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The Christmas period could start with

than normal in large areas of Spain, and with snowfalls reserved only in mountain systems, while the probability of

That is the Christmas forecast of the State Meteorological Agency (

), released this Friday at a telematic press conference by its spokespersons, Rubén del Campo and Beatriz Hervella, in which they also presented the seasonal forecast for winter, the Autumn climate balance in Spain, the climatic characteristics of autumn in the world, a preliminary climate analysis that summarizes 2021 in Spain and the relationship between meteorology and Covid-19.

According to Del Campo, this weekend the stable weather will continue, with sunny atmosphere in most of the country and persistent fog banks especially in the Ebro valley.

"As of Sunday changes are beginning to be seen. A storm, which this weekend is going to leave

in the Canary Islands, is going to get closer. It seems that the high pressures are retreating a little more towards the northeast of the European continent and They are giving way to storms. With this, we are going to have an important time change for the beginning of the festivities, "he said.

Del Campo indicated that next week

of precipitation

will accumulate

in much of the western half of the peninsula and more than 100 liters will be collected in Galicia, the Central System, the southwest of Andalusia, the area of Strait and points in the Alboran area, which will be the places where it rains the most.

"It is going to be noticed on Monday and, especially, on Tuesday," he added.

The

will appear first in the west and as the week progresses they will move to the rest of the peninsula, with less probability in the Ebro basin and in points of the Mediterranean area.

Nor is significant rainfall expected in the Balearic Islands.

Where it will rain heavily will be on the Canary Island of La Palma.

In general, next week will have a "temperate atmosphere," according to Del Campo.

"The temperatures next week in almost all of Spain will be higher than normal, so the snow will fall only at high levels," he stressed.

Uncertainty in the week of December 27

Regarding the week from December 27 to January 2 - the first entirely Christmas -, Del Campo said that there is still

, although he revealed some brushstrokes.

"The high pressures will probably continue to be in latitudes higher than ours and this causes the storms to circulate through lower latitudes and catch us. This translates into a week from Christmas to New Years with more rain than usual again in the south and also in areas of the center and east of the peninsula, "he added.

That week it would have temperatures close to normal.

"It doesn't look like we're going to end the year with a cold snap," Del Campo said.

On the other hand, Del Campo stressed that the probability of a winter phenomenon such as the heavy snowfalls of the storm Filomena and its subsequent cold wave, which affected large areas of the interior of the peninsula last January, is "very low".

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