The State Agency of Meteorology (AEMET) activated the yellow alert on Fridayin twelve regions for risk of rains and snowfall, which could be up to 15 inches in areas like the Pyrenees or the Navarre Huesca.
Also, snow could accumulate in Cantabria of up to five centimeters thick in the area of the Ebro and Liébana well as in inland areas of the Basque Country, where they could reach one inch. The Navarrese and Aragonese Pyrenees are the most affected areas, where snow could reach 15 centimeters thick.
In addition, the 112 has been advised of ”high risk” by the municipalities of snow to the Sierra de Madrid, where 8 cm of snow expected. The snow level will be at the top on down to 2000 meters to 1000 meters at the end of the day, while the minimum temperatures in Iran and the moderate rise in maximum significant decrease.
Furthermore, in the center and the slope of the Cantabrian Navarre snow is expected to reach four inches, and Teruel to five centimeters in areas of Albarracín, Jiloca, Gúdar and Maestrazgo. In the same way, in Guadalajararecorded snowfall of up to 10 inches thick, up to 8 in Cuenca, in the mountains of Madrid to 10 centimeters in the Valle de Aran Catalan up to two inches and finallycastellon in hinterland in Rioja and Valencia, with snowfalls of up to five centimeters.
Rain is expected in Navarre Pyrenees in Huesca, Zaragoza, Catalan Pyrenees, Tarragona and Rioja to 20 liters per square meter (mm) in just one hour. Also, there will be storms in Castellon and Valencia. Finally, the activated AEMET yellow alert for coastal hazards in the provinces of Lugo, Pontevedra and La Coruña and Almeria and Melilla.
For the weekend
On Saturday, skies are expected to be very cloudy in the Balearic Islands, Mediterranean and northern third of Spain, with weak or moderate rain. These rains will be less likely in the south of the peninsula and the Canaries.
This day, the forecast is that temperatures in the lower mainland and the eastern third rise in the Balearic Isles and West.
On Sunday 12th and Monday 13th rain continues for the eastern half peninsular and Balearic Isles, being of moderate intensity, and occasionally with a thunderstorm in parts of the northeast, decreasing on Monday.
