Madrid (EFE).- Anticyclonic weather and gusts of strong wind in the south of the peninsula, above 90-100 km/h, will be the protagonists of a weekend with a sharp contrast in temperatures: maximums above 15- 20 degrees and nights that will continue freezing.
This Friday and Saturday the highlight will be the intense Levante wind that will blow around the Strait and in coastal areas of southern Andalusia, with significant danger due to gusts that can exceed 90 or even 100 km/h locally. advanced Rubén Del Campo spokesman for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
In addition, there will be maritime storms with strong waves, between 4-5 meters, for which reason Del Campo has called for “caution” in the face of possible incidents related to this Levante wind, which could cause rain in points in the extreme south and southeast of the Peninsula. and snowfall in the mountains of Andalusia, from about 800 to 1,000 meters.
Regarding night temperatures, the intense cold will be the protagonist of these days in the interior of the Peninsula with widespread frost in the northern half and central area, which in many points will drop to 5-6 degrees below zero.
On the contrary, during the day the maximum temperatures will recover and will reach 10 to 12 degrees in large areas of the interior, more than 14 degrees in the Bay of Biscay and in the Mediterranean and will exceed 18 degrees in the Valley of the Guadalquivir.
In this way, tomorrow Saturday the thermometers will rise to 18 degrees in Seville and in Almería, Cádiz, Granada, Córdoba, Huelva, Orense and Pontevedra between 16-17 degrees; in the center, Madrid, Guadalajara and Toledo will oscillate between 11-12 degrees.
Anticyclonic Sunday and rising temperatures next week
On Sunday the anticyclonic weather will continue throughout the country, with values that will continue to rise, although the early morning will again be very cold with widespread frosts in the interior of the northern half and central area of the Peninsula; the wind will continue to blow strongly in the Strait and in the rest of the extreme south of Andalusia
The week will begin with a thermal rise, and it will no longer drop below 4 degrees below zero in large areas of the country, while in the central hours of the day it will exceed 10 degrees in almost the entire territory, touching 18 degrees on the shores of the Cantabrian and southern Mediterranean points and even 20 degrees in the Guadalquivir Valley.
In general, “next week will leave temperatures above the normal average for the season, except in the Mediterranean area,” the Aemet spokesperson has had an impact.
As of Tuesday, Rubén Del Campo has anticipated the possibility of the arrival of a storm in the south of the Peninsula, leaving rain in the Mediterranean area, in western Andalusia and in other parts of the western half of the peninsula.
This storm will drive the arrival of southerly winds that will cause temperatures to rise further, so the frosts are already expected to be weak and limited to areas of the northern Meseta, central moors and mountains.
