Start the week with unusual cold and frost at this time of year, in addition to several showers in the Mediterranean. According to Rubn del Campospokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), a sharp drop in temperatures What to leave in the north and center of the peninsula between 5 and 10 degrees below normalmore typical of the end of February or the beginning of March.
This situation is a consequence of the irruption of an arctic air mass throughout the peninsula and the Balearic Islands due to the joint action of a anticicln northwest of Europe and a storm over the western and central Mediterranean.
Del Campo has explained that the drop in temperatures has caused this Monday the thermometers to reach the -9 in high areas of the Pyrenees. Just as he has assured that the showers persist in eastern Cataloniaespecially in Barcelona, where they have been recorded more than 15 liters per square meter in just one hour.
Cold and frosty days
The AEMET spokesperson points out that the nighttime thermal decline will continue during the day on Tuesday. Con intense and extensive frosts for this time of year that will occur in the north and center of the peninsula and They will be repeated in the early hours of Wednesdaysays Del Campo.
In this way, frost is expected to occur in mountain areas, in large areas of the northern plateau and in the central area. In addition, some provincial capitals such as Teruel they will go down to the -2Cbut you can also heals in other provincial capitals such as Palencia, Len, Cuenca, Burgos or Vila.
Added to this cold is the windwhat to leave gusts close to 90-100 kilometers per hour increasing the sensation of cold. However, Del Campo assures that this episode begin to give way from Wednesday afternoonwhen the anticyclone moves towards the southwest, ending the irruption of very cold northern air.
The heat returns on Wednesday
From the AEMET they report that Wednesday dawn with cold and frost in mountains, on the northern plateau and in central moors, but now In the central hours of the day there will be a recovery in temperatures of up to 5 degrees with respect to those of the previous day. This will affect especially the northern half and the Mediterranean area.
The thermometers will rise again so that the 15 degrees in almost the entire north peninsular, you will reach the 20 degrees in the center and south of the peninsula, and will be marked until 25 degrees in the Guadalquivir valley. However, showers will continue in the Cantabrian and Pyrenees, without ruling out precipitation in Catalonia and parts of the Balearic Islands.
Effects of a storm starting Friday
For him Thursday there will hardly be any frosts, on the contrary it is expected rather a of transition towards a later time change. It is anticipated weaker winds from the north and some shower in the afternoon in the surroundings of the Iberian system.
From the Fridayalthough there is still some uncertainty, it is most likely that they will begin to affect us fronts associated with Atlantic stormscon rains especially in the northern and western third of the peninsula. Del Campo assures that these showers could reach the central zone but that it is unlikely to reach the eastern part of the peninsula. As for the temperatures It is expected that, although they may suffer certain ups and downs, from the second half of the week they will be more appropriate for the time of to the.
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