Several areas across Spain including the Canary Islands are currently under weather warnings for heavy rain over the next 24 hours and continued wet weather throughout the week
Brits heading to Spain can expect heavy rains this week, with amber and yellow warnings issued across various regions.
Aemet, Spain’s national weather agency, has revealed that several parts of Spain including Alicante, Valencia, Cadiz, Seville, and Ibiza, are expected to experience heavy rainfall over the next 24 hours, and continued wet weather for the rest of the week. The forecaster’s live updates and map can be found on its website.
In Seville and Cadiz countryside, 15mm of rainfall is expected per hour until 9pm tonight, and might be accompanied by hail.
The northern coast of Alicante is expected to experience 60mm of rainfall across 12 hours, and the southern coast of Alicante is expected to have winds reaching speeds of up to 50-60 km/h, with waves between two and three metres. The same is expected on the coast of Ibiza.
Across the whole of Valencia, 20mm of rain is expected each hour today. Barcelona’s coast is under a yellow warning, with winds of up to 50-60 km/h and waves measuring up to three metres high predicted today. A yellow rain warning is also in place for Majorca’s north-west coast.
All of the Canary Islands are currently under a yellow warning, with rain measuring up to 15mm per hour. The yellow warnings continue across most of the islands for Tuesday, however no warnings are currently in place for Wednesday, March 5.
Aemet commented: “The situation of instability persists with predominantly cloudy or very cloudy skies with widespread precipitation, mainly in the south and east of the peninsula, which may be heavy and/or persistent in parts of the southwest of Andalusia, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Costa del Sol (in these areas accompanied by storms and hail) and between Cabo de la Nao and the Ebro”, reports Manchester Evening News.
By Tuesday, some alerts were lifted, yet yellow warnings for rain still targeted Valencia and Castellon near the Med. The forecasters noted: “During Tuesday, instability will persist in the east of the peninsula, with cloudy skies, which will tend to partially clear in the western half, and precipitation that will mainly affect the east of the peninsula, which may be intense and/or persistent again in Valencia and Castellón.”
While there aren’t any warnings on for Wednesday, March 5, the wet weather is expected to linger on the Mediterranean shoreline.
In March, Spain usually experiences cooler temperatures with an average daily maximum of 17C and an average daily low of 2C. There is also a 67 per cent chance of a sunny day, and a 33 per cent chance of seeing a mixture of sunshine and clouds, with an average 14mm rainfall across March.