The institution called for caution in high and coastal areas until Tuesday, stating that the snow level could drop to 800 meters; After 1200, up to 40 centimeters of precipitation may accumulate.
State Meteorological Agency (AEMET)issued a special statement Before the arrival of storms of wind, rain, snow and rough seas that will have a special impact on the Pyrenees. In particular, government agency on red alert -most Mountainous regions of Navarra and HuescaIt warns of heavy snowfall and significant snow accumulation over the next few hours.
However, the storm is not limited to this region. AEMET puts orange on alert Be very careful when approaching the Rías Altas in Galicia and the entire Cantabrian coast, as well as the Balearic Islands, the Catalan coast, parts of Tarragona and Teruel, and the Lleida Pyrenees due to bad seas.
Organism reduced to yellow alert The entire Central System, the Picos de Europa, the Palentina Mountain, the Iberian System and parts of the Asturias, Cantabria, Euskadi, La Rioja, Navarra, Aragon, Catalonia and the Valencian Community.
The beginning of this chapter will be marked today, Saturday, by the following passage: A front coming from the North PoleHumid and cold winds starting in the afternoon cause the snow level to gradually decrease. This can reach up to 800-900 meters in the Pyrenees and 800 or 1200 meters in the northwestern regions. Therefore, it will be the first significant snowfall of the year, the thickness of which may exceed 20 cm. It even accumulates up to 40 cm above 1200 m.
AEMET warns that the entry of this flow with its northern component will be accompanied by strong winds that may create the previously described waves on the coasts. It may exceed 100 km/h in the northeast of the peninsula, the rest of the northern half and the highlands of the Balearic Islands, but we do not ignore the southern half either.
Starting from Sunday, cold weather spreads to the entire Peninsula
The rest of the country will notice the arrival of the Arctic mass tomorrow: snowfall will spread to other mountain systems in the northern half of the peninsula and the northern plateau, as well as the interior of the Basque Country and Navarra. The snow level is expected to be 2,000 degrees this day. Between 700 and 900 meters in the northeast of the peninsula And 800 to 1000 meters in the rest of the northern half.
The heaviest snowfalls are expected to occur again in the Cantabrian mountain ranges and the Pyrenees, where it may accumulate. Quantities larger than 30-40 centimeters rainfall.
Windstorms as well as sea storms will continue along the Cantabrian Sea and Balearic coasts: Wind speed may once again exceed 100 kilometers per hour Inland Castellón and south of Tarragona, in the Pyrenees and in the mountainous regions of the rest of the country.
This winter situation will continue throughout the week: it is likely to penetrate from Tuesday the 10th a colder but drier air mass, driven by northeastern winds, so Snowfall will gradually decrease.
Temperatures will remain low for most of the week frost wide inner regions of the peninsulaTuesdays and Wednesdays will be busier.
The situation in the North Atlantic is complicated
hundreds of thousands of people in Ireland and the United Kingdom They were left without power after Storm Darragh. Due to strong winds and rains hitting the region, approximately three million citizens were given a stay-at-home warning from the government this Saturday.
Due to strong winds, many roads and bridges were closed in both countries, and many train services were stopped. Up to 400,000 properties are estimated to be without power in Ireland as a result of the storm. Some flights at Dublin Airport have been cancelled.
