Temperature drops will continue until weekend. There irruption of a polar air mass in the northeast it will leave early Friday frost in several Spanish capitals. In addition, it will form a DANA in the Atlantic which will destabilize the atmosphere with showers, storms and wind in southern Spain.
This THURSDAY stable weather with clear skies will prevail, with the exception of eastern Catalonia and the Balearic Islands where cloudy skies will predominate and there will be a probability of showers, in addition to the eastern Cantabrian Sea and of the Pyrenees with probable light rain, according to the forecasts of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
Nighttime temperatures will continue to drop across much of the country. There will be light frosts in the main mountain systems of the northern half of the peninsula, more intense in the Pyrenees, and without excluding them to the east of the northern plateau. THE Minimum temperatures will be below 5ºC throughout much of the interior of the northern half and east-central area of the peninsula, and towns such as Teruel They won’t be far from frost.
As for the maximums, increases are expected in the Cantabrian Sea and the northern shelf, more pronounced in the west of Galicia and in the Cantabrian Sea of León and Palencia, and decreases in the rest, less pronounced in the center of the peninsula . The hottest cities will be Cordoba and Seville, where at the beginning of the afternoon they will reach around 28ºC.
The wind will continue to blow with intensity in the north of the peninsula and in the Balearic archipelago.
From Friday, nighttime temperatures will drop further and the early morning hours will be cold. According to the prediction of the AEMET spokesperson, Rubén del Campo, the thermometers will mark the values up to 10ºC below the average values of the time.
It will freeze in mountainous areas, on points of the northern and central plateau, as well as in other regions. The temperatures will fall below zero degrees in some capitals provincial. For example, Soria could drop to -2ºC; Teruel or Burgos up to -1ºC; Pamplona, down to 0ºC and cities like Logroño, Palencia or León will be close to freezing with minimum temperatures between 0ºC and 2ºC.
However, temperatures will rise significantly during the day in the northern half, so these towns could reach a maximum of 20ºC by early afternoon. Pontevedra or Ourense could reach 25 or 26ºC. Daytime values will drop in the southwest. Even so, in the Guadalquivir they will reach or exceed 28ºC.
Otherwise, it will be a generally calm day with morning clouds in coastal areas and some clouds inland. During the afternoon, explains Del Campo, the evolving clouds will develop in the interior areas and there will be a probability of thundery showers in parts of Extremadura, which could extend to the mountainous environments of Andalusia. In general, they will be scattered, but they may be accompanied by storms.
In anticipation of the weekend, the AEMET spokesperson suggests that a DANA in the Atlantic which will be shallow, but this will destabilize the atmosphere in the southern half and cause increased cloudiness in the area. It is not excluded that some thunderstorm showers, generally scattered, in parts of Extremadura, Andalusia and Melillhas. In the northern half and the Balearics the weather will be more stable, with slightly cloudy skies and no rain.
Temperatures will rise on Saturday. Southern Galicia, the Ebro depression, the central area of the peninsula and the southern half will exceed 25ºC in the afternoon, while the Guadalquivir valley will reach 30ºC. During this day, night frosts are no longer expected.
On Sunday, thermometers will show slightly lower values in the Mediterranean area and Andalusia. Instability will persist, with possible scattered thunderstorms in the south of the peninsula and perhaps in Melilla.
As for next week, Del Campo suggests that It will start with a drop in temperatures and some instability in the south and that, “although there are still uncertainties”, the rains could reach the northern and eastern thirds of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. While, The Pyrenees will record snowfall.