Summer time is over and the autumnal climate has nicely and really arrived in some elements of Spain immediately, with heavy rains, stormy climate and a big drop in temperatures in giant elements of the nation.
The arrival of a so-called ‘DANA’ within the Mediterranean space will mark the climate all through this week and can principally have an effect on Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands however rains and falling temperatures could possibly be felt round Spain.
DANA is an acronym which stands for Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos and they are often greatest described as intervals of heavy rain, stormy climate and a sudden drop in temperatures.
In English, we’d in all probability name it a chilly entrance with torrential rain, or only a very dangerous storm.
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The forecast for September 4th from Spain’s state meteorological company Aemet is fairly clear: “Heavy showers and thunderstorms, domestically with hail, in giant areas of the northeastern a part of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with a risk within the southeast within the afternoon, and really heavy or persistent in areas of Catalonia, Aragón, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Intervals of sturdy winds within the Canary Islands and northern winds on the Atlantic coast of Galicia and the decrease Ebro valley space.”
Eight areas have been positioned beneath a climate alert this week: Aragón, Castilla y León, Castile-La Mancha, La Rioja and Murcia are all on a medium yellow warning for rain and storms, whereas the Balearic Islands, Valencia and Catalonia are beneath an orange warning for important threat.
Meteorologist Francisco Martín León defined to Spanish outlet 20minutos that “this week there will likely be important rainfall within the Mediterranean space as a result of all the basic elements are in place for deep, organised and long-lasting storms.”
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A climate map posted by Aemet on Twitter/X clearly reveals the worst of the climate concentrated in that northeastern part of Spain and alongside the Mediterranean coast and Balearic Islands.
04/09 09:01 #AEMET #FMA nivel naranja por lluvias y/o tormentas para hoy en Baleares, C. Valenciana y Cataluña . . Imagen en vigor a las 09:01 (tabla actualizada haciendo CLIC EN LA IMAGEN), o visite https://t.co/aIJV7DDYto https://t.co/2jt6a2UG5b
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) September 4, 2024
These stormy circumstances will likely be accompanied by a noticeable drop in temperatures. “We virtually should neglect about summer time temperatures,” says Martín.
“There’s going to be a gradual and marked drop in temperature that may ultimately have an effect on the entire of Spain.”
Temperatures started to fall from Monday within the northwest of the nation, and this may also have an effect on areas which have had sweltering summer time temperatures corresponding to Córdoba, Seville and different elements of Andalusia in southern Spain.
Forecasts counsel {that a} new storm might type on Friday within the northern a part of the peninsula which might deliver one other episode of extra frontal-type rain and produce additional storms to the Mediterranean coast.
“Will probably be chilly and presumably produce one other new episode of heavy rains primarily centred within the northeast of the peninsula,” says Martín.
Probably the most affected areas would be the Pyrenees, Catalonia, the north of the Valencian area and Navarre.