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The unsettled April weather will continue throughout Spain this weekend
Although we’re now well into spring, Spain has been experiencing an unusual battery of storms for the last number of weeks, and the unpredictable weather is set to last for another few days yet. As the current storm that brought rain and even snow at the beginning of the week beats a retreat, another Atlantic storm will take over, driven by a weather phenomenon known as a jet stream.
According to the experts, a powerful anticyclone in Scandinavia is dividing a polar jet from Greenland in two, with one of those streams winging its way to Spain just in time for the weekend.
At the moment, the director of meteorology at Meteored, José Antonio Maldonado, predicts that the new storm will enter the northwest of the Peninsula from the Atlantic. Rainfall will move towards the interior of the country and the Cantabrian regions to finally spread throughout all of Spain over the next few days.
Friday April 22 will be cloudy and showers will dampen “all regions except those close to the Mediterranean.” More snowfall is due in the Pyrenees, Cantabrian mountain ranges and inland Spain, while weak rain is forecast for Gran Canaria and Tenerife. “Abundant” rain is expected in the south of Galicia, Castilla y Leon, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha and a good part of Andalucía, where some localised storms haven’t been ruled out.
Weather warnings for Friday:
- Andalucía, Asturias, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura on yellow alert for rain
- Andalucía on yellow alert for wind
- Andalucía, Galicia and the Region of Murcia on yellow alert for sea conditions
Little change is expected on Saturday April 23, although the rain will subside throughout the day in most areas, with the exception of the extreme north.
Weather warnings for Saturday:
- Aragon, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y Leon, Catalonia, on yellow alert for rain
- Andalucía, Balearic Islands, Murcia, Valencian Community on yellow alert for wind
- Andalucía, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia, Murcia, Basque Country and Valencia on yellow alert for sea conditions
- Aragon, Castilla y Leon, Catalonia and the Basque Country on yellow alert for low temperatures
On Sunday April 24 the Atlantic storm will move away from Spain, although there will still be some residual rains in the Pyrenees. Elsewhere, clouds will prevail with skies clearing to the east, with temperatures beginning to rise in the western half of the country.
Weather warnings on Sunday:
- Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria and the Basque Country on yellow alert for sea conditions.
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