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Updated Friday, March 8, 2024-13:06

  • Aemet weather warns of snow in Madrid this weekend

The weekend will be marked by

widespread and abundant rain, snow, wind, sea storms

and a

cold

environment that, in parts of the interior of the peninsula, will leave temperatures between 5 and 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. anus.

The presence of

a storm

will cause an "adverse" meteorological episode in almost the entire country during the next few days, explained Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), who stressed that snow will also make an appearance. not only in mountain areas, but also in lower areas, close to 700 meters.

Regarding the wind, and although it will not be the most hostile factor, it will also cause bad sea conditions and will blow with intensity, increasing the feeling of unpleasant weather.

Del Campo has highlighted,

This Friday the "widespread rainfall" will be the protagonists, especially in the west and center of the country and in parts of

Aragon and Catalonia

, where more abundant is expected, while heavy snowfall is expected in the mountains of the north and the central zone, with accumulations between 10-20 cm of new snow.

At this point, the spokesperson has specified that in

flat areas it will also snow

, although with less accumulation, at a level that will be around 700 to 1,000 meters in the north;

1,000 to 1,200 meters in the center and in the south, rising to about 1,400 meters.

With respect to

temperatures

, the daytime temperatures will drop especially and thus, in large areas of the interior, it will barely reach 10 or 12 degrees, which together with the wind, with gusts of 70 km/h on the northern plateau and stronger in mountains and northern coasts, the feeling of cold will increase.

On Saturday the storm will already be located over the Bay of Biscay, so rainfall may fall anywhere on the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with more abundance and storms in the west and center of the peninsula, central and eastern Andalusia, east of Castilla-La Mancha, extreme south of Aragon and Pyrenean area.

Del Campo has stressed that on this day between 10 and 20 cm of snow may accumulate in mountain areas, and outside of them it will also snow, although with less intensity, at a level that may drop in the northwest of the peninsula to around 600 -700 meters, between 800-1,000 meters in the rest of the northern half and central zone, and 1,000-1,200 meters in the southern half of the peninsula.

Daytime temperatures

will drop even further,

and although frost will be restricted to mountain areas, a "cold day" is expected, observed the Aemet spokesperson who also highlighted a "major maritime storm" in Galicia with waves greater than 7 meters.

On Sunday the peninsula will still be under the influence of the storm, with precipitation already weaker and less abundant than in previous days and with snowfall in the mountains, especially in the center and north, in a snow level that will rise from the 900 meters to 1,000-1,400 meters in the northern half and central area.

Temperatures will rise on Sunday "clearly" in large areas of the country with values ​​between 18-20 degrees on the shores of the Mediterranean, however, the cold atmosphere will persist for the time of year in the interior.

For the first days of next week, the trend is towards stabilization, although it will still rain on Monday in the north and snow above 1,000 to 1,200 meters.

Starting on Wednesday, the arrival of new Atlantic storms in Spain will once again leave more abundant rains in the west and central area, with temperatures that will generally rise throughout the week to end with higher values ​​than usual for the season. .