The storm Caetano will continue to affect the country this Thursday with greater intensity in the north of the peninsula, where it will leave persistent rainfall. In addition, it will cause winds with very strong gusts on the coasts of Galicia, Cantabria and the Mediterranean. In fact, these air currents and coastal phenomena will put in yellow or orange notice to much of the territory, as reported by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
Specifically, in Andalusia Almería and Granada are under yellow warning for wind and waves and Malaga is under yellow warning for waves; in Aragon The wind will put Teruel and Zaragoza under yellow warning. Asturias will be on orange warning for waves; Balearics in yellow warning for wind and waves; and Cantabria in orange warning for waves and in yellow warning for wind.
In Castile and Leónthe provinces of Burgos, León, Palencia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora are at risk from wind; in Castile-La Manchaat risk due to Albacete wind; in Catalonia The provinces of Barcelona, Gerona and Tarragona are at risk from wind and waves. In GaliciaLa Coruña and Lugo are at significant risk due to waves and at risk due to rain and wind, and Pontevedra is at risk due to rain.
Besides, Murcia This Thursday there is a yellow warning due to wind; The Basque provinces of Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya are under an orange warning for waves; La Rioja is under a yellow warning due to wind. In the Valencian Community, Alicante and Valencia are under orange warning due to wind and Castellón is under yellow warning for the same reason.
The rainfall that will occur in Galicia and the Pyrenees will tend to intensify and become widespread in the north of the peninsula during the second half of the day, upon the arrival of a front. Weak and scattered rains are not ruled out in points on both plateaus, and with greater probability in the central mountains, according to Aemet forecasts.
Precipitation is expected in the form of snow in the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian mountain rangewith a level above 2,000 meters that will drop to 1,300-1,700 meters at the end of the day, when significant accumulations are likely in high areas.
There will be probable morning fog banks in mountain environments on the Atlantic slope and the Pyrenees, and weak haze is expected in the Canary Islands. On the islands, the remains of a DANA will still leave unstable weather with cloudy intervals and probable showers occasionally with storms on the mountainous islands that are not ruled out in the rest.
Maximum temperatures will tend to increase in the Cantabrian Sea, in the northeast of Catalonia and the Canary Islands, and the slight declines in the rest, which will be more pronounced in the southeast. The minimums will decrease in the Cantabrian and Guadalquivir, but will increase in the Northern plateau and Extremadura, and will change little in the rest, on a day with weak frosts in the Pyrenees.
Intense winds from the west will blow on the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with strong intervals and very strong gusts on the coasts of Galicia, Cantabria and the Mediterranean. In addition, Very strong gusts are expected in large inland areas of the northeastern halfespecially in the north of Galicia, the Cantabrian area, the Iberian area, the interior of the extreme east, Mallorca and Pitiusas. In the Canary Islands, wind will blow from the east.