Just one day in the month of February, The cold and snowfall have been the main protagonists of recent weeks. In Catalonia the beginning of the year was completely wintery, more so than normal. The experts at Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya (Meteocat) are already warning that they will be back very soon.
Today, early in the morning, the sky will be very cloudy or overcastalthough cloud cover tends to decrease from west to east until the sky is generally clear or slightly cloudy in the morning, except in the far north of the Pyrenees, where it will remain cloudy or very cloudy throughout the day.
Several people take shelter from the rain in the center of Barcelona this Saturday, when Civil Protection sent an Es Alerta message to cell phones in the city of Badalona
However, Circulation of some cloud bands from west to east will continue. Furthermore, from midday onwards, cloud cover will once again be abundant in the northern third of the country and will leave the sky between medium and very cloudy in this sector.
On the northern slope of the Pyrenees Light or moderate precipitation is expected throughout the day. Early morning is possible in any part of the country, most likely in parts of the northern third and the rest of the western half. At the end of the day, Some precipitation may reach other parts of the Pyrenees in a more irregular manner.
It will be of low intensity. Low to low amounts of precipitation will accumulate, although they may be locally abundant on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees. The snow level will initially be around 800 and 1,000 meters and will gradually increase to around 1,200 meters. starting at noon.
Several people cross a puddle after one of the intense storms that Barcelona suffers this Tuesday
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The minimum temperature will be similar or slightly higher. In turn, the maximum will be slightly lower. Visibility will be good to excellent or moderate until early morning. However, in the Pyrenees it will be good or bad, especially at high altitudes, where the phenomenon of snowfall is possible.
Meteocat declares yellow alert due to strong winds and orange alert in some areas of the south coast
During today, Meteocat was forced to declare yellow alert due to winds in practically all of Catalonia, including Barcelona, from twelve in the evening to six in the afternoon. The alert is raised to orange level in some regions of the south coast.
The wind will blow from the west, between weak and moderate in the western half of the country, more reinforced in the southern half, in the west and in the high levels of the Pyrenees, with strong gusts and some very strong. In the rest it will be weak and variable, with a predominance of the southern component, although the north wind blows in Empordà, moderate with strong or very strong gusts in the north of Cape Creus.
