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The meteorological 'onion' arrives in Spain: extremes of cold and heat until the weekend

The meteorological 'onion' arrives in Spain: extremes of cold and heat until the weekend

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The week of the Puente del Pilar will continue with stable weather, with some morning fog in the interior and slightly cloudy skies in most of Spain, except for some isolated and scarce rain in the Mediterranean. The most characteristic note of the next few days is the will put the "marked thermal amplitude" that will take place between day and night, with cool early mornings but with a mild atmosphere in the central hours, even somewhat warmer than normal for this time in the west and south of the peninsula, explained Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).

The drastic variation between night and day temperatures, however, lead to Spain traditionally known as 'onion days', due to the layers of clothing that must be removed during the day.

The forecasts of the Aemet for Tuesday, Hispanic Day, indicate that morning mists and fog banks will occur in Galicia and the interior of the Cantabrian communities and it is possible that also in the river valleys of Castilla-La Mancha, inland of Murcia, Andalusia and points of the Balearic Islands.

These fogs will tend to dissipate soon and there will generally be a day with slightly cloudy skies in most of Spain, except in the area of ​​​​the Strait and in the eastern end of Andalusia, where some weak and scattered rain is not ruled out, has indicated the Aemet spokesperson.

The cierzo will blow in the Ebro valley, the north wind in Catalonia -with strong gusts in the Ampurdán-, the lift in the Strait and there will also be intense easterly winds in Galicia.

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The temperatures tomorrow, Tuesday, will not vary too much compared to those of previous days, so the atmosphere will be mild and even warm at noon, to the point that in the Guadalquivir valley they will exceed 30 degrees or will be around 20 to 25 degrees. in large areas of the interior.

However, Tuesday morning will be cool, with minimum temperatures of about 5 degrees and even lower in cities on the northern Meseta such as Burgos or Soria and, according to Aemet, it is possible that at some points in that area the difference in temperature between early morning and early afternoon exceed 20 degrees.

For Wednesday the 13th and Thursday the 14th, forecasts suggest that the stable environment will continue in most of Spain, with mist and morning fog in parts of the interior, but with slightly cloudy skies and no rain in general.

The east wind from the sea will bring clouds to the regions bathed by the Mediterranean that will give rise to possible showers that will generally be weak and isolated, more likely in the Balearic Islands, eastern Catalonia and the Valencian Community.

These showers could be somewhat more intense in the mountains of Mallorca during the day on Wednesday and on the Valencian coast on Thursday, without ruling out that that day they could also affect the coast of Murcia and Almería. The winds will continue to blow strongly in the north of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands and will leave rough seas and waves of up to three or four meters in the Bay of Biscay, where strong gusts of an eastern component are expected.

The Aemet does not forecast changes in temperature for the middle of the week, although the thermometers could drop a little in general and rise significantly in the Bay of Biscay. As detailed by Rubén del Campo, it is possible that next Wednesday and Thursday temperatures will again exceed 30 degrees in the Guadalquivir and the maximum 25 in large areas of the southern half, while in the north the maximum will range between 18 and the 20 degrees that they will have in the eastern Cantabrian and the 27 in the south of Galicia.

At night it will continue to be cool and weak frosts are not ruled out in mountain areas as well as in moors of the central and northern half of the Peninsula, that is to say that those two days there will again be "a notable thermal amplitude", or what it is the same, "a big difference in temperature between the early hours of the morning and the early hours of the afternoon" the Aemet spokesman reported.

From Friday the 15th to Sunday the 17th, the weather forecasts indicate that the anticyclonic weather will continue, stable and without precipitation, although the easterly wind could continue in the Mediterranean area and the lift in the Strait, increasing the cloudiness and neither Weak showers are ruled out in those areas and in Galicia.

Temperatures will not experience significant changes, although early mornings could be somewhat warmer and the daily thermal amplitude could also be reduced. As for the Canary Islands, cloudy skies are expected in the north of the islands with greater relief, without ruling out some light rain there, with clearer skies in the rest, light trade winds and stable temperatures that will range between 20 degrees at dawn and 25 to 27 at noon in coastal areas.

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