Meteorological stability will be the predominant note in most of the Peninsula starting this Sunday, although with rains in the Canary Islands. However, on Tuesday it will start to rain in the extreme north and, a day later, a sudden change is expected in the country: descent of temperatures and more rainfall, which will extend to other areas of the territory, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
Time will give small truce from Sunday and it will not rain on the Peninsula, If anything, “four drops” in the southwest and in the extreme north, indicates Aemet spokesperson Rubén del Campo. However, it will continue to rain in the Canary Islands, where it is not ruled out that they will be accompanied by storms and reach strong intensity.
Del Campo explained that temperatures will rise a little more this day and that the atmosphere will be very mild for the time. In fact, the values ​​will be between five and ten degrees higher than normal in large areas of the territory and it will be around 20 degrees in central cities such as Salamanca or Toledo and up to 25 in many cities in the southern half.
In principle, Monday will be a calm day with hardly any rain in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, although it will continue to rain locally heavily in the Canary Islands, especially on the most mountainous islands. At the same time, the mists and fogs will continue in the interior of the peninsular territory in the early morning and early hours of the morning. The haze will also begin to retreat. Plus, temperatures won’t vary too much.
On Tuesday temperatures could begin to drop, according to Del Campo. This would happen due to the passage of a front associated with an Atlantic stormwhich will also leave rain in the extreme north and snowfall in the mountains of that sector.
Changes starting Wednesday
That front will continue its advance on Wednesday and cold air will arrive behind it, which will cause a more pronounced thermal drop and normal temperatures for the season. That day, the rains will extend to other areas of the northern half and to the southern mountains, with snowfall at relatively low levels.
Looking ahead to the second half of the week there is still uncertainty. According to Aemet, It is most likely that it will continue to rain in northern areas, as well as in points in the west of the Peninsula, as a consequence of the passage of Atlantic fronts. On this occasion, a good part of the Mediterranean area will be left out, except for points in northern Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, where there may be some rain.
Although the accumulated figures may vary depending on the final movement of the storm, Eltiempo.es indicates that, until Wednesday, Around 50 l/m2 could be collected in the westernmost islands of the Canary Islandslike La Palma. Regarding the Peninsula, those accumulated until Friday could exceed 100 l/m2 in all the provinces of the Cantabrian Sea and Galicia. In other areas, such as the north face of the Central System and around the Iberian system, it could be around 15 to 20 l/m2.
On the other hand, there are uncertainties about how temperatures may evolve. The scenario with the most possibilities according to Aemet is that the higher values ​​rise again to the normal ones for the time starting Thursday, but given the little cold air aloft, not much snow will occur.
In this framework, snow will be restricted to very high altitudes of the mountain systems, but with transitory periods of higher temperatures and precipitation, which will prevent stable accumulations in the mountains.
Looking ahead to the end of the month, eltiempo.es has reported that trends point to November could end up drier and warmer than normal in much of the country, although it is not yet safe.