Easter weather: the week starts with 6 communities on alert for snow, wind and rain

coinciding with Palm Sunday, the entry of a “relatively cold” air mass is expected

The Holy Week this Saturday started with six communities in the peninsula’s northeast on alert for snowfall, wind, rain and waves of 5 meters in the Cantabrian, and with Catalonia at orange level, for thicknesses of up to 20 centimeters of snow in 24 hours above 1,100 meters in the Arn Valley (Lleida).

Likewise, the communities of Aragon, Cantabria, Navarra and the Basque Countrywhile the Valencian Community will be in a few hours, according to the latest data from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) on its website.

According to the last update of the time of the Aemet of Holy Week, for tomorrow, coinciding with Palm Sunday, the entry of a “relatively cold” air mass It will leave rains in the Cantabrian area, the upper Ebro and the Pyrenees, and it will be persistent in the eastern Cantabrian, western Pyrenees and in the Arn Valley.

According to forecasts, the snow level will go down tomorrow up to around 1,000 meters in the north of the peninsula, with accumulations in the Pyrenees that could be re-seeable.

The Aemet also foresees for tomorrow that temperatures, both minimum and maximum continue to drop in practically the entire countryexcept in the west of the peninsula in the case of daytime, where they will begin to recover.

In addition, there will be a predominance of northerly component winds, with gusts very strong in the northeast quadrant of the peninsula and the Balearic Islandsas well as trade winds in the Canary Islands, with intervals of strong intensity.

As for today’s day, this Saturday in Catalonia snowfall is expected in the Pyrenees area of ​​Lleida, with a thickness of 10 centimeters in 24 hours above 1,100 meters.

The Catalan community is also on alert for gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour on the coastHe from Tarragona although in general the wind will blow very strongly in practically the entire autonomous community.

there will also be maritime storm in catalan provinces like Girona, especially in the Ampurdn, with waves of up to 3 meters, and on the coast of Tarragona.

The snowfall forecast for today also maintains alert to the communities of Aragon and Navarrewhich are also at risk from strong wind and rain.

Up to 10 centimeters of snow may accumulate this Saturday in 24 hours per above 1,100 meters in the Huesca Pyrenees and in the Navarrese volumes of importance are expected and a level that will go down to 1,000-1,100 meters.

In Aragón there will be gusts of up to 70 kilometers per hour in lower Aragón (Teruel), while on the Cantabrian slope In Navarra, the rains will accumulate 40 liters per square meter in 12 hours.

Likewise, Cantabria and the Basque Country are on weather alert today, while the Valencian Community It will be at the end of the day, due to wind, sea storms and rain.

On the Cantabrian coast, waves of between 4 and 5 meters may be recorded, especially at the end of the day and also on the coast of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa those swell levels will be reachedwhere rains of up to 40 liters per square meter are also expected in 12 hours.

By the start of next week according to the latest AEMET forecast update, during the first half of Monday there will still be rainfall although dbi characterHe, in the eastern Cantabrian, Pyrenees and Mallorca.

In addition, strong or very strong gusts of wind are expected in the Pyrenees, the Ebro Valley and the Balearic Islands.

stable time

In the rest of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, the weather is expected to be stable, with a rise in daytime temperatures, except in the Mediterranean area where the northeasterly flow will bring them down.

Tuesday and Wednesday the precipitation will be likely in the north of the Canary Islands and the Strait area, and with less probability and more dispersed in the rest of the Canary Islands, the southern third of the peninsula and the Mediterranean area.

On Thursday and Good Friday there is a small chance that rains will affect the northern Canary Islands and the Mediterranean regions.

The temperatures will hardly vary and the values ​​will be above what normal on these dates except in the Mediterranean and Canary Islandss where they will be similar to the usual ones. It is also forecast for then strong wind from the east in the Strait and from the north in the Canary Islands.

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