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Weak rainfall is forecast for most of Spain over the course of the weekend
Spain has been experiencing a prolonged dry spell caused by the persistence of high-pressure fronts and this past week has seen the thermometers rise to the mid-twenties, temperatures more associated with May than February. Due to its latitude, the country in general experiences more dry years than wet, but the lack of precipitation so far this year has emptied the reservoirs, almost completely in some areas, leading to well-founded fears of further drought and water shortages.
The current anticyclone will continue to bring settled weather over the weekend for the most part, but Meteored has forecast that the arrival of storm Eunice should trigger the arrival of a polar air trough, at least in some regions.
The skies remained mostly clear and bright throughout Thursday and while Friday morning, February 18, will dawn in a similar way, an Atlantic front approaching the peninsular northwest as the day progresses will cause rainfall in Galicia before spreading to other Cantabrian regions.
During the day, temperatures will drop in western regions and in the Canary Islands, but the mercury will rise slightly in the rest of the country.
Greater instability is expected on Saturday with the arrival of the low pressure front; very cloudy skies will prevail throughout Spain and rain is expected in many areas, though it will be weak for the most part and will almost certainly not be enough to refill the depleted reservoirs.
It will snow in some parts of Castilla y León while heavier showers are forecast in northern parts of the Canary Islands, and there will be an overall decrease in temperature, more pronounced in the eastern part of the country.
Sunday will be largely cloudy throughout, with the possibility of weak rain in the north of Galicia, Cantabria and the Pyrenees.
There is a chance of cloud in the southern half of Spain and the Balearic Islands, which will also register another slight drop in day-time temperatures.
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