Strong wind and snow put on alert for 39 provinces in northern
Posted on March 30, 2010 by admin
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) announced today strong wind intervals in areas of the northern half and the center of the Peninsula and the Balearics, especially in Galicia, the Cantabrian Sea and mountain areas. In addition, we expect snow in the northern third over peninsular between 800 and 1,200 meters. In the Mediterranean area, Southeast Peninsula and the Balearics, slightly cloudy skies predominate, with some cloudy intervals.
In the rest of the Peninsula are expected weak locally moderate showers and occasional storms in the northern third, less likely to be weak and scattered and the further east and south, and tend to decrease from the evening. In the Canary Islands, provides periodic clouds, increasing cloud in the sky north of the islands of higher profile and more eastern islands, and partly cloudy elsewhere. The coat of snow on the Peninsula will fall to between 800 and 1,200 meters in the northern third and will be between 1,000 and 1,500 meters in the rest of the northern half, and between 1,500 and 1,800 meters in the rest .
In the Canaries, the temperatures will be slightly down, which will be light to moderate in midlands and highlands. In the rest of the country, temperatures will remain unchanged or be slightly down in the southwest and Iran in light to moderate decrease in the remainder, which is locally significant in the High Ebro points and the western Pyrenees. In the case of the minimum will go in light or moderate increase in the Levante area and the Balearic Islands, in light or moderate decline in the northwest half of the peninsula and suffer little change in the rest.
The wind will be moderate to strong and from the west on the Peninsula and the Balearics, with intervals of very strong in the northern half, the center and the Balearics, especially in Galicia, the Cantabrian Sea and mountain areas tending to decline in all areas. In the Canaries, the winds will be moderate and east component.
