Never seen frosts this winter, very low levels of snowfall, extreme cold… The Spanish landscape is dominated by arctic weather and will stay that way for a few more days. Even when? According to expert estimation, In a situation like now, we could reach March.
“Low levels of northward flow, thanks to the Atlantic anticyclone, mean that the cold air mass has a long sea route over the Atlantic Ocean, so when it arrives loaded with moisture, it favors these unusual snowfalls for late winter.” , confirms meteorologist Irene Santa on the eltiempo.es portal.
The presence of Isolated High Level Depression (DANA) also contributes to this rain and snow situation.
Severe frosts recorded across Spain this morning, with very significant sub-zero values in many inland provinces, only the first phase of successive really cold days, It will continue not only this weekend, but also in the first days of March.
Santa will reinstate alerts for low temperatures in large areas of the country, noting that nighttime frosts will continue to recur this Saturday and Sunday. They can continue to drop below -5ºC Lower values can be given around mountainous areas and at the bottom of valleys.
“Next Week, Abnormally Cold”
There are no signs of a spring atmosphere on the calendar at this time. “In fact, temperatures will drop further on Monday, the 27th, and in the east of the country it could be even 10 degrees below average.” expert guarantees.
And this next week could be “abnormally cold across the country”. And while it doesn’t look like it will reach that point, it’s not out of the question that even the technical criteria that allow us to speak of a cold wave in Spain will be met.
early in the morning Saturday 25 There will be precipitation in the west and south of the peninsula and it may snow in the higher reaches of Andalusia and south of Castilla-La Mancha. The snow level may be around 900-1,200 meters altitude.
when it comes sunday 26Snowfall can occur in the Cantabrian mountain range and more recently in the Pyrenees and Iberian La Rioja, as well as in the interior of the Basque Country.
Reference article: https://www.eltiempo.es/noticias/frio-en-espana-cuando-se-va-el-aire-polar
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