
How long will the anticyclone last?
According to the experts, the prevailing anticyclone is creating a “real wall” that is blocking storms from reaching most of Spain. For the moment, the only weakening observed by meteorologists will be the short periods of rainfall expected on February 24 and 25, “but unfortunately, this anticyclonic wall looks like it's going to last longer.”
However, Francisco Martín of Meteored believes that the drought situation is unlikely to continue throughout March, as in the coming weeks some fronts and even DANAs should be able to get through from the north and the Canary Islands, giving rise to rainfall in the south of Spain.
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