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The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has warned of the arrival of the first DANA of May and foresees for this Wednesday a decrease in maximum temperatures in the southern third of the peninsula and Mediterranean area, notably in the western half of Andalusia, and the minimum in the northern half of the peninsula, with little change in the rest. In addition, weak frosts will form in the Pyrenees and other mountain systems of the center and north of the peninsula.

DANA (Isolated Depression at High Levels) is a phenomenon that occurs when a mass of cold air at height collides with warm air from the surface.

There will be cloudy intervals in the Bay of Biscay, northern Navarre, Pyrenees, eastern Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, with the possibility of weak rainfall; and snow level of 1,500 meters in the Pyrenees.

Cloudy intervals are also forecast to increase to very cloudy in Andalusia, with the possibility of locally strong storms in the Strait area.

Little cloudy in the rest of the peninsula, although with some cloudy intervals, especially of medium and high type in the rest of the southern half of the peninsula; in the Canary Islands, cloudy in the north of the islands, with probability of rainfall, and cloudy intervals in the south.

Wind of east component in the southern half of the peninsular Mediterranean coast, with moderate lift in the Strait; of northern component in almost all the rest of the country, with strong intervals in the northwest coast of Galicia, Ebro valley, Pyrenees, Empordà, Menorca and Canary Islands.

-GALICIA: little cloudy except for intervals of clouds in Estaca de Bares in the early hours. Minimum temperatures unchanged or in slight rise that will be more pronounced in points of Pontevedra and the southeast of Lugo; maximums increasing, light in Lugo and the extreme north.

Wind from east and northeast directions, weak in the southeast and strong on the north coast, and that will turn at noon on the south coast to north and northeast directions; very strong gusts in the area of Estaca de Bares and Costa da Morte.

-ASTURIAS: little cloudy with some intervals of low clouds in the eastern half and in the Cordillera that could go with mists and some morning and night fogs in high areas of the east. Minimum temperatures falling, except in the northwest and in the extreme east where they remain unchanged, with weak frosts on mountain peaks; maximums in light ascent. Wind from east and northeast directions, loose in the interior.

-CANTABRIA: cloudy intervals that will increase at the end to cloudy, when some weak rain is not ruled out. Temperatures with little change that will leave weak in mountainous peaks. Variable light wind that in the morning will turn to east and northeast directions and will intensify on the coast and in the southern third; Loose northern component at night.

-BASQUE COUNTRY: little cloudy with some intervals of low clouds that during the afternoon will increase to cloudy without ruling out weak rains in the north. Minimum temperatures unchanged or in slight decrease, more pronounced in the east of Guipuzcoa, and maximum unchanged or in slight ascent. Wind of north component, loose in the interior north.

-CASTILLA Y LEÓN: cloudiness in the early hours that throughout the morning will be removed and the sky will be veiled by high cloudiness in the southern third, with some bands of medium clouds, and clear in the rest; at the end of the day low cloud banks are expected in the northeast, where the formation of fogs and mists will be likely, preferably in mountainous areas, and without ruling out scattered rains in the extreme north of Burgos and the northern part of the Iberian.

Minimum temperatures with few changes or in slight descent that will leave weak frosts in the mountains, without discarding them locally in high areas of the Plateau; maximums in slight ascent. Northeast wind that will increase in intensity during the second half of the day with strong gusts.

-NAVARRA: little cloudy with intervals of high clouds that in the afternoon will increase to cloudy in the northern third and without ruling out weak rains in the northwest. Minimum temperatures in descent that will be light or unchanged in the Ribera Baja, with weak frosts in summits of the Pyrenees; maximums unchanged or increasing, generally light. Wind from north and northwest directions with very strong gusts in points of the northeast quadrant.

-LA RIOJA: intervals of low clouds in the early hours, with a predominance of cloudy or clear skies most of the day, although in the end abundant banks of low clouds will be formed that will favor the formation of fogs and mists, more scattered and occasional in the easternmost part of the Ebro valley; drizzle associated with low cloudiness is not ruled out, more likely in the Iberian and Rioja Alta, and with the possibility of very weak snowfall from 1,700/1,800 meters in the last hours.

Temperatures will experience little change and leave weak frosts in the sierra. Wind from north and northwest directions that will increase in intensity in the second half of the day, with probable strong gusts, especially in the Rioja Baja.

-ARAGON: predominance of little cloudy sky, with intervals of high clouds in the southern half; cloudy with possible weak precipitation in the divide of the Pyrenees during the second half of the day, with the level of snow around 1,500/1,700 meters.

Minimum temperatures in descent and maximum in ascent, with weak frosts in points of the Pyrenees and the Iberian System of Teruel. Wind from north and northwest directions, occasionally strong and with possible very strong gusts in points west of Zaragoza and high altitudes of the Pyrenees.

-CATALONIA: predominance of little cloudy sky, with intervals of high clouds in the southern third and cloudiness of diurnal evolution in the prelitoral in the afternoon; on the northern slope of the Pyrenees, cloudy sky with weak precipitation the second half of the day and snow level around 1,500/1,700 meters. Minimum temperatures in descent, with weak frosts in points of the Pyrenees; maximums with few changes.

Wind from north and northwest directions in the Empordà, without ruling out very strong gusts in a timely manner; in the rest, predominance of the loose northern component, with more intense intervals in the southern third in the morning and possible very strong gusts at high altitudes of the Pyrenees; in the afternoon there will be intervals of south and southeast directions on the coast of Barcelona and Tarragona.

-EXTREMADURA: cloudiness in the early hours that will clear progressively in the morning and leave a sky veiled by high clouds, only in the southern end of the community will some cloudiness persist. Minimum temperatures in slight ascent and maximum unchanged or in slight decrease in the south. Wind from northeast direction, with the possibility of strong gusts in mountain areas of the north and east of Cáceres at the end of the day.

-COMMUNITY OF MADRID: intervals of medium and high clouds that will tend to be slightly cloudy in the afternoon. Minimum temperatures unchanged, except in the extreme north, where they will descend and leave weak frosts on summits of the Sierra; maximum in slight ascent throughout the Community. Northeast wind with more intense intervals in the south and southeast.

-CASTILLA - LA MANCHA: intervals of medium and high clouds that will tend to slightly cloudy in the northern half in the afternoon. Minimum temperatures in slight decrease in the eastern third, in slight rise in the extreme south and unchanged in the rest; maximums falling in the southeast, rising in the northern half and unchanged in the rest; Scattered weak frosts on the summits of the Iberian.

Wind from northeast and east directions, weak with more intense intervals, especially in the northeast; it will turn southeast in the afternoon in Albacete.

-VALENCIAN COMMUNITY: little cloudy sky with intervals of high clouds that will tend to cloudy in the southern half the second half of the day. Minimum temperatures in slight decrease or without changes and maximum in descent, except in the interior of the northern third, where there will be slight ascents. Wind from northwest direction, occasionally strong in the northern half of Castellón in the early hours; predominance of the eastern component in the afternoon, reinforced in the southern half of the coast; lazy in the rest.

-REGION OF MURCIA: cloudy sky. Minimum temperatures unchanged and maximum in descent. Wind of east component, loose in the interior.

-BALEARIC ISLANDS: cloudy intervals without ruling out some occasional precipitation, mainly in Mallorca during the early morning or afternoon. Temperatures with little change or in slight decrease the minimums. In Menorca, north wind with strong intervals; in the rest, wind from east and northeast directions, temporarily weak in Mallorca and with coastal breezes in the central hours of the day.

-ANDALUSIA: cloudy sky, without ruling out scattered showers and occasionally accompanied by storms, more likely in the southwest of the community, where they can be locally strong, and in the afternoon in the surroundings of the Mediterranean coast and interior of Huelva.

Minimum temperatures rising in the northeast of the community and with slight changes in the rest; maximum in decline, noticeable in the west of the community. Wind of east component on the coast that will tend to variable slack in the afternoon on the Mediterranean coast; It will tend to a western component on the Atlantic slope.

-CANARY ISLANDS: predominance of cloudy skies in the north of the islands of greater relief, with weak rains, mainly in the early and late hours; in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, cloudy intervals with probability of weak rains that will be occasional on the northern and northwestern slopes; in the rest, little cloudy in general.

Temperatures with little change. Wind of northern component, with some strong interval on the eastern and northwest slopes of the islands of greater relief, as well as in summits.

  • Majorca
  • Lugo
  • Galicia
  • Navarre
  • Community of Madrid
  • Murcia
  • Cáceres
  • Extremadura
  • Tarragona
  • Albacete
  • Castellón (Spain)
  • Huelva
  • Canary Islands
  • Pontevedra
  • Asturias
  • Cantabria
  • Barcelona
  • Castile and Leon
  • Burgos
  • Aragon
  • Saragossa

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