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Snow and heavy rain are forecast from Sunday November 21 across much of Spain
Following a scorcher of a summer and a relatively mild autumn so far, the State Meteorological Agency, Aemet, has warned that some adverse weather conditions are on the horizon.
From Sunday November 21, an intense influx of cold air, rainfall and snow will make its way towards Spain, leading to a dramatic change from early next week, according to the experts. Francisco Martín from Meteored predicts that the cold front “would be generated by an isolated depression at high levels called DANA and driven by a maximum of winds in height of the north component that could generate a storm on the surface.''
A DANA is a high altitude depression that can often lead to a Gota Fria, a meteorological phenomenon which may result in intense storms and devastating flooding.
If this weather front arrives, Mr Martín expects an early wintery period to descend on Spain, whereby heavy rainfall would enter the northern part of the country first before spreading westwards and reaching coastal areas during the second half of next week.
The precipitation will likely turn to snow in the Cantabrian Sea, the Pyrenees and throughout central Spain, according to the expert, and will be accompanied by strong winds which will intensify the feeling of cold. Both the Balearic and Canary Islands have been put on alert for heavy rain also.
Although a DANA is possible, the meteorologist was quick to assure that it won’t be at the same level as Storm Filomena, which ravaged Spain and left a widespread trail of destruction in its wake earlier this year. Rather, the storm predicted to begin on Sunday and continue into next week “is a normal situation in November” while Filomena “was a very exceptional, rare and extraordinary case.”
Likewise, Aemet has confirmed that the chances of another storm of Filomena’s magnitude occurring again this year is extremely low, around 1%, as weather phenomena of this kind are usually only seen once every 100 years.
In general, Aemet predicts that temperatures will be higher than normal in most of Spain between now and the end of January 2022, particularly along the Mediterranean coast.
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