A cold front will affect the north and center of the peninsula and will leave gusts of up to 80 km/h and coastal phenomena in 14 provinces and Melilla
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued warnings for risk of wind and waves in several areas of the country, including the Canary Islands, where five of them will be on yellow alert this Thursday. According to the AEMET prediction, a cold front will enter the northwest of the peninsula and will cause an increase in cloudiness and precipitation in the north and center, as well as a drop in temperatures.
Canary Islands, on alert for wind and waves
In the Canary archipelago, all the islands, except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, will be on yellow alert for coastal phenomena, due to the northeast wind that will blow with force 7 (50 to 61 km/h) on the northwest and southeast coasts of La Palma, the northern and western coasts of La Gomera and El Hierro, the inter-island channels, the southeast of Tenerife and the west and southeast of Gran Canaria. In addition, La Palma, El Hierro and La Gomera will also have a wind warning, since maximum gusts of up to 80 km/h are expected, especially on the southeast and northwest slopes of these islands and in the area of El Paso, in La Palma. . The wind will be intense trade wind and cloudiness will increase in the north of the mountainous islands, where some rainfall may occur, which is not ruled out in the rest of the archipelago.
Other areas affected by wind and waves
In the rest of Spain, wind and waves will also be protagonists in 14 provinces and Melilla, which will have warnings for these phenomena. Almería, Granada, Asturias, Cantabria, A Coruña, Lugo, Pontevedra, Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya and Melilla will be on alert for coastal phenomena, while Castellón, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro will be on alert for wind. For its part, Mallorca will have an important warning for waves, which will be orange level in Menorca, where there will also be a warning for wind of up to 70 km/h. Gerona and Tarragona will also have warnings for wind and waves.
A cold front will bring clouds and rain to the north and center of the peninsula
The meteorological situation will be marked by the entry and passage of a cold front from the northwest, which will increase cloudiness and precipitation in the north and center of the peninsula. The rains will begin in the northwest and will spread throughout the day to the rest of the extreme north, and could be weaker and more dispersed in other areas of the interior of the peninsula. The southwest and the Mediterranean area will remain slightly cloudy or with some cloudy intervals.
Drop in temperatures and snow at high altitudes
The cold front will also cause a drop in temperatures, especially the maximum temperatures, which will drop in the northwest and increase in the eastern half of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The minimum temperatures will tend to decrease in the northern third and there will be weak frosts in mountain areas of the northern and southeastern half of the peninsula, the northern plateau and the east of the southern plateau, more intense in the Pyrenees. The snow level will be in the mountains of the northern half of the peninsula between 1,200 and 1,600 meters, dropping to 700 and 1,000 meters.
Strong wind in several areas of the country
The wind will be another factor to take into account, since it will blow at strong intervals on the coast of Galicia, the Cantabrian Sea, Ampurdán, the eastern Balearic Islands, the area around the lower Ebro and the Canary Islands. The wind will be from the north in the Ampurdán and in the east of the Balearic Islands, from the west and northwest in the rest of the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and from the trade wind in the Canary Islands.