More Spanish provinces on alert for cold weekend weather
Polar air mass is bringing subzero temperatures to parts of the peninsula on Friday and Saturday
A polar air mass that entered the Iberian peninsula on Wednesday has already caused sharp drops in temperature, but the worst is yet to come, said the national weather service Aemet.
¡°An episode of intense cold¡± is forecast for Friday, when the mercury will continue to plummet across much of Spain. Thirty provinces are on yellow alert, the lowest on a three-color scale, except for Guadalajara, where there is an orange advisory in place. Lows of -10 ?C are expected in Parameras de Molina.
Elsewhere, weather stations have recorded -8.2?C in La Molina (Girona), at an elevation of 1,700 meters, and -6.8?C in Puerto de Navacerrada (Madrid).
Aemet spokesman Rub¨¦n del Campo said that the cold spell is not out of the ordinary for a month of January, and noted that ¡°we are emerging from a warm December when temperatures were 1.2?C above average.¡±
Temperatures have already dipped between six and eight degrees in a matter of hours in some parts of Spain, said Del Campo. And the northerly wind will increase the feeling of cold.
Temperatures on Friday and Saturday will be ¡°very cold, with lows of five to 10 degrees below average in many parts of northern and eastern Spain, and in the Balearics,¡± he added.
No snow
However, little to no snow is expected ¡°not for lack of cold, but for lack of precipitation, since the air mass is very dry.¡±
Alerts are in place in Almer¨ªa, Granada, Ja¨¦n, Arag¨®n, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Le¨®n except for Salamanca and Valladolid, Catalonia save for Tarragona, Madrid, Navarre, the Valencia region, the Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Asturias and Murcia.
On Saturday, the orange warnings will extend to C¨®rdoba, Salamanca, Valladolid, Galicia and Lleida, where lows of -10 ?C are expected in the Vall d¡¯Aran.
English version by Susana Urra.
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